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"Easy Round "
1. What is the study of the structure of sentences?
A. Grammar
B. Syntax
C. Anatomy
D. Morphology
2. What language is closest to English?
A. Spanish
B. British
C. Dutch
D. Chinese
3. How many diphthongs are there in the English language?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
D. 4
4. How old is the English language?
A. more than 14,000 years
B. more than 1,400 years
C. less than 14,000 years
D. less than 1,400 years

5. ' A Brief History of Time' is a famous book written by Stephen Hawking in which year?
A. 1989
B. 1968
C. 1988
D. 1998
6. Who is the father of English Grammar
A. Lindley Murray
B. William Bollokar
C. Charles Dickens
D. William Shakespeare
7. Colleen McCullough's novel the Thorn Birds is set in which country?
A. Brazil
B. England
C. USA
D. Australia
8. Which former US President wrote the memoir 'Dreams from my Father?
A. Bill Clinton
B. George W Bush
C. Barack Obama
D. Jimmy Carter
9. What color is the "badge of courage" in Stephen Crane's famous Civil War Novel?
A. Blue
B. Orange
C. Red
D. Lavander
10. Which is the " Scarlet letter"?
A. Q
B. A
C. J
D. X
11. Which play by Shakespeare has lovers committing suicide?
A. Breakfast at Tiffany's
B. Romeo and Juliet
C. Run Rabbit, Run
D. Lonesome Dove
12. "The Cricket on the Hearth " is a holiday novel, not early as well known as " A Christmas Carol" by
what British author?
A. Charles Dickens
B. Agatha Cristie
C. Jane Austen
D. Charlotte Bronte
13. Which book is centered on a horse?
A. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
B. Black Beauty
C. Animal Farm
D. The Muppets
14. Which person penned the Harry Potter novels?
A. Oprah Winfrey
B. Mark Twain
C. Dan Brown
D. J.K Rowling
15. What is the most printed book of all time?
A. Harry Potter
B. The Bible
C. Children literature
D. The Outsiders
16. Which of the following is the second book in the Twilight Saga?
A. Breaking Dawn
B. Midnight Sun
C. New Moon
D. Eclipse
17. Which British author was nicknamed " The Queen of Crime"?
A. Jane Austen
B. Charles Dickens
C. Agatha Cristie
D. Charlotte Bronte
18. Mark Twain wrote about which of these characters?
A. Red Riding Hood
B. Tom Sawyer
C. Little Boy Blue
D. Dennis the Menace
19. How many books are there in the Harry Potter?
A. 7
B. 5
C. 8
D. 12
20. Which country do people buy the most books in?
A. USA
B. Norway
C. Australia
D. Philippines
“Moderate Round”
1. Iambic pentameter is a type of metric lined used in English verse, most famous by William Shakespear.
While “iambic” describes unstressed/stressed pattern of each two-syllable “foot” the word pentameter
indicates that there are how many feet within a given line?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 8
D. 6
2. Prolific author Carl Hiaasen wrote more than a dozen humor-inflected novels dealing with crime
environmentalism, and political corruption in his Native Florida. In 2002, he made his first foray into
young adult fiction with what four-letter owl-centric novel that was named a Newbery Medal honor
book?
A. Hoot
B. Heet
C. Hate
D. Huet
3. In terms of his economic views,__ argued in favor of capitalism with stricter would allow individuals to
feel greater fulfillment in their work?
A. William Godwin
B. Jhon Ruskin
C. Philip Sidney
D. John Stuart Mill
4. Named after a London railway station, what fictional literary bear was originally a stowaway from “
Darkest Peru”?
A. Padlington Bear
B. Podington Bear
C. Paddington Bear
D. Poddington Bear
5. The 1790 storming of the Bastille was a pivotal moment during the French Revolution. What Impact
did this event have on English nonfiction writing?
A. It prompted dozens of English authors to adopt a nonfiction approach to this writing.
B. It prompted Mary Wollstonecraft to author A Vindication of the Rights of Men.
C. It created a half decade lull in the English nonfiction movement.
D. It prompted William Godwin to author Things as They Are.
6. Complete the first line of Kafka’s Metamorphosis’ As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled
dress he found himself transformed in his bed into___?
A. An Enormous insect
B. A Monstrous slug
C. A Gruesome toad
D. A Horrible cockroach
8. The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning must austere towers of steel and cement and
limestone sturdy as cliffs and dedicate as silver roads. What novel start with this line?
A. Babbit (1982)
B. Babbit (1922)
C. Babit (1922)
D. Babit (1982)
9. What device refers to poetry written without rhyme, especially if that poetry is written in iambic
pentameter?
A. Blank space
B. Blank door
C. Blank door
D. Blank verse
10. smog< smoke< + fog, brunch< breakfast + lunch, blog < web + log are examples of what type of word
formation?
A. Blending
B. Clipping
C. Compounding
D. Conversion
“Difficult Round”
1. Which two cities are there settings for Charles Dickens “ A Tale of Two Cities”? – London and Paris
2. Which country banned Alice in Wonderland? – China
3. How many husbands did Evelyn Hugo have? - seven
4. What part of speech is soothsayer meaning “ one who claims to have supernatural insight or
foresight?- noun
5. In her novel “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” author Helen Fielding named love interest Mark Darcy after a
character from what classic novel Jane Austen novel?- pride and prejudice
6. What is the best-selling novel of all time?- don quixote
7. In what language was Don Quixote written?- Spanish
8. What was the first novel ever written?- the tale of genji
9. According to legend, who was king Arthur’s wife?- Guinevere
10. Who introduced the phrase, ‘wear your heart on your sleeve”?- William Shakespeare

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"Easy Round "

1. What is the study of the structure of sentences?

2. What language is closest to English?

3. How many diphthongs are there in the English language?

4. How old is the English language?

A. more than 14,000 years

B. more than 1,400 years

C. less than 14,000 years

D. less than 1,400 years

6. Who is the father of English Grammar

7. Colleen McCullough's novel the Thorn Birds is set in which country?

8. Which former US President wrote the memoir 'Dreams from my Father?

10. Which is the " Scarlet letter"?

11. Which play by Shakespeare has lovers committing suicide?

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Run Rabbit, Run

A. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

14. Which person penned the Harry Potter novels?

15. What is the most printed book of all time?

18. Mark Twain wrote about which of these characters?

A. Red Riding Hood

C. Little Boy Blue

D. Dennis the Menace

19. How many books are there in the Harry Potter?

20. Which country do people buy the most books in?

D. John Stuart Mill

A. It prompted dozens of English authors to adopt a nonfiction approach to this writing.

B. It prompted Mary Wollstonecraft to author A Vindication of the Rights of Men.

C. It created a half decade lull in the English nonfiction movement.

D. It prompted William Godwin to author Things as They Are.

2. Which country banned Alice in Wonderland? – China

3. How many husbands did Evelyn Hugo have? - seven

6. What is the best-selling novel of all time?- don quixote

7. In what language was Don Quixote written?- Spanish

9. According to legend, who was king Arthur’s wife?- Guinevere

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