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Quiz: Yes or No – Author’ Lives

A new series of quizzes – simply answer yes or no.
20 autobiographical statements about authors – but is the named author the correct one?

  • Question of

    Charles Dickens’ middle names were John Huffam.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Roald Dahl’s mother was Norwegian.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    JK Rowling used to work as a secretary for Greenpeace.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Emily Bronte is the only Bronte sister not buried at Haworth.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    It is widely believed that Shakespeare died on his birthday.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Stephen King’s father went out to buy cigarettes and never came back.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Paulo Coelho was incarcerated in a mental institution by his parents three times.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Irvine Welsh was a punk musician in a band called The Dancing Pigs before he became a writer.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Margaret Atwood didn’t attend full time school until she was 12.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Laura Ingalls Wilder was related to FD Roosevelt.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Michael Morpurgo didn’t know who his biological father was until he was 19.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Barbara Kingsolver is a professor in Environmental Science.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Agatha Christie disappeared for 3 weeks.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    James Patterson is of Scottish descent.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Hilary Mantel suffers from a severe form of endometriosis.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Delia Owens has a PhD in Animal Behaviour.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Charlotte’s Web was the favourite childhood novel of Celeste Ng.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Jodi Picoult spoke at the Women’s March on Washington in 2017.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Bernardine Evaristo is the 4th of 8 children.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Maggie O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland, educated in England and now lives in Scotland.

    • Yes
    • No

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