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And the answers ...

Question 1: An early draft of John Steinbeck’s novel was eaten by his dog. Which novel was it? Of Mice and Men


Question 2: How many pencils did Steinbeck use to write "East of Eden"? 300


Question 3: How many lines are there in a traditional English sonnet? Fourteen


Question 4: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is a quote found in which play by Shakespeare? Who is the speaker of the quote? Play: "Hamlet" ; Speaker: Marcellus (one of the officers who was with Horatio at the time of seeing the ghost)


Question 5: Name one Shakespearean tragedy and one Shakespearean comedy.

Shakespeare's Tragedies

Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida

Shakespeare's Comedies

All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado about Nothing
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter's Tale


Question 6: Which play by murder-mystery writer Agatha Christie has been showing in London since 1952? The Mousetrap


Question 7: In the early 1900s a thriller was instead more commonly referred to as what sort of book? Shocker or Shilling Shocker


Question 8: What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pen-name? Mark Twain


Question 9: What controversial novel opens with the line: "[a person's name], light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, My soul," ? "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov


Question 10: Which Alice in Wonderland character says "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” Cheshire Cat



BONUS: What is the world’s most expensive book? (worth three points!) The "Codex Leicester"