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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Carol Ann Duffy becomes the first woman, the first Scot and the first openly gay person to be awarded which major British literary position?
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Poet Laureate
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Children’s Laureate
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Question of
Is Brown’s The Lost Symbol a prequel or sequel to The Da Vinci Code?
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Sequel
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Prequel
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Question of
In Larsson’s The Girl Who Played with Fire what does Lisbeth Salander do for a living?
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Computer hacker
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Detective
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Who cooks the best pies in Stockett’s The Help?
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Minnie
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Aibileen
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Question of
Mantel’s Wolf Hall was published. Which of Henry VIII’s wives homes is the title taken from?
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Jane Seymour
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Anne Boleyn
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