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Literary Quiz

Literary Quiz. Hosted by Vivek .V. 30 th August 2006. 1. Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for English?. R.K. Narayan Book: The Guide Year: 1960. 2. He is an Indian author of British descent. He was born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, in 1934 and grew up in

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Literary Quiz

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  1. Literary Quiz Hosted by Vivek .V. 30th August 2006

  2. 1 Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for English? • R.K. Narayan • Book: The Guide • Year: 1960

  3. 2 He is an Indian author of British descent. He was born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, in 1934 and grew up in Jamnagar (Gujarat), Mussorie, Dehradun and Shimla. Delightful short stories about small towns and villages, the adolescent experience, and the hills with which the author has been in love with all his life- only inadequately express the distinction of this author. His Room on the Roof , written at the age of 17, won a prestigious British Literary Award Ruskin Bond

  4. 3 “Fools rush in where angles fear to tread”, “To err is human, to forgive divine”, and “Hope springs eternal in the human breast” These three statements have attained proverbial status. Who wrote them originally? Alexander Pope

  5. 4 What was Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle’s profession in real life? Doctor

  6. 5 Which reference book reigns as the all-time bestseller? The Guiness Book of World Records

  7. 6 Who acted the part of Eliza Doolittle in the film version of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, My Fair Lady? Audrey Hepburn

  8. 7 Who was Mark Twain in real life? Samuel Langhorne Clemens

  9. 8 Who was the tutor of Alexander the Great? Aristotle

  10. 9 What is a Passion Play? A play about the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus

  11. 10 How long did Robinson Crusoe have to live on the deserted island in Defoe’s novel? 28 years and 2 months

  12. 11 Which was Agatha Christie’s first published detective story? The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 1920

  13. 12 Who is the author of Arabian Nights? It is an anonymous collection!!

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