How well do you know your favorite authors? Take this famous author quiz to prove how much of a bibliophile you are! To understand a book, you must also understand the author. Authors of our favorite works of literature have come from different eras, socioeconomic backgrounds, and cultures. Just like classic movies, works of classic literature are time capsules that provide us with insight into the culture of a particular period.
They also have unique personalities that directly influence the story, the characters, messages, and themes of their books. Roald Dahl was known as Roald the Rotten because of his nasty behavior that most likely spawned from a rough childhood. His work shows the darker experiences that children may go through. These surprisingly true famous author trivia questions and answers will make you think they are straight out of one of these authors’ books.
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The scroll wheel, invented in 1995, was used in what?
Books
Books
Bicycles
Bicycles
Computer Mice
Computer Mice
Pianos
Pianos
Why did Cruella de Vil in ‘101 Dalmatians’ kidnap the dogs?
Fur for coats
Fur for coats
Dog breeder
Dog breeder
Eat them
Eat them
Rescued them
Rescued them
In the book ‘King of the Wind’, who destroys Sham’s pedigree?
Mrs. Williams
Mrs. Williams
Signor Achmet
Signor Achmet
Mr. Biggle
Mr. Biggle
The constable
The constable
What was the first memoir by Dave Pelzer?
A Child Called It
A Child Called It
A Child Called You
A Child Called You
A Child Called Me
A Child Called Me
A Child Called Him
A Child Called Him
In the book ‘Artemis Fowl’, after meeting Artemis, what kind of experts does Root employ?
Psychologists
Psychologists
Financial
Financial
Medical
Medical
Scientists
Scientists
Holding, A Keeper and Home Stretch are novels by which TV and radio presenter?
Graham Norton
Graham Norton
Chris Evans
Chris Evans
Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross
Nicky Campbell
Nicky Campbell
In the book ‘The Corrections’, what does Gary cut his thumb with?
A hedge trimmer
A hedge trimmer
A blade of grass
A blade of grass
A knife
A knife
A chainsaw
A chainsaw
In the book ‘Fog Magic’, what is the name of the strange ship?
The Emmeretta
The Emmeretta
The Laleah
The Laleah
The Dory
The Dory
The Morehouse
The Morehouse
Which influencer published her memoir, This Is Me, in 2020?
James Lock
James Lock
Mrs Hinch
Mrs Hinch
Chloe Ferry
Chloe Ferry
Zoella
Zoella
Which of these is not a novel by H.G. Wells?
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle
The Island Of Dr. Moreau
The Island Of Dr. Moreau
The Time Machine
The Time Machine
The War Of The Worlds
The War Of The Worlds
In literature, what device is used in the tongue twister ‘She sells sea shell by the sea shore’?
Alliteration
Alliteration
Allegory
Allegory
Metaphor
Metaphor
Personification
Personification
In the book ‘How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale’, where does Jenna move after her grandmother’s house, according to her diary?
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Boulder City
Boulder City
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Chicago
Chicago
In the book ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, towards where do the ships of the defeated flee?
Sicily
Sicily
Alexandria
Alexandria
Peloponnesus
Peloponnesus
Rome
Rome
What type of book is Jack Canfield’s ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’?
Cook Book
Cook Book
Autobiography
Autobiography
Western Novel
Western Novel
Inspirational
Inspirational
In the book ‘A Wrinkle in Time’, along the way, Meg hears some birds who seem to be telling her something. Who translates their words for her?
Calvin
Calvin
Mrs. Whatsit
Mrs. Whatsit
Charles Wallace
Charles Wallace
A strange voice in the ether
A strange voice in the ether
The Treachery of Images’ was painted by which famous artist?
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt
Rene Magritte
Rene Magritte
Grant Wood
Grant Wood
C.M. Coolidge
C.M. Coolidge
In the book ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’, what title had Joan used when she was first writing the book quoted at the beginning of Chapter 22?
Stress
Stress
Angel Visits
Angel Visits
Family Thoughts
Family Thoughts
Tremors
Tremors
In the book ‘Banner in the Sky’, what made Rudi happy?
All of these
All of these
He had proved his father was right
He had proved his father was right
He was higher than any person had ever been before on the Citadel
He was higher than any person had ever been before on the Citadel
There was a straight forward route past the Fortress and beyond
There was a straight forward route past the Fortress and beyond
Genesis and Revelation are the first and last books of which religious text?
The Qu’ran
The Qu’ran
The Bible
The Bible
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib
In the book ‘The Call of the Wild’, how cold is it when the team breaks through ice in the river?
50 below zero
50 below zero
20 below zero
20 below zero
30 below zero
30 below zero
40 below zero
40 below zero
On the Road’ is a novel by which writer?
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Phillip K. Dick
Phillip K. Dick
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who is the author of ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’?
Dan Brown
Dan Brown
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Carlo Collodi
Carlo Collodi
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Who wrote the best-selling classic Of Mice and Men?
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
F Scott Fitzgerald
F Scott Fitzgerald
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
Who wrote ‘The Life of Samuel Johnson’?
James Boswell
James Boswell
Lytton Strachy
Lytton Strachy
John Updyke
John Updyke
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
In which century was Dutch writer, scholar and humanist Erasmus born?
19th Century
19th Century
11th Century
11th Century
15th Century
15th Century
8th Century
8th Century
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