Bulgaria Ski discussion board

As requested by last weeks winner - this weeks question are on Art and Literature. (Don't blame me )

Good Luck!!! AND NO USING GOOGLE!!!!

1. Which sportsmans autobiography was entitled 'It's All About A Ball'?


2. Who wrote Black Beauty?


3. Who is the current Poet Laureate?


4. In which book would you find the charector Miss Scarlet?


5. What have writers Kiran Desai, John Banville, and Alan Hollinghurst all got in common?


6. The first ever novel published in England was written in 1719. What was it called? (very famous!)


7. Who created Peter Rabbit?


8. Another sportsmans autobiograpy. Which of these sportsmen had the autobiography entitled Life In The Fast Lane? (a) Geoff Boycott, (b) Barry Sheene, (c) Stirling Moss, (d) Carl Lewis (e) Duncan Goodhew?


9. Who pubishes the small bible often found in hotel rooms?


10. Ralph and Piggy are two of the main charectors in which book?


11. A Night To Remember was a book based on what?


12. Who wrote the book Of Mice And Men?


13. What is this punctuation mark called ( ; )


14. How many daffodils did Wordswoth see at a glance?


15. How many times did Sherlock Holmes say 'elimentary my dear Watson' in Sir Arthur Conan Doyles original book?


16. In which of Shakerspears plays would you find Desdemona?


17. Who wrote the play An Inspector Calls?


18. What is the title of the book stolen most often from Briitsh libraries?


19. Which was the first of the James Bond books written by Ian Flemming in 1953?


20. Re-arrange this annogram to get a famous book titile. BEATS HEAD BUT NEATY.


21. Pequod is the ship prominantly featured in which classic novel?


22. Who wrote the Satanic Verses?


23. Which famous book starts with these words - It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?


24 What is the name of the award given each year to the best british artist under the age of 50?


25. In Bram Stokers Dracula - where did Dracula come ashore in England?


26. What famous piece of litrature was kept in Shepton Mallet prison during World War II for safe-keeping?


27. Who wrote the play The Importance Of Being Earnest?


28. Joe Harper and Hucleberry Finn the were best frinds of who?


29. What is the name of the book, released every year that summeries the previous years Cricket achievements as well as explaining the laws of Cricket.


30. Which composers famous last words were ' Applaud my friends, for the comedy hath now finished'.

Phew - that was a struggle (and they may be my last words )


PP

1.ALAN BALL
2 ANNA SEWELL
3 TED HUGHES
4 GONE WITH THE WIND
5 ALL WON BOOKER PRIZE
6 ROBINSON CRUSOE DANIEL DEFOE
7 ENID BLYTON
8 STIRLING MOSS
9 GIDEON
10 LORD OF THE FLIES [READ IT FOR 0 LEVEL]
11 SINKING OF THE TITANIC
12 JOHN STEINBECK [READ IT FOR JESSICAS A LEVEL]
13 SEMI COLON
14 A HOST
15. 0
16 OTHELLO [LOVE SHAKESPEARE]
17 PRIESTLEY [READ THAT FOR JESSICAS A LEVEL]
18 THE GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS
19 CASINO ROYALE
20 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
21 MOBY DICK BY MELVILLE
22 SALMON RUSHDIE
23 1984
24 TURNER
25 WHITBY
26 MAGNA CARTA
27 OSCAR WILDE
28 TOM SAWYER
29 WISDEN CRICKETERS ALMANACK
30 MOZART
or something like that