| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Who is the inventer and writer of Bond, James Bond? | Ian Fleming | 90%
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| What book starts with the line 'Call me Ishmael'? | Moby Dick | 90%
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| What German brothers collected and published fairytales that are well known today? | Grimm Brothers | 80%
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| In what 1937 story from John Steinbeck are we introduced to the friends George and Lennie? | Of Mice and Men | 70%
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| Who took us to the moon and the ocean floor in the 19th century? | Jules Verne | 60%
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| About what mythological Greek king did Homer write an epic poem? | Odysseus | 50%
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| What French philosopher wrote 'The Stranger'? | Albert {Camus} | 40%
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| Who wrote 'The Idiot' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'? | Fyodor {Dostoevsky} | 30%
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| What Kurt Vonnegut novel is about the firebombing of Dresden? | Slaughterhouse-Five | 30%
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| What 19th century novel is a revenge story with Dantès as the main character? | The count of Monte Cristo | 30%
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| Who wrote about an elderly author that is fascinated by a young by in the novella 'Death in Venice'? | Thomas {Mann} | 30%
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| Who published his first book under the name Villiam Christian Walter? | Hans Christian Andersen | 20%
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| What is the title of the debut novel of Isabel Allende? | House of the {Spirits} | 20%
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| What Franz Kafka story from 1925 is about bank clerk Jozef K.? | The Trial (Der Prozess) | 20%
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| Who wrote the Book of Revelation? | John of {Patmos} | 0%
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