Literature quiz & language questions
Opening lines, authors, idioms and the origins of everyday words.
Literature is an extra category. The questions on this page are free to play; inside a duel it belongs to the paid part — six other categories stay free forever.
What is the name of the boy wizard in the books by Joanne K. Rowling?
More Literature questions
Guess first, then open.
-
Who wrote 'Effi Briest'?
Show answer Answer
- Theodor Fontane
- Theodor Storm
- Gottfried Keller
- Wilhelm Raabe
-
Who wrote the poetry cycle 'Duino Elegies'?
Show answer Answer
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Stefan George
- Gottfried Benn
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
-
Who wrote the novel 'The Stranger'?
Show answer Answer
- Albert Camus
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Marcel Proust
- Victor Hugo
-
'Lewis Carroll' was the pen name of which Oxford mathematician?
Show answer Answer
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
- William Whewell
- John Ruskin
- Charles Kingsley
-
In 'The Little Prince', what does the fox teach the prince is essential but 'invisible to the eye'?
Show answer Answer
- What truly matters can only be seen with the heart
- The stars do not really exist
- Time does not really pass
- Love is a weakness
-
Everyone chips in with advice at the same time and the result is a failure. Which proverb fits?
Show answer Answer
- Too many cooks spoil the broth
- Even a blind squirrel finds a nut
- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- He who digs a pit for others falls into it himself
-
What is the large heading above a newspaper article called?
Show answer Answer
- Masthead
- Headline
- Column
- Subheading
True or false?
Same material, different game — in a duel this one runs without a clock, but with an explanation after every reveal.
-
Pippi Longstocking lives in Villa Sunshine.
Reveal Reveal
False.
Pippi lives in Villa Villekulla, not Villa Sunshine.
-
The Gruffalo is an invented fantasy creature from a picture book.
Reveal Reveal
True.
In Julia Donaldson's book the Gruffalo is at first only invented by the mouse, but then really appears.
-
The Three Little Pigs build their houses from straw, sticks and glass.
Reveal Reveal
False.
The third pig builds his house from bricks, which the wolf cannot blow down.
-
In German Romanticism, the blue flower is seen as a symbol of longing and wanderlust.
Reveal Reveal
True.
The blue flower is the best-known motif of Romanticism and stands for the quest for the infinite.
Now play someone
In a duel the wheel decides which category comes up — and every round brings a different one of the eleven games.
Start a duel