What is the title of the William Golding novel in which English school boys

stranded on an island turn savage? (Lord of the Flies)

What animal is Shere Khan in Rudyard Kiplings "The Jungle Book"? (a tiger)

What kind of factory does Willie Wonka own in Roald Dahls famous story? (a
chocolate factory)

Which author wrote books in which Rohan, or Riddermark, is an important

realm of Middle-Earth? (J. R. R. Tolkien)

Which J.D. Salinger novel covers two days in the life of Holden Caufield? (The
Catcher in the Rye)

Who is the only British prime minister to win a Nobel Prize for Literature?
(Winston Churchill)

What is the shortest personal pronoun in the English language? (I)

In English, the world is said to be one's/your (what?) when it offers exciting

potential? (Oyster)

When you need to commit to a difficult decision/action, you are said to have to
bite the (what?) in English? (bullet)

Who was Robin Hood's girlfriend? (Maid Marian)

Who wrote the James Bond books? (Ian Fleming)

When you prevaricate, what do you do?

a) Wake up early
b) Tell lies
c) Clean things
d) Read palms
(answer: b)

What is the English term for when the police secretly watch the activities of a
suspect from an unseen location?
a) a stakeout
b) a cookout
c) a shootout
d) a pig-out
(answer: a)

What is the English term for meeting someone in an informal or social setting?
a) Pulling teeth
b) Locking horns
c) Rubbing elbows
d) Twisting arms
(answer: c)

What is the English term for the kitchen utensils commonly used to serve ice
cream?
a) Scoop
b) Tongs
c) Grater
d) Whisk
(answer: a)

In the 1976 Eagles song, "You can check out any time you like, but you can never
leave" what place?
a) Heartbreak Hotel
b) Hanoi Hilton
c) Bates Motel
d) Hotel California
(answer: d)

Which of the following is the standard abbreviation for the word "abbreviation"
as found in English dictionaries?
a) Abbv.
b) Abbr.
c) Abrv.
d) Abrev.
(answer: b)

What part of speech is the word "and"?

a) Verb
b) Noun
c) Preposition
d) Conjunction
(answer: d)

Sculptures of which animals lie at the base of Nelsons column in Trafalgar

Square, London?
a) horses
b) lions
c) eagles
d) dragons
(answer: b)

The English language is conventionally divided into three historical periods. In

which of these periods did William Shakespeare write his plays?
a) Old English
b) Middle English
c) Modern English
d) Postmodern English
(answer: c)
Queen Elizabeth II of England cannot vote true or false? (true)

Ringo Starr was one of the four members of The Beatles true or false? (true)

Abraham Lincoln was the first president of the United States true or false?
(false - Washington)

Henry VIII had eight wives true or false? (false - 6)

Roughly a quarter (one in four) of the world's population is competent in English

true or false? (true)

India contains the largest English-speaking population in the world true or

false? (false it has the second-largest. The US has the largest)

The word typewriter can be typed using only the top row of keys on a standard
keyboard true or false? (true)