1. When was Herbert George Wells born?
a) 18 January 1864
b) 19 April 1868
c) 21 September 1866
d) 20 December 1862
2. Where was Herbert George Wells born?
a) Bromley
b) Glamorgan
c) Liverpool
d) Manchester
3. Where did Herbert George Wells work as an usher?
a) Buckingham Palace
b) Globe Theatre
c) Midhurst Grammar School
d) Greenwich Observatory
1. What was Barbara Tuchman’s original name?
a) Barbara Bush
b) Barbara Wertheim
c) Barbara Walters
d) Marjorie Collins
2. When was Barbara Tuchman born?
a) 30 January 1912
b) 15 May 1922
c) 23 August 1919
d) 30 December 1915
3. Where was Barbara Tuchman born?
a) Los Angeles
b) Austin
c) New York
d) Springfield
1. When was Washington Irving born?
a) 4 February 1784
b) 3 April 1783
c) 16 September 1779
d) 25 December 1774
2. Where was Washington Irving born?
a) Boston
b) Portland
c) New York
d) Richmond
3. Which magazine did Washington Irving edit in 1812?
a) The Magazine of Art
b) National Enquirer
c) The Plain Truth
d) Analectic Magazine
1. When was Clive Staples Lewis born?
a) 25 February 1894
b) 12 June 1892
c) 21 August 1901
d) 29 November 1898
2. Where was Clive Staples Lewis born?
a) Cork
b) Limerick
c) Belfast
d) Waterford
3. Where was Clive Staples Lewis a fellow and tutor in 1925-1954?
a) Magdalene College
b) Merton College
c) Trinity College
d) King’s College
1. What was Ruth Rendell’s original name?
a) Mary Ann Evans
b) Ruth Barbara Grasemann
c) Margaret Mitchell
d) Ruth Jane Brunswick
2. When was Ruth Rendell born?
a) 17 February 1930
b) 4 June 1915
c) 28 August 1929
d) 14 December 1925
3. Where was Ruth Rendell born?
a) Aldeburgh
b) Belfast
c) London
d) Dublin
(This quiz is about British poet Alexander Pope.)
1) When was Alexander Pope born?
a) 14 March 1751
b) 21 May 1688
c) 11 November 1650
d) 12 December 1700
2) Where was Alexander Pope born?
a) Dublin
b) Glasgow
c) Liverpool
d) London
3) How did being a Catholic affect Alexander Pope?
a) He was exiled.
b) He could not get good education.
c) He was beaten.
d) He was imprisoned.
1. When was Rudyard Kipling born?
a) 9 February 1864
b) 17 May 1862
c) 3 August 1861
d) 30 December 1865
2. Where was Rudyard Kipling born?
a) Calcutta
b) Madras
c) Delhi
d) Bombay
3. Which story by Rudyard Kipling describes the horrors of a foster home?
a) Mandalay
b) Baa Baa, Black Sheep
c) Gunga Din
d) Danny Deever
1. When was Hans Christian Andersen born?
a) 9 February 1804
b) 2 April 1805
c) 3 July 1801
d) 30 December 1806
2. Where was Hans Christian Andersen born?
a) Lind
b) Thisted
c) Hobro
d) Odense
3. Which university did Hans Christian Andersen attend?
a) Aarhus
b) Copenhagen
c) Roskilde
d) Alborg
1. When was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien born?
a) 3 January 1892
b) 17 May 1882
c) 14 August 1887
d) 30 December 1885
2. Where was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien born?
a) Amsterdam
b) Bloemfontein
c) Durban
d) Pretoria
3. Which college did John Ronald Reuel Tolkien attend?
a) Christ College
b) New College
c) King’s College
d) Exeter College