The Life and Work of C S Lewis

Some questions about the life and work of one of Britain’s most famous 20th century writers.

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Question	Answer
In which British city was he born, in 1989?	Belfast
What did the C stand for?	Clive
What did the S stand for?	Staples
By which name was he commonly known as throughout his life?	Jack
What was the name of his older brother?	Warren
In which war did C S Lewis serve as a member of the British army?	World War One
At which University did he study and later work for almost 30 years?	Oxford University
Which informal literary group was he a part of there?	The Inklings
What was the name of the house he lived in from 1930 onwards?	The Kilns
He converted to which religion in the early 1930s?	Christianity
In the 1940s he made a series of religious talks for which corporation?	The BBC
Which 1952 theologian book adapted from these wartime talks?	Mere Christianity
Which mythical land did he invent as the setting of seven children’s books?	Narnia
What was the name of the first book to feature it, published in 1951?	The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Who is the only character to feature in all seven ‘Chronicles’?	Aslan
In 1954, he accepted a newly created position at which university?	Cambridge University
What was the name of the American that he married in 1956?	Joy Davidman
His death in 1962 was overshadowed by whose assassination?	John F. Kennedy
In 2013, on the fiftieth anniversary of his death, C.S. Lewis was recognised in Poet’s Corner, in which famous London building?	Westminster Abbey

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