1) What was Lewis Carroll’s real name?
a) Eric Arthur Blair
b) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
c) James Dean
d) Samuel Colt
2) When was Lewis Carroll born?
a) 27 January 1832
b) 14 April 1848
c) 31 July 1815
d) 1 October 1829
3) Where was Lewis Carroll born?
a) Melbourne
b) London
c) New York
d) Daresbury
Note: There is No Nobel Prize for Economics. What is popularly known as Nobel Prize for Economics is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
YEAR, CATEGORY, LAUREATES
2020, Physics, Roger Penrose
2020, Physics, Reinhard Genzel
2020, Physics, Andrea Ghez
2020, Chemistry, Emmanuelle Charpentier
2020, Chemistry, Jennifer A. Doudna
2020, Medicine, Harvey J. Alter
2020, Medicine, Michael Houghton
2020, Medicine, Charles M. Rice
2020, Literature, Louise Glück
1. When did Giosue Carducci get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1911
b) 1906
c) 1905
d) 1908
2. When was Giosue Carducci born?
a) 9 March 1831
b) 21 April 1836
c) 27 July 1835
d) 27 December 1843
3. Where was Giosue Carducci born?
a) Verona
b) Turin
c) Brescia
d) Val di Castello
1) When was William Shakespeare born?
a) 23 April 1564
b) 15 July 1580
c) 25 December 1600
d) 1 January 1601
2) Where was William Shakespeare born?
a) London
b) New York
c) Paris
d) Stratford-on-Avon
3) Whom did William Shakespeare marry?
a) Anne Hathaway
b) Mary Tudor
c) Jane Grey
d) Elizabeth Newson
1. Which is Mary Shelley’s most famous novel?
a) Frankenstein
b) Lodore
c) The Last Man
d) Valperga
2. What was Mary Shelley’s maiden name?
a) Maria Kempes
b) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
c) Marie Pen
d) Barbara Cartland
3. When was Mary Shelley born?
a) 31 January 1796
b) 30 August 1797
c) 4 May 1794
d) 19 December 1795
1. When was Ernest Hemingway born?
a) 9 February 1864
b) 17 May 1862
c) 21 July 1899
d) 30 December 1865
2. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?
a) Cicero
b) Boston
c) Anchorage
d) San Francisco
3. What was Ernest Hemingway’s role in World War I?
a) Corporal
b) Marine
c) Flight Lieutenant
d) Ambulance driver
1. What was Pearl Buck’s original name?
a) Gina Harrison
b) Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker
c) Jane Seymour
d) Victoria Crawford
2. When was Pearl Buck born?
a) 10 February 1889
b) 26 June 1892
c) 11 July 1894
d) 17 November 1896
3. Where was Pearl Buck born?
a) Peking
b) Hillsboro
c) Canton
d) Tokyo
1. When was Arthur Conan Doyle born?
a) 31 March 1854
b) 22 May 1859
c) 25 September 1857
d) 30 December 1855
2. Where was Arthur Conan Doyle born?
a) Edinburgh
b) Glasgow
c) Aberdeen
d) Dundee
3. When did Arthur Conan Doyle receive doctorate in medicine?
a) 1880
b) 1874
c) 1885
d) 1882
1. When was John Robert Fowles born?
a) 31 March 1926
b) 2 April 1922
c) 23 August 1919
d) 7 December 1928
2. Where was John Robert Fowles born?
a) Athens
b) Leigh-on-Sea
c) Paris
d) Sparta
3. Which college did John Robert Fowles attend?
a) Christ Church College
b) Merton College
c) Trinity College
d) New College
1) When was Samuel Coleridge born?
a) 12 August 1778
b) 2 December 1776
c) 4 November 1774
d) 21 October 1772
2) What was Samuel Coleridge’s middle name?
a) Bowden
b) Taylor
c) Smith
d) Kennedy
3) Which college did Samuel Coleridge attend?
a) St. Augustine’s College
b) St. Patrick’s College
c) Jesus College
d) Trinity College