Quiz – An Author Beginning with C

20 questions all related to the writing of authors whose surnames begin with a C.

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On Aug 8, 2017
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Which detective appears in more of Christie’s stories: Poirot or Marple?

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Chevalier’s novel New Boy is based on which Shakespeare tragedy?

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In which month do Chaucer’s Canterbury tales begin?

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Which C writes the Jack Reacher series of thrillers: Lee Child or Pamela Cornwell?

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Why is Barbara Cartland listed in The Guinness Book of Records?

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Which Carroll poem begins:
‘Twas bryllyg, and the slythy toves
Did gyre and gymble in the wabe…’

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What are the names of Chekhov’s Three Sisters?

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Australian author Peter Carey is only one of four authors to have won which literary prize twice?

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Finish the official title of the Cervantes classic: The ---Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha.

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Which part of England are Catherine Cookson’s novels mainly set: the north east or the Midlands?

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How many novels are there in Clarke’s most famous series that begins with 2001: A Space Odyssey?

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Coelho’s novel The Spy is about which famous historical character?

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Which le Carre novel begins with Jonathan Pine working in a luxury hotel before people around him start to die?

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Finish the title of this Clancy novel: The Bear and the ---

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What is the name of the eponymous princess in Cabot’s The Princess Diaries?

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Which Congreve classic play centres on the lovers Mirabell and Millamant?

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What is the name of the narrator in Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

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What is the name of Crichton’s latest palaeontology adventure novel (published 2017)?

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‘Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure.’ Of which Camus novel is this the opening line?

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Coleridge’s narrative poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner begins at what event?

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