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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The opening of the rebuilt Theatre Royal Drury Lane caused three months of riots over what issue?
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Ticket prices
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Removal of standing room in ‘the pit’
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Question of
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19th in which American state?
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Massachusetts
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Maryland
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Finish the brilliant title of this novel by Washington Irving: A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty by Diedrich —
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Knickerbocker
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Hickinbottom
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A satirical poem called English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was published by which poet?
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Lord Byron
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William Wordsworth
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The Russian novelist Gogol was born on March 20th. What other genre did he famously write in?
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Drama
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Poetry
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