Statistics for British Literature # 3

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Uther Pendragon was the father of which mythical English king?	King {Arthur}	94%
Which author created the characters Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot?	Agatha Christie	92%
Which Prime Minister won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953?	Sir Winston Churchill	92%
Which British poet and playwright was married to Anne Hathaway?	William Shakespeare	92%
What kind of creatures are Bilbo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee?	Hobbits	90%
Ron Weasley and Hermione Grainger are students of which school?	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardrt	88%
Which fictional bear was created in the 1950s by Michael Bond?	Paddington Bear	86%
The writers George Orwell, Rudyard Kipling and Salman Rushdie were all born in which country?	India	82%
P. G. Wodehouse’s books, what is the name of Bertie Wooster’s valet?	Jeeves	78%
Which 20th century poet has the first names Wystan Hugh?	W. H. Auden	68%
Who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755?	Dr. Samuel Johnson	54%
Which novel was the first to feature the hero Richard Hannay?	The Thirty-Nine Steps	50%
Whose plays include The Lady in the Van and The History Boys?	Alan Bennett	42%
Who wrote the Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books?	Arthur Ransome	40%
“The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy…” is the start of which novel?	Trainspotting	34%