Literature Around the World
Take a literary trivia tour around the globe with these classic works by foreign authors.
15 questions · Published June 28, 2021
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What French novel chronicles the story of Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread?
FUN FACT
The iconic logo for the Broadway adaptation of Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" is based on an original illustration from the novel, published in 1862.
- Multiple Choice
2. In which country is Colleen McCullough's 1977 novel "The Thorn Birds" still the best-selling book of all time?
"The Thorn Birds" is set primarily on Drogheda, a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named for Drogheda, Ireland. The novel was adapted into a successful television miniseries in 1983.
- Multiple Choice
3. What Russian novelist penned the 1957 novel "Doctor Zhivago"?
FUN FACT
Boris Pasternak received the Nobel Prize in Literature the year after publishing "Doctor Zhivago" (1957).
- Multiple Choice
4. What iconic character in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland" is best known for their distinctive mischievous grin?
FUN FACT
The first known reference to a grinning Cheshire cat dates to 1788, well before the publication of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1865.
- Multiple Choice
5. Who is the titlular "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in author Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" series?
Author Stieg Larsson stated that he based the character of Lisbeth Salander on an imagined grown up version of Pippi Longstocking.
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