Quiz – An Author Beginning with N and O

20 questions all related to the writing of authors whose surnames begin with an N (there aren’t many) or an O (there really aren’t many!)

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Which O’Neill play features the dysfunctional Tyrone family?

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In Nabakov’s Lolita what is the girl’s real name?

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Ondaatje’s novel Coming Through the Slaughter is a recreation of a legendary jazz pioneer: which one?

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Niffenegger’s novel title Her Fearful Symmetry is taken from which poet?

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Finish the title of this classic Naipaul novel: A --- for Mr Biswas.

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In Orwell’s Animal Farm what character represents the obedient workers?

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What is the surname of Nesbit’s three Railway Children?

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What genre was Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger one of the first?

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Celeste Ng’s novels focus on the experience of what community of immigrants in America?

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Which of Owen’s WW1 poems describes the horrors of a gas attack?

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What is the name of Nemirovsky’s saga written and set in WW2 but not published until 65 years later?

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What is the name of O’Brian’s Master and Commander?

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Nesbo’s Harry Hole series are set in Norway, but in the first of the series where does the murder take the detective?

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Edna O’Brien’s The Little Red Chairs features a war criminal based on which real life ex-ruler?

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Finish the title of this Ness novel: The --- and the Answer.

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In O’Farrell’s bestseller, what relationship is Esme Lennox to the modern day protagonist Iris?

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Which David Nicholls novel has an unsuccessful character stuck with the name of Stephen McQueen?

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Oates’ brilliant novel Blonde is a retelling of the life of which actress?

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Which Orwell novel brought the following words to common use: doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak?

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What is the title of Jenny Offill’s bestselling dark comedy about a marriage slowly falling apart?

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