A new series of 46 mini quizzes in this countdown to a new President. Each quiz asks 5 literary questions from the year of inauguration from George Washington in 1789 to Joe Biden’s election in 2020. Literary events, births, deaths and various shenanigans by famous writers plus their great works, of course.
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What is the family at the heart of John Irving’s Hotel New Hampshire?
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Berry
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Ray
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Gorky Park by Cruz Smith is in which genre?
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Crime
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Spy
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Question of
In Van Allsburg’s Jumanji do Peter and Judy find the game on a building site?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Irish writer Cecilia Ahern was born on September 30th. What was her first published novel?
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PS I Love You
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Where Rainbows End
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Which of his novels won Salman Rushdie a Booker Prize in this year?
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Midnight’s Children
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Satanic Verses
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