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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Twain’s Huckleberry Finn was published. What are the two unnamed conmen who join Huck on the raft, known as?
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The Duke and The King
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The Captain and the Admiral
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The first Shakespeare play staged in Japan was performed in Kabuki. Which play?
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Merchant of Venice
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Romeo and Juliet
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Zola’s masterpiece, Germinal, was published. The story revolves around a strike by which type of workers?
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Coal miners
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Ship builders
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Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines was published, where is it set?
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Africa
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India
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DH Lawrence was born on September 11th. He was born in Nottinghamshire, died in France but where is he buried?
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New Mexico
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London
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