LITERATURE QUIZ BY SHREYASI GHOSH RAY

X was a large cannon used during the English Civil War (1642 - 1649) during the Siege of Colchester. The town of Colchester was a walled city with a castle and several churches. Standing right next to the city wall, was St Mary's Church. Placed on the wall of St. Mary's Church was a huge cannon named X. X's tragic fall resulted from a shot from a Parliamentary cannon which damaged the wall beneath the cannon. The Royalists, or Cavaliers, tried to raise X up again, and place it on another part of the wall. However, because the cannon was so heavy they were unable to raise it. As a result, the town of Colchester fell to the Parliamentarians. Name X.

This was a robot created by Honda .This robot acts as a personal assistant and has got many features. The makers gave a very unimaginative name to the robot to describe its abilities. However , they said that this name was given in honour of a very famous science-fiction author.

Name the author

In 1967, x watched a quiz program on television and was very disappointed to see that children were not able to answer who the mother of Rama was but were able to answer questions on Greek Gods. X vowed to make children know about their cultural heritage and started a popular series. His series are available in more than 19 languages and he is also the creator of Tinkle.

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This book was written when apartheid was prevalent in South Africa. The white settlers banned this book from being published in South Africa because they didn’t like the title. By just looking at the title , they thought that the book would cause “social unrest”. However , they did not know what the book was about since they had not read it.

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In the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling uses the number 62442 as a code to enter the Ministry of Magic via a broken telephone booth located in London.

Why did JK Rowling specifically use this number?

Solomon Grundy,Born on a MondayChristened on Tuesday___________ on WEDNESDAY

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Who was the sole survivor and narrator of Moby Dick?

How is Forsythe P. Jones the Third better known as?

Which book starts with the line – “All the children but one grew up.” ?

What starts from a mountain shaft in Iceland and finishes in Mount Stromboli?

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