1. Name the three musketeers.
Porthos, Athos and Aramis
2. What famous children’s tale features a Canadian orphan called Anne Shirley?
Anne of Green Gables
3. Who ended his nightly diary entries with the words “and so to bed”?
Samuel Pepys
4. What kind of animal was Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggywinkle?
Hedgehog
5. Why did Jane Eyre not marry Mr Rochester at the first attempt?
He was already married
6. What does Noddy do for a living?
Taxi driver
7. In which book would you find the character Tom Bombadil?
Lord of the Rings (Fellowship of the Ring)
8. The sequel to the musical ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ opened in London in March 2010. What is it called?
Love Never Dies
9. In May 2009, Carol Ann Duffy was the first female and first Scot to become what?
Poet Laureate
10. How old is Juliet when she dies in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
13 (nearly 14)
Porthos, Athos and Aramis
2. What famous children’s tale features a Canadian orphan called Anne Shirley?
Anne of Green Gables
3. Who ended his nightly diary entries with the words “and so to bed”?
Samuel Pepys
4. What kind of animal was Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggywinkle?
Hedgehog
5. Why did Jane Eyre not marry Mr Rochester at the first attempt?
He was already married
6. What does Noddy do for a living?
Taxi driver
7. In which book would you find the character Tom Bombadil?
Lord of the Rings (Fellowship of the Ring)
8. The sequel to the musical ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ opened in London in March 2010. What is it called?
Love Never Dies
9. In May 2009, Carol Ann Duffy was the first female and first Scot to become what?
Poet Laureate
10. How old is Juliet when she dies in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
13 (nearly 14)