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What does the phrase 'Tempus Fugit' mean? Time Flies
Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'? J.B.Priestley.
For what is World War 1 fighter pilot Captain W E
Johns most famous? Creating Biggles
Which name which never existed before-hand was invented
by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan?Wendy
Who wrote the novel "Gone With the Wind"?
Margaret Mitchell
What Middle English word for a belt or sash gave its
name to a character in Blackadder? Baldrick
What was the famous pen name of socialist Eric Arthur
Blair? Greorge Orwell
Smile is a single syllable word. By adding just one
letter, what 3 syllable word can be made? (Simile)
Who wrote “The Female Eunuch” – Germaine
Greer
What is a soubriquet? a nickname
What is the nationality of Agatha Christie’s
Poirot? Belgian
Spell the New Mexico city of Albuquerque. ALBUQUERQUE.
In Greek Mythology who was the goddess of Love and
Beauty? Aphrodite.
According to Beatrix Potter, what type of animal was
Mr Jeremy Fisher? a frog.
Of what was Minerva the Roman goddess,and Athena
the Greek equivalent? Wisdom
In literature how are Peter, Phyllis and Roberta
collectively known? The Railway Children
Who wrote the novel 'A Clockwork Orange?' Anthony
Burgess
Who was the author of ' Diana, Her True Story'? Andrew
Morton
Who collectively owned a dog called Scamper? The
Secret Seven
Who, according to Lady Caroline Lamb, was "mad,
bad, and dangerous to know"? Lord Byron
Who wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire" in
1947? Tennessee Williams
Which is the shortest of Shakespeare's plays? MacBeth
Who wrote the novel Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde? Robert
Louis Stevenson.
Who was Sir Galahad's Father? Sir Lancelot.
Who wrote the novel 'The Water Babies'? Charles Kingsley
Which character was Edgar Rice Burroughs’s most
famous creation? Tarzan
In the Fairy Tale, what dwarf could turn Straw into
Gold - Rumpelstiltskin
Whose Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has been in
print since 1870? Brewer's.
Which mythical creature is half lion, half eagle?
Griffin.
What mythical creature was half-man and half-horse?
centaur.
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