Trivia Quiz on British Poets
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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From Romantic odes to modern verse, this quiz celebrates the voices that shaped British poetry. Ideal for literature lovers and trivia buffs ready to test their metrical mettle.
Gather your group and dive into a celebratory sweep of British poetry, spanning nature-soaked Romantics, razor-sharp modernists, and evocative war poets. This team-friendly quiz is perfect for book clubs, classrooms, library events, pub quiz nights, and online meetups—run it in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, or stream it on YouTube Live, Twitch, or similar platforms. With accessible multiple-choice questions and a balanced difficulty curve, it works for mixed-knowledge groups and sparks lively discussion between rounds. Use it for quick icebreakers, a themed literature night, or as an engaging warm-up to a reading session. You can duplicate, remix, and reorder questions to match your format, add bonus rounds, or play head-to-head between teams. Set a timer, track points, and crown your resident poetry champion.
1. Who said "The child is the father of the man"
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) John Keats
C) Wordsworth
D) T. S. Eliot
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2. Which British poet was also a Jesuit priest
A) William Wordsworth
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) John Keats
D) Gerald Manley Hopkins
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3. Who wrote the poem Anthem for Doomed Youth
A) Rupert Brooke
B) Dylan Thomas
C) Siegfried Sassoon
D) Wilfred Owen
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4. Who wrote the famous poem daffodils
A) William Wordsworth
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) John Milton
D) George Gordon Byron
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5. Who wrote the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat"
A) Dr. Seuss
B) Edward lear
C) Lewis Carroll
D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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6. At which university did the poet Philip Larkin work as a librarian
A) Oxford
B) Hull
C) Cambridge
D) Leeds
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7. Which Oxford University Professor Of Poetry Had His Lyrics For Les Miserables Rejected
A) T. S. Eliot
B) W. H. Auden
C) James Fenton
D) Seamus Heaney
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8. Which poet wrote Jerusalem
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) John Keats
C) William blake
D) William Wordsworth
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9. Who Was Faamous For Her 'Pomes'
A) Pam Ayers
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Maya Angelou
D) Sylvia Plath
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10. What Did A E Housemans Initials Stand For
A) Alfred Edward
B) Albert Edward
C) Arthur Ernest
D) Alfred Ernest
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