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Straight Up Trivia #5: Best-Selling Books

Fifth in a series of themed trivia quizzes. Answer these questions inspired by the top ten best-selling books of all time in order. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books Quizzes in this series: 1, 2, 3, 4
Individual books only. No religious texts.
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What are both title cities in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens?
London and Paris
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery was inspired by a plane crash the author survived in what largest hot desert in the world?
Sahara
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is about a boy on a journey who (among other adventures) meets an alchemist. What language does the term alchemy originate from?
Arabic
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling was published in the U.S. (under a modified title) by what publisher, famous for sponsoring book fairs in elementary schools?
Scholastic
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie has been known by several different titles, all based on a song from what form of entertainment? This racist form of entertainment included the recurring character Jim Crow.
Minstrel Show
Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin is considered one of the great classic Chinese novels. It is set in and documents the social relations in what dynasty that lasted from 1636 to 1912?
Qin
The climax of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien includes the slaying of what dragon, who had terrorized the area around Lonely Mountain?
Smaug
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll includes Alice's encounter with a caterpillar. Caterpillar is what stage in a butterfly's life?
Larva
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has a magic wardrobe. What is a synonym for a wardrobe, sometimes considered an ornate subtype of wardrobe, that comes from the Old French for cupboard or bookcase?
Armoire
She by H. Rider Haggard was adapted to film many times, including in 1965 starring what Swiss model? She is probably best known for playing Honey Ryder, the Bond girl in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No.
Ursula Andress
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