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Book Trivia

Book trivia for readers. Quizzes cover classic novels, Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl and children's books, young adult fiction, fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian novels, mysteries and detectives, poetry, and the books that became movies.

Book Trivia Questions

  1. In Charlotte's Web, what kind of animal is Wilbur?

    A pig

    Charlotte saves him by spinning words like "SOME PIG," "TERRIFIC" and "RADIANT" into her web.

    From the Children's Books quiz

  2. Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975) was based on a bestselling novel by whom?

    Peter Benchley

    Benchley later regretted how the story fueled fear of sharks and became a passionate ocean conservationist.

    From the Books to Movies quiz

  3. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what does Charlie find in his Wonka bar wrapper?

    A Golden Ticket

    Willy Wonka hid only five Golden Tickets in candy bars sold around the world.

    From the Roald Dahl quiz

  4. Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Clemens. It's a riverboat call meaning the water is two fathoms, or 12 feet, deep.

    From the Classic Novels quiz

  5. What is the name of the great lion in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia?

    Aslan

    Lewis noted that the name is simply the Turkish word for lion.

    From the Fantasy Books quiz

  6. In Rick Riordan's books, Percy Jackson discovers he's the son of which Greek god?

    Poseidon

    Riordan first made up Percy's adventures as bedtime stories for his son, who was studying Greek myths.

    From the Young Adult Books quiz

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