Book club quiz!

OK… so here is the last of the entertainment at the book club party… the Christmas Quiz! feel free to have a go and see how you get on! I won’t know if you check your answers or if you know them already so good luck!

1. John Lennon was murdered by an admirer of which American author?
2. Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
3. Which Shakespeare play is known by actors as “the Scottish play”?
4. Who wrote the Father Brown detective stories?
5. Guy Crouchback was the hero of the trilogy Sword of Honour. Who wrote them?
6. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is set in which English city?
7. What was the name of Donald Crowhurst’s trimaran?
8. What was the name of Bob Cratchit’s crippled son?
9. The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden are novels by which US author?
10. Apart from literature, what have George Eliot and George Sands in common?
11. What was Sherlock Holmes first adventure called?
12. In which Shakespeare play is the hero at war with the Volsces?
13. Which Scottish author created Inspector Rebus?
14. Which English poet died fighting in a Greek civil war?
15. In Sweeney Todd-The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, what were Mrs Lovett’s famous meat pies made from?
16. Which British writer was interned by the Germans in World War 2?
17. Name the Ancient Greek famous for his fables.
18. Tommy Steele appeared in a Musical based on “Kipps” a work by which British author?
19. Who first came to public attention with newspaper articles called “Sketches by Boz”.
20. Who wrote “Around the World in Eighty Days”?
21. Which Cornish resident wrote “Rebecca”?
22. A recent TV programme was called Room 101. Which novel featured the original Room 101?
23. What connects the answer to question 22 to Eric Blair? He was George Orwell, the author.
24. Who was Shakespeare married to?
25. Who wrote “A History of the English-Speaking People’s”?