Trivia Quiz on American Authors

1. What popular american writer coined the word nerd

A) Mark Twain

B) Harper Lee

C) Ernest Hemingway

D) Doctor seuss

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2. What was Tom Clancy's blockbuster first novel, published in 1984

A) The Hunt for Red October

B) The Hunt

C) Red Storm Rising

D) Patriot Games

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3. Which Novelist Sometimes Writes Under The Pseudonym Richard Bachman?

A) Dean Koontz

B) Michael Crichton

C) Stephen King

D) James Patterson

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4. Which famous author also writes under the name pen name of Richard Bachman?

A) George Orwell

B) Steven King

C) Agatha Christie

D) Dan Brown

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5. Who created the fictional detective Nero Wolfe

A) Rex Stout

B) Arthur Conan Doyle

C) Agatha Christie

D) Dashiell Hammett

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6. Baseball is not sport - state of mind - cant learn it - what author

A) Ernest Hemingway

B) John Steinbeck

C) Mark Twain

D) F. Scott Fitzgerald

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7. Creator of Perry Mason

A) Arthur Conan Doyle

B) Agatha Christie

C) Raymond Chandler

D) Erle stanley gardner

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8. Name the author of 'the pumphouse gang'

A) Tom Wolfe

B) Hunter S. Thompson

C) Norman Mailer

D) Gay Talese

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9. Who said "Sometimes too much drink is barely enough"

A) Mark Twain

B) W. C. Fields

C) Mae West

D) Oscar Wilde

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10. What was the name of John Steinbeck's dog Charley

A) Standard Poodle

B) Beagle

C) German Shepherd

D) Golden Retriever

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11. Who wrote The Poseidon Adventure

A) H. G. Wells

B) James Patterson

C) Dan Brown

D) Paul Gallico

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12. Who wrote A Farewell to Arms

A) F. Scott Fitzgerald

B) Ernest hemingway

C) John Steinbeck

D) George Orwell

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13. What was Richard Bach's best selling book

A) Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

B) Jonathan livingston seagull

C) One

D) A Gift of Wings

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14. What former riverboat pilot & author called the Mississippi "the crookedest river in the world"

A) Samuel Clemens

B) Mark twain

C) Ernest Hemingway

D) Louis L'Amour

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15. Who wrote the children's novel The Secret Garden

A) Francis hodgson burnett

B) Beatrix Potter

C) L. M. Montgomery

D) Louisa May Alcott

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16. Theodor Geisel published an easy reading book for kids, featuring a cat. How is he more commonly known

A) Theodor Geisel

B) Ted Geisel

C) Seuss

D) Dr Seuss

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17. Which best selling American writer wrote and directed the sci-fi film Westworld ?

A) Michael Crichton

B) Stephen King

C) Isaac Asimov

D) Neal Stephenson

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18. Who Wrote The Novels 'The Hunt For Red October'' And 'Clear And Present Danger''

A) Clive Cussler

B) Tom Clancy

C) Dan Brown

D) John Grisham

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19. Who wrote 'Psycho'?

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) Edgar Allan Poe

C) Robert Bloch

D) Stephen King

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20. Who created 'Horton' the elephant?

A) Dr. Seuss

B) Maurice Sendak

C) Beatrix Potter

D) Walt Disney

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21. Who Wrote Jurassic Park

A) Steven Spielberg

B) George R. R. Martin

C) Dan Brown

D) Michael Crichton

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22. Which Author Wrote To Books The Shining And Pet Sematary

A) Dean Koontz

B) Neil Gaiman

C) Michael Crichton

D) Stephen King

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