Books and Authors Quiz - Christmas Special Quiz 1

Books and Authors Quiz - Christmas Special Quiz 1

This quiz is based on famous books that are related to Christmas. Check your literary quotient.

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1. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents". Which famous classic book starts with these lines?

Little Women
A Christmas Carole
David Copperfield
Anne of the Green Gables

2. Name the author of New York Times bestselling holiday tale "A Christmas Train"

John le Carre
John Grisham
David Baldacci
Lee Child

3. Which Sherlock Holmes story begins with an old man dropping his Christmas goose on the street

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
A Scandal in Bohemia
A Case of Identity
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

4. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" is an anecdotal reminiscence of a Christmas from the viewpoint of a young boy. Name the famous poet who wrote this work of prose

W H Auden
Dylan Thomas
P B Shelley
William Wordsworth

5. "Letters from Father Christmas" is a collection of letters written and illustrated by a famous author of fantasy novels. Can you name the author?

JRR Tolkien
J K Rowling
Stephenie Meyer
C S Lewis

6. Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiographical children's novel tells the story of a Christmas celebration that gets delayed for many months till May. Do you know the title of the book?

Little House on the Prairie
The Long Winter
On the Banks of Plum Creek
These Happy Golden Years

7. "A Visit from St. Nicholas", more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" is a poem written anonymously in 1823. Who claimed authorship of the poem in 1837?

Samuel Johnson
Thomas Gray
Robert Burns
Clement Clarke Moore

8. "The Tailor of Gloucester" is a Christmas children's book written by the famous author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit". Who is the author?

Anna Sewell
Rudyard Kipling
Beatrix Potter
Enid Blyton

9. The children's story, "Stick Man", is about an anthropomorphic wooden stick who becomes separated from his family home. He is eventually reunited with his family in the "family tree" as a result of his interaction with Father Christmas. Who is the author of this book?

Judy Blume
Giles Andreae
Julia Donaldson
Judith Kerr

10. In the Harry Potter series, what gift does Mrs Weasley famously give to her family members every Christmas?

Home-made jumper
Home-made chocolates
home-made cakes
Home-made candies

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