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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Question of
PG Wodehouse was born on October 15th. What did the PG stand for?
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Pelham Grenville
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Philip George
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Question of
Finish the title of this Wilkie Collins novel: The Black —.
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Robe
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Rose
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Question of
In Hardy’s The Laodicean what does Paula inherit from her father?
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A castle
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A farm
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Question of
Great Russian author Dostoevsky died. Approximately how many people attended his funeral?
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100,000
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500
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Despite being Prime Minister of the UK twice, Disraeli who died in this year, managed to write how many novels?
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15
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7
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