Literature Quiz 5

1. This novel describes the love of a New York lawyer for the separated wife of a Polish count. Who is the actress who played the countess in the 1993 film adaptation?
Ans. Michelle Pheiffer

2. Which literary character has been played in over fifty films by actors including an Olympic shot-putter, a U.S. footballer, a British naval officer and the son-in-law of the character's creator?
Ans. Tarzan

3. The nude wresting scene was a famous first in this film based on a classic British novel. What's the title?
Ans. Women in Love

4. What word connects Citizen Kane and Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Ans. Xanadu

5. Which one of the following characters, from literature and film, is purely fictitious?
Ans. The Prisoner of Zenda

6. The 1991 novel "Scarlett" by Alexandra Ripley was a sequel to which other novel?
Ans. "Gone With The Wind"

7. Which of the following authors had more of their books borrowed from libraries in the UK in the year 2000 than the others? Danielle Steel, Ruth Rendell or Patricia Cornwell
Ans. Danielle Steel

8. By what name was Percy Blakeney better known in a novel by Baroness Orczy?
Ans. The Scarlet Pimpernel

9. What is the name given to the system for categorizing library books?
Ans. Dewey Decimal System

10. For what novel did J. K. Rowling win the 1999 Whitbread "Children's book of the year" award?
Ans. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"

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