
Trivia Quiz on Author Identification
Updated: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A ready-made literature and general-knowledge quiz that you can use in virtual and in-person events (Zoom, Teams, YouTube Live, Twitch, conferences, meetings, classrooms, etc.)
Loading…
Here's quick guide on how to get started with QuizWithStreamAlive:
Test your literary instincts by matching iconic books to their creators. Perfect for bibliophiles, classrooms, and team icebreakers alike.
Ready to put names to the minds behind beloved stories? This group trivia rounds up classics, modern thrillers, sci‑fi epics, and more—challenging teams to identify authors from clever prompts and familiar titles. It’s ideal for book clubs, English classes, office icebreakers, and live streams, and it plays smoothly on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, and Kick. Split into teams, set a timer, and keep the energy high as you debate, deduce, and lock in your picks. Duplicate this quiz in a single click, mix in lightning rounds or bonus scrambles, and crown your resident bibliophile at the end.
1. Who wrote The Little Prince
A) Victor Hugo
B) Antoine de saint-exupery
C) Marcel Proust
D) Gabriel García Márquez
--
2. Which American author wrote Moby Dick
A) Mark Twain
B) Nathaniel Hawthorne
C) Herman melville
D) John Steinbeck
--
3. The childrens story 'The Rose and The Ring' was written by which 19th century novelist
A) Charles Dickens
B) Lewis Carroll
C) William thackeray
D) George Eliot
--
4. Name the South African author of 'Cry, the Beloved Country'
A) Alan paton
B) Nadine Gordimer
C) J. M. Coetzee
D) Athol Fugard
--
5. Literature Scramble: lxrnaadee lzynsshietno (Author of Gulag Archipelago)
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Vladimir Nabokov
D) Alexander Solzhenitsyn
--
6. The Lord of the Rings_
A) George R.R. Martin
B) J.K. Rowling
C) J.r.r. tolkien
D) C.S. Lewis
--
7. Who wrote the novel Invisible Man in 1952
A) Ralph Waldo Emerson
B) Ralph Ellison
C) George Orwell
D) James Joyce
--
8. Minnelli who wrote "moby dick"
A) Herman Meville
B) Herbert Melville
C) Herman melville
D) George Melville
--
9. Who wrote the thriller Jurassic Park
A) Stephen King
B) Michael crichton
C) Dan Brown
D) James Patterson
--
10. Name the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'
A) George Orwell
B) J.D. Salinger
C) Harper Lee
--
11. Who is the author of "Harry Potter" ?
A) George R. R. Martin
B) J. R. R. Tolkien
C) Joan Rowling
D) Joanne Rowling
--
12. Who wrote the 'Dragonriders Of Pern' series?
A) Ursula K. Le Guin
B) Anne McCaffrey
C) Todd McCaffrey
D) George R. R. Martin
--
13. Who Wrote `The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'?
A) J.R.R. Tolkien
B) Isaac Asimov
C) Arthur C. Clarke
D) Douglas Adams
--
14. Which Author Penned The Disc- World Series Of Sci-Fi Novels?
A) Neil Gaiman
B) Douglas Adams
C) Terry Pratchett
D) J.K. Rowling
--

Trivia Quiz on American Literature Part 2

Trivia Quiz on American Literature Part 3

Trivia Quiz on Australian Literature

Trivia Quiz on Author Identification

Trivia Quiz on Authors

Trivia Quiz on British Authors Part 2

Trivia Quiz on British Literature Part 2

Trivia Quiz on British Poets

Trivia Quiz on Charles Dickens

Trivia Quiz on Children'S Literature


