ENGLISH-QUIZ-BEE-PART-3
ENGLISH-QUIZ-BEE-PART-3
ENGLISH-QUIZ-BEE-PART-3
2. In the legend Why the Sea is Salty, what caused the sea to become salty?
Answer: A greedy king who was tricked by a magic fish.
3. In the folk tale The Bamboo Maiden, what is the main lesson taught?
Answer: The importance of hard work and respect for others.
5. In the epic Hinilawod, which hero is known for his supernatural strength?
Answer: Labaw Donggon.
5. Who is the author of Beloved, a novel set after the American Civil War?
Answer: Toni Morrison.
6. In Frankenstein, who is the scientist that creates the monster?
Answer: Victor Frankenstein.
9. Who wrote The Color Purple, a novel about African American women in the early
20th century?
Answer: Alice Walker.
3. Which Shakespeare play is about a Danish prince seeking revenge for his father’s
death?
Answer: Hamlet.
Got it! Here's an extended list of literature topics including grammar, mythology, famous
authors, works of authors, pen names, quotes, and more. These questions will help you
prepare in various areas.
1. What is the term for a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"?
Answer: Simile.
3. What is the term for a person, place, thing, or idea that represents something
larger than itself in literature?
Answer: Symbol.
1. What is the pen name of Samuel Clemens, the author of The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer?
Answer: Mark Twain.
3. What is the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland?
Answer: Lewis Carroll.
4. What famous novel did Herman Melville write about a sea captain’s obsession
with a whale?
Answer: Moby-Dick.
7. Who wrote Brave New World, a dystopian novel set in a future society?
Answer: Aldous Huxley.
8. Which famous English playwright wrote Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet?
Answer: William Shakespeare.
9. What is the pen name of the author of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling?
Answer: Robert Galbraith (for her crime novels).
7. Which Greek hero is famous for his role in the Trojan War and his
near-invulnerability?
Answer: Achilles.
9. What is the name of the Norse tree that connects the Nine Worlds?
Answer: Yggdrasil.
1. Who said the famous line, "It is not our abilities that show what we truly are… it is
our choices"?
Answer: Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
2. Who wrote the famous line, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women
merely players"?
Answer: William Shakespeare (As You Like It).
3. Which author wrote, "To be, or not to be: that is the question"?
Answer: William Shakespeare (Hamlet).
4. Who said, "The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find one's passion
and pursue it"?
Answer: Albert Einstein.
5. Who wrote, "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with
an independent will"?
Answer: Charlotte Brontë (Jane Eyre).
6. Who said, "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you
are not"?
Answer: André Gide.
8. Who wrote, "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the
silence of our friends"?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
9. Who said, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step"?
Answer: Lao Tzu.
10. Which author wrote the line, "So it goes," repeatedly in Slaughterhouse-Five?
Answer: Kurt Vonnegut.
1. What novel by George Orwell is about a totalitarian regime that watches every
move of its citizens?
Answer: 1984.
2. What is the title of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald about the rise and fall of Jay
Gatsby?
Answer: The Great Gatsby.
3. In The Hobbit, who is the main character who goes on an adventure to reclaim a
stolen treasure?
Answer: Bilbo Baggins.
4. In Frankenstein, what is the name of the scientist who creates the monster?
Answer: Victor Frankenstein.
5. Which classic novel features the character of Pip and his journey from a poor
orphan to a gentleman?
Answer: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
6. What is the title of the novel by Harper Lee about the racial injustices in the
American South?
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird.
7. Which novel by J.R.R. Tolkien tells the story of Frodo Baggins' journey to destroy
a powerful ring?
Answer: The Lord of the Rings.
8. What is the title of the novel by Herman Melville that features the obsessive quest
of Captain Ahab?
Answer: Moby-Dick.
Here are more enumeration-style questions across different topics of literature, grammar,
mythology, famous authors, quotes, and book information:
8. What are the names of the three-headed dog that guards the gates of the
Underworld in Greek mythology?
Answer: Cerberus.
1. Who said, "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop"?
Answer: Confucius.
9. Who said, "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new"?
Answer: Albert Einstein.
10. Who said, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue
that counts"?
Answer: Winston Churchill.
3. Which novel tells the story of a young girl named Scout growing up in the
American South?
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
5. In The Hobbit, what is the name of the dragon that hoards treasure in the Lonely
Mountain?
Answer: Smaug.
7. Which novel by George Orwell is about a dystopian society where the government
constantly watches its citizens?
Answer: 1984.
8. Which novel is written by Mary Shelley and features a scientist who creates a
living creature from dead body parts?
Answer: Frankenstein.
9. In Pride and Prejudice, what is the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr.
Darcy?
Answer: Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy are romantic interests who eventually marry.
10. In The Catcher in the Rye, who is the narrator and main character?
Answer: Holden Caulfield.
3. What are the three primary types of rhetorical appeals in persuasive writing?
Answer: Ethos, Pathos, Logos.
4. Who was punished to turn everything he touched into gold in Greek mythology?
Answer: King Midas.
5. Who was the Greek hero known for performing the twelve labors?
Answer: Heracles (Hercules).
6. What Greek titan was condemned to hold up the heavens on his shoulders?
Answer: Atlas.
10. Who was the Trojan hero who fought Achilles in Greek mythology?
Answer: Hector.
3. Who said, "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream"?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe.
4. Who said, "It is never too late to be what you might have been"?
Answer: George Eliot.
5. Who said, "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path
and leave a trail"?
Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson.
6. Who wrote, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you"?
Answer: Maya Angelou.
7. Who said, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue
that counts"?
Answer: Winston Churchill.
8. Who said, "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship"?
Answer: Louisa May Alcott.
9. Who said, "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can
steer yourself any direction you choose"?
Answer: Dr. Seuss.
10. Who wrote, "The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable"?
Answer: James A. Garfield.
1. What is the title of the first book in the Harry Potter series?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Philosopher's Stone in some regions).
2. Which novel is about a dystopian society where books are banned, and "firemen"
burn them?
Answer: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
5. In The Lord of the Rings, who is the author of the book that chronicles the
adventures of Frodo Baggins?
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien.
8. In The Scarlet Letter, what letter does Hester Prynne wear on her chest?
Answer: The letter "A" for adultery.
9. Which novel by Leo Tolstoy explores the life of Anna Karenina and her troubled
marriage?
Answer: Anna Karenina.
10. Which famous novel by William Golding is about a group of boys stranded on an
island?
Answer: Lord of the Flies.
7. Which play by William Shakespeare tells the story of a prince who seeks revenge
for his father’s murder?
Answer: Hamlet.
8. Who wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
9. Which novel is set during the French Revolution and features the character of
Jean Valjean?
Answer: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
10. Which novel by J.R.R. Tolkien features the journey of a hobbit named Bilbo
Baggins?
Answer: The Hobbit.
1. List 3 literary works that have been adapted into films by Alfred Hitchcock.
Answer: Rebecca, The Birds, Psycho.