An editor rejected what Marcel Proust work, noting, "I may be dead from the neck up, but rack my brains as I may I can't see why a chap should need thirty pages to describe how he turns over in bed before going to sleep"?
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Question 2 of 10
What famously controversial book is about actors from India killed in a terrorist plane explosion?
Question 3 of 10
In "Flowers for Algernon", who is Algernon?
Question 4 of 10
Walter Gibson created what pulp hero, who "knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men"?
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Question 5 of 10
Who wrote 'The Mists of Avalon'?
Question 6 of 10
In "A Room with a View" and "Howards End," Ismael Merchant and James Ivory were inspired by whose novels?
Question 7 of 10
What is comic book hero Roy of the Rovers' surname?
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Question 8 of 10
The word "cantaloupe" translates in Italian to a "wolf" that does what?
Question 9 of 10
In the book "Lisey's Story", written by Stephen King, what was Scott Landon's profession?
Question 10 of 10
In the book The Last Of The Mohicans what was the name of Chingachgook's only son?
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History Quizzes
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History Sudden End Quiz
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1980s Nostalgia Quiz
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Challenging Quiz About History
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History Trivia Quiz
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"What mountains were first crossed by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth in 1813?
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History Quiz
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20% knows the answer to this question:
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History Knowledge Quiz
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Hard History Quiz
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78% knows the answer to this question:
"Winchester in what Virginia valley changed hands 72 times during the Civil War?
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History Quiz
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45% knows the answer to this question:
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Geography Quizzes
10 Geography Questions
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Average Score: 9
61% knows the answer to this question:
"The description "birthplace of American freedom" best relates to which landmark?
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Hard Geography Quiz
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54% knows the answer to this question:
"Which part of the UK has the largest population?
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75% knows the answer to this question:
"Which country lies directly south of Mongolia?
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10 Geography Questions
Where did you go?
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36% knows the answer to this question:
"In which country would tourists visit Ayers Rock?
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HARD Science Quiz
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73% knows the answer to this question:
"What is the capital of Kentucky?
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89% knows the answer to this question:
"Which country lies directly south of Mongolia?
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Have you ever been to Japan?
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What was your last travel destination?
HARD Geography Quiz
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66% knows the answer to this question:
"Dionysus was the Greek God of what?
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Music Quizzes
Challenging Music Quiz
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55% knows the answer to this question:
"Italian Luciano Pavarotti was part of which music group?
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Challenging Music Quiz.
We are sorry for these difficult questions!
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46% knows the answer to this question:
"Which is the song from the movie "Top Gun" that was a hit for Berlin in 1986?
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10 difficult questions about John Denver
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30% knows the answer to this question:
"What was John Denver's birth name?
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How often do you listen to music?
HARD Music Quiz
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"Coolio reworked Stevie Wonder's "Pasttime Paradise," turning it into what song?
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Music Quiz For Intelligent People
Are you smart enough?
Average Score: 7
70% knows the answer to this question:
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Barbra Streisand Quiz
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Music Quiz
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50% knows the answer to this question:
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Very Hard Music Quiz
10 Questions
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75% knows the answer to this question:
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How often do you listen to music?
HARD Music Quiz
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69% knows the answer to this question:
"Coolio reworked Stevie Wonder's "Pasttime Paradise," turning it into what song?
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Science Quizzes
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10 HARD Science Questions
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78% knows the answer to this question:
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HARD Science Quiz
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Are you a scientist?
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Mad Science Quiz
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HARD Science Quiz
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29% knows the answer to this question:
"What is a change in the form of a species over time called?
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Who Sang Quizzes
Who Sang These Country Songs?
Question 10 is by far the hardest
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37% knows the answer to this question:
"Who performed the hit "Ring of Fire" (1963)?
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Who Sang These Country Songs?
Who is able to recognize all 10 country songs?
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73% knows the answer to this question:
"Who sang the famous song "I Walk the Line" (1956)?
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Who Sang These Songs From The 70s?
10 hard questions
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27% knows the answer to this question:
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Who Sang These Songs?
Please tell us if you know more than 6 songs
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68% knows the answer to this question:
"Who sang the famous song "Imagine" (1971) ?
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Who Sang These Songs?
You'll never ever score higher than a 6
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Who Sang These Songs? - Sudden End Style
How many songs didn't you know?
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86% knows the answer to this question:
"Who sang the famous song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (1962)?
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Who Sang These Songs?
How many songs did you know?
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60's music quiz
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Who Sang These Songs?
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47% knows the answer to this question:
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Food & Beverage Quizzes
Unknown Fruit Quiz
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Food & Beverages Quiz
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74% knows the answer to this question:
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Food and Beverage Quiz
10 questions but you won't get them all correctly!
Average Score: 9
63% knows the answer to this question:
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General Knowledge Quizzes
Challenging Knowledge Quiz
How did you score?
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55% knows the answer to this question:
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A quiz about old slangs!
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64% knows the answer to this question:
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Challenging Knowledge Quiz
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76% knows the answer to this question:
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General Knowledge Quiz
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48% knows the answer to this question:
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Quiz on General Knowledge
Questions 6 and 8 seem impossible to answer
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30% knows the answer to this question:
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Hard Mixed Trivia Quiz
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32% knows the answer to this question:
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Who can do better than an 8?
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75% knows the answer to this question:
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You'll probably require a third attempt!
Hard Sudden End
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40% knows the answer to this question:
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Absolutely no one scores a 6 or higher
Difficult Mixed Trivia Questions
Average Score: 7
45% knows the answer to this question:
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Literature Quizzes
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Movie Quizzes
Lights, Camera, Quotes!
Who can get a perfect 10? Share if you did!
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45% knows the answer to this question:
" "Here's looking at you, kid."
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Movie Quiz
What movie has your best memory?
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23% knows the answer to this question:
"You call that a knife? What movie, starring Paul Hogan, got men bragging about the size of their knives?
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It's highly doubtful you can complete even half of these movie titles in this quiz.
Movie Quiz
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76% knows the answer to this question:
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's "..." (1975)
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Math Quizzes
Math Quiz
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Math Quiz
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73% knows the answer to this question:
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Math Quiz
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54% knows the answer to this question:
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SUDDEN DEATH QUIZ
Try to stay on your feet!
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67% knows the answer to this question:
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HARD Math Quiz
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73% knows the answer to this question:
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Extremely Hard History Quiz, most people score only 3 out of 10.
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