1.Cedric got the Swedish Short-Snout; Fleur got the Welsh Green; Viktor got the Chinese Fireball. Name the fourth pair in the same context.
2. In medieval Rome, the dowry, belonged to the husband. But there were some articles that the bride brought along with her, and the law of the day said that they were her exclusive property. What were these articles called ?
3.How do we better know the pair Mr.Montague and Miss Capulet better ?
4.THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER paid the butcher's bill, A PHANTOM HAND put down a new carpet, and the CURSE OF THE COVENTRYS proved the blessing of the _______s in the way of groceries and gowns.' (the blank is the family name)
Which fictional character wrote these books? Just naming the book gets you half points.
5.Who has written the books -'The Gospel from Outer Space', 'Venus on the Half-Shell', and 'Now It Can Be Told', which were not published as novels but as filler material in pornographic magazines?
6. This cartoon character created in 1941, is the king of Poseidonis, the protector of the seas. He took the name of a lighthouse keeper Arthur Curry who taught him about the surface world. He is the silent but prominent member of the Justice League of America.Identify this hero.
7.In a famous short story, a motive for murder is described as follows: 'Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man.' What story is this?
8.How do we better know the character Mickey Dugan?
9.In the 19th century, owing to chronic mercury poisoning from the solution used to treat the felt, craftsmen who made hats were known to be excitable and tremble with palsy. This led to the origin of a phrase and eventually the name of a character in literature. Name him.
10.What's common to the writing of these works - Don Quixote by Cervantes, History of the World by Sir Walter Raleigh, The Gentle Grafter by O Henry, Mein Kampf by Hitler and Discovery of India by Nehru?
11.Auguste C. Dupin is credited to be the first fictional detective in mystery fiction. In which story in 1841 did he make his first appearance?
12.Which fictional character got its name from the way the file cabinets were named in the author's office?
13. Which novelist born in Germany of Polish parents, educated in London, married to an Indian architect and settled in New York, won an Academy for Best Screenplay in 1987 for the Merchant-Ivory production A Room With A View?
14. Bruce Wayne:Batman::Dr Bruce Banner:?
15.What comic book founded by Harvey Kurtzman and William Gaines in 1952 was converted into a magazine to escape the strictures of the Comics Code Authority?