Writers Abroad Literary Crossword
Across
- 2. What did Tom the piper’s son steal?
- 4. If you were reading a book published by Fodor, what would the subject be?
- 8. What type of book is the OED?
- 16. Who was the anthropomorphised bear who always addressed people as Mr & Mrs?
- 17. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a famous novelist from which US city?
- 18. Name of the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta?
- 19. Which famous doctor was created by Hugh Lofting?
- 21. Who said 'Man is a political animal'?
- 22. In which Shakespearian work would you find the following quote? ’When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning, or in rain?’
- 25. What did the weasel do in the nursery rhyme?
- 27. Which word is missing from this line in a poem by J Milton Hayes ‘The _______ stopped, and glared around.’
- 29. What technical word is given usually to the right-side odd-numbered page of a book?
- 32. Which character finally killed Macbeth?
- 34. By what name is the writer François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) better known?
- 35. What was the first name of the youngest of the three Brontë sisters?
- 36. Who wrote the line ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’?
- 38. Which word is missing from this line in a poem by Edgar Allen Poe? ‘Lo! Death has ______ himself a throne.’
- 39. Which word is missing from this quote by Oscar Wilde ‘To ____ is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.’
Down
- 1. Which word is missing from this quote by Albert Einstein ‘A clever person solves a problem. A ____ person avoids it.’
- 3. One of Beowulf’s enemies?
- 5. Joanne Harris wrote which book, made into a hit film starring Johnny Depp?
- 6. What was the name of the archangel referred to in the Book of Daniel as the guardian angel of Israel?
- 7. What is the land of giants called in Gulliver's Travels?
- 9. The Statute of Anne, 1710 law relating to literary and artistic works is also known as what?
- 10. In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's ‘Canterbury Tales’ written?
- 11. A Haiku contains how many syllables?
- 12. Who is the father of English Poetry?
- 13. Which Shakespearean prince's mother was called Gertrude?
- 14. Where was ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ set?
- 15. What nationality was the author Jack London?
- 19. Jonathan Harker's Journal and Dr Seward's Diary feature in what famous 1897 novel?
- 20. The first history book was written by?
- 23. What is the name of the villainous computer in Arthur C Clarke’s Space Odyssey series?
- 24. What is a 14 lined poem called?
- 26. Which female in the Old Testament was eaten by dogs?
- 28. A friend of Winnie the Pooh
- 30. A character from a Dickens tale.
- 31. A novel by Johanna Sypri.
- 33. Villainous old man in Oliver Twist.
- 37. Polly put the kettle on to make what?