A new series beginning in 1800.
Beginning in the early years of the novel – as we know and love it – each quiz covers a decade of literary events – 2 questions per year. Births, deaths, publications, events; fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays and books for children.
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Question of
1980 – David Edgar’s 9 hour adaptation of which Dickens’ novel opened in London?
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Nicholas Nickleby
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Little Dorrit
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Question of
1980 – Which scientist wrote the bestselling A Brief History of Time aimed specifically at non-scientists?
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Stephen Hawking
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Carl Sagan
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Question of
1981 – Robert Harris’ Red Dragon introduced the world to Dr Hannibal Lecter. What is he a doctor of?
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Psychiatry
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Forensics
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Question of
1981 – Which game, invented by Chris Van Allsburg, has this warning on it: ‘Do not begin unless you intend to finish.’
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Jumanji
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Zathura
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Question of
1982 – Keneally’s prize winning Schindler’s Ark was published in this year. What is Schindler’s first name?
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Oskar
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Theo
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Question of
1982 – Frayn’s much loved farce, Noises Off, is set where?
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In a theatre
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In a country house
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Question of
1983 – In Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic what creatures are holding up the flat disc of the planet while standing on the shell of a giant sea turtle?
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Elephants
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Orangutans
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Question of
1983 – What aid to writing was introduced in this year?
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Microsoft Word
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Novell WordPerfect
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Question of
1984 – Whose debut novel was The Hunt for Red October?
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Tom Clancy
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Frederick Forsyth
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Question of
1984 – How many years is it since Orwell’s 1984 was published?
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35
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39
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Question of
1985 – In The Handmaid’s Tale how do Offred and Moira know each other?
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College friends
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Work colleagues
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Question of
1985 – Christopher Hampton’s award winning adaptation of which French novel from 1782 exploded onto the stage this year?
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Candide
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Question of
1986 – If you are in Derry, Maine and having to deal with a character called Pennywise, which Stephen King novel are you reading?
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It
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The Stand
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Question of
1986 – Where does Russell’s Shirley Valentine travel to in order to find her true self?
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Greece
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Italy
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Question of
1987 – In King’s Misery what does Paul use to kill Annie?
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A typewriter
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A chainsaw
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Question of
1987 – Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities was published in 27 instalments in which magazine?
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Rolling Stone
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The New Yorker
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Question of
1988 – For which of her novels did Toni Morrison win the Pulitzer Prize in this year?
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Beloved
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Jazz
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Question of
1988 – In Rusdie’s The Satanic Verses what profession are the two protagonists, Gibreel and Saladin?
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Actors
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Writers
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Question of
1989 – Where does Laura Esquivel, the author of Like Water for Chocolate, come from?
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Mexico
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Cuba
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Question of
1989 – Martin Amis’ London Fields is set in which year in the future?
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1999
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2000
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