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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Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera began publication. The soprano at the centre of the tale, Christine, is from which country?
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Sweden
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Italy
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Question of
Finish the title of this Beatrix Potter story: The Tale of Ginger and —.
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Pickles
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Mustard
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Question of
LM Montgomery published Anne of Avonlea. What number is it in the Anne series?
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2
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4
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Question of
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
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Selma Lagerlof
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Edith Wharton
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Jack London’s Martin Eden was published. In which western state is it set?
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California
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Oregon
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