Do you think you're well read.

I'm constantly amazed at how many people proudly state that they don't read books. I thought I'd set this little quiz to embarrass those who don't know their Oliver Twist from their Androcles.

When entering Australia Oscar Wilde was asked if he had anything to declare to which he promptly replied, "Only my genius." Do you win the Oscar for your performance here?

Created by: Keef

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Our "When Will I Die" Quiz?

  1. Who wrote the phrase "When the going gets weird the weird turn pro," for one of his characters? (Autobiographical?)
  2. Who wrote "Lord of the flies."?
  3. In which part of the world was the story "Catch 22" set?
  4. Who demanded his pound of flesh?
  5. Which sort of people mainly inhabited "Cannery row" in Steinbecks book?
  6. In "One flew over the cuckoos nest" which song did McMurphy sing to the chief while they were waiting for their est?
  7. Why did Orr keep on ditching his plane in the ocean in "Catch 22"
  8. Who wrote the "Tropic of cancer" & the "Tropic of capricorn"?
  9. What was "Portnoys complaint" in Philip Roths book of the same name?
  10. What was the name of Bill Sykes dog in "Oliver Twist"?
  11. Professor Moriarty was the arch enemy of.....?
  12. Who wrote "The doors of perception"?
  13. What was the name of the power hungry leader of the swine in George Orwells "Animal farm"
  14. Louis L'Amour was known for writing books in which genre?
  15. The heroic adventures of the incomprable Howard Marks were published as what?
  16. Whose autobiography was entitled, "Sadly I was an only twin"?

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