Eurovision - Europe In Literature Quiz
Eurovision - Europe In Literature Quiz
Despite its reputation for pretty dreadful music, the Eurovision Song Contest (being held this weekend) did give the world Abba – so here is a quiz to celebrate all things European.
28 questions on the literary works from the 28 countries that make up Europe.
Despite its reputation for pretty dreadful music, the Eurovision Song Contest (being held this weekend) did give the world Abba – so here is a quiz to celebrate all things European.
28 questions on the literary works from the 28 countries that make up Europe.
Which writer, historian, orator and politician wrote these words about Britain – ‘The British nation is unique in this respect: they are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.’
Which country does the author of the crime novels The Millennium Trilogy come from?
In which European country is Roddy Doyle’s The Barrytown Trilogy set?
In which French epistolary novel do the ex-lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, use seduction as a weapon to humiliate and degrade others?
Which Brazilian wrote the novel Veronica Decides to Die about a young Slovakian woman who appears to have everything in life going for her, but decides to kill herself?
Hercule Poirot appeared in 33 novels, 1 play and over 50 short stories Agatha Christie. Which European country did the character of ‘the little grey cells’ come from?
What country is the setting for a Shakespeare tragedy that begins with the line, ‘Two households, both alike in dignity.’
The heartbreaking 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is set in which war torn country during World War Two?
The Expats by Chris Pavone is a thriller about an American who moves from Washington to Europe where her past catches up with her. Which country does she live in?
Which European did Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the creator of Don Quixote, come from?
A remarkably brave young woman wrote these words in a diary in World War Two – ‘In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.’ – which country did she write those words in?
The 2012 bestseller Between Shades of Grey, tells the shocking story of Lina and her family who are deported from their native country to a Stalinist labour-camp in Siberia. Where was their native country?
Which suspense novel by AJ Quinnell is partly set on Malta and introduces the burnt out American ex-soldier character of Creasy?
Milan Kundera, the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, is from which European country?
Felix Salten, the author of Bambi, was born in which European country?
Which enduringly popular novel from 1994 by Louis de Bernières is set during the occupation of Greece in World War Two and is about the love between Antonio, an Italian captain, and Pelagia, a local girl?
Which John le Carre novel is party set in Moscow, London and also in Lisbon?
A best seller in 2011 The Summer Book by Tove Janssen is about an elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter who while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of which country?
What is the name of Martin Simecka's first novel which portrays a young Slovakian struggling to come to terms with the last days of communist dictatorship?
The American cabaret performer Sally Bowles is the central character in a novella by Christopher Isherwood set between the World Wars. Which country is it set in?
Out of Africa is a 1937 memoir by Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke. Which European country did she come from?
In the 2005 novel The Redeemer by Jo Nesbø, a professional hitman known as ‘The Little Redeemer’ carries out many murders across Europe. Which Eastern European country does he come from?
The Third Man is a Graham Greene novel in which an American writer seeks his childhood friend, Harry Lime, in one of Austria’s great cities during the Allied-occupation. Which city?
Which GB Shaw play from 1894 has the Bulgarian character of Raina Petkoff at is centre and the Serbo-Bulgarian war of 1885 as its setting?
Sofi Oksanen is a Finnish writer whose 2012 novel, When the Doves Disappeared, is set in which Eastern European country during World War Two?
Which Shakespearean tragedy of love, jealousy and suspicion is set on Cyprus?
Which novel by Louis Sachar intertwines the misadventures of Stanley Yelnats in present day America with scenes from 1800s Latvia?
Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon is an East-West thriller about Mary Ashley who is chosen as the American Ambassador to which European country?