Ashwin Murali (PGP 2013) has done it again. Barely a month after his inaugural quiz, he managed to grip the audience yet again with his questions! If you're a book lover, give this quiz a view for the brain tickling questions. If you're not, give it a view anyway, there is so much to learn. :D

1. IIM Kashipur Book Club
The Literary Quiz
By
Ashwin Murali

2. Rules
• What Rules? Just Enjoy. Have Fun 
About Me
Quizzer. Book Lover. A pretentious writer :-P
That’s enough. Let’s have fun !! 

3. 1. A sitter. Who’s Robert Galbraith?

4. J.K.Rowling 

5. 2. Another sitter. According to New York Times,
who is “the highest selling author in Indian
History”?

6. Chetan Bhagat
Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore him.

7. 3. X was published in the 1951. Between 1961 and
1982, X was the most censored book in high
schools and libraries in the United States. In 1981
it was both the most censored book and the
second most taught book in public schools in the
United States. According to the American Library
Association, X was the tenth most frequently
challenged book from 1990 to 1999. The
challenges generally begin with the protagonist’s
frequent use of vulgar language, with other
reasons including sexual references, blasphemy,
undermining of family values and moral codes,
the protagonist being a poor role model,
encouragement of rebellion, and promotion of
drinking, smoking, lying, and promiscuity. Identify
X.

9. 4. This book was first published in 1917. Since
then it has been adapted on screen so many
times. The first film based on this book was
released in 1927. Since then 15 different films
based on the book were released in about 6
Indian languages. Give me the book and the
author. (No part points)

10. Devdas by Sarat Chandra
Chattopadhyay

11. 5. How do we better know the following
authors?
a) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
b) Samuel Langhorne Clemens
c) Mary Westmacott
d) Eric Arthur Blair
e) William Sydney Porter
(2 Points per right answer)

12. a) Lewis Caroll
b) Mark Twain
c) Agatha Christie
d) George Orwell
e) O’Henry

13. 6. Which famous Irish writer, playwright and
poet’s only novel was The Picture of Dorian
Gray ?

14. Oscar Wilde

15. 7. Which game is being described here?
Other kids' games are all such a bore!
They've gotta have rules and they gotta keep
score!
________ is better by far!
It's never the same! It's always bizarre!
You don't need a team or a referee!
You know that it's great, 'cause it's named
after me!

16. Calvinball

17. 8. One for all you Harry Potter fans. What is
being depicted here?
Perceived:
___ Gregorovitch  Grindelwald 
Dumbledore  Snape  Voldemort
Actual:
___ Gregorovitch  Grindelwald 
Dumbledore  Malfoy  Harry

18. Masters of the Elder Wand

19. 9. All these films were based on books
by the same author . Which author?

20. Stephen King

21. 10. This bird was the reason why a certain
famous book came into existence. What
book?

22. The Guinness Book of World
Records
The bird is the Golden Plover and there was a debate as
to whether it was the fastest bird in Europe. There
was no authority to confirm or ascertain this and
hence the process that followed gave rise to the
Guinness Book .

23. 11. Identify the famous book from the clues
given:
• First line : “Mariam was five years old the first
time she heard the word harami.”
• Last line : “But the game involves only male
names. Because, if it’s a girl, Laila has already
named her.”
• “One could not count the moons that shimmer
on her roofs,
Or the ________________ that hide behind
her walls.”

25. 12. The word ____________ in Urdu means
“grief stricken” while the person X with name
__________ became famous under the
pseudonym “Gul Makai”, which means “corn
flower” in Urdu. X’s life and struggles are now
subject of book “I am ________” scheduled to
be published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson in
the UK and Commonwealth and by Little
Brown in the rest of the world. Identify X and
the blank (word denoted by blanks).

26. The ______ is Malala

27. 13. Identify the book and the author.

29. 14. On 1 June 2006, X became the first fictional
character to be awarded the Dalai Lama's
Truth of Light award. "For many people around
the world X in _____was their first
introduction to ______, the beauty of its
landscape and its culture. And that is
something that has passed down the
generations," said the International Campaign
for _____'s Simon van Melick. Identify X and
_____

31. 15. Identify the book.

33. 16. This British – Canadian journalist’s first
three books were all New York Times’
bestsellers. They were published in the years
2000, 2005 and 2008. His fourth book was
titled “ What the Dog Saw: And Other
Adventures” and it came out in 2009. His next
book is titled “David and Goliath” and is
expected to come out by the end of this year.
Who am I talking about?

34. Malcolm Gladwell

35. 17. Identify.

37. 18. Identify and tell me what’s his latest book
title?

39. 19. In which Asterix adventure do the trio
(Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix) come to India?

40. Asterix and the Magic Carpet

41. 20. His first book was titled “The Manifest of Krig-
há”. It was in Portuguese and was published in
1974. His latest book was “Manuscript found in
Accra”, which came out last year. He has the
reputation of being the most Google-friendly
author as he himself had uploaded copies of his
book online for free. Who am I talking about?

42. Paulo Coelho

43. 21. Identify the book from its first line:
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a
single man in possession of a good fortune
must be in want of a wife.”

44. Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen

45. 22. Identify.

47. 23. X (born January 25, 1969) is an Indian author in
the thriller fiction genre. He is the author of three
bestselling novels, _____,____ and ______. All his
books have been based on historical, theological
and mythological themes. He is one of India's
bestselling conspiracy fiction writers and is an
author of the new era of retelling Indian history or
mythology in a contemporary context. Forbes
India has included him in their Forbes India
Celebrity 100. A graduate of Yale University, he
wrote his first book under the pen name Shawn
Haigins.

48. Ashwin Sanghi

49. 24. Graham Greene, a famous English writer,
happened to meet X. X had just started writing
and was skeptical of his own work. He showed
Greene the draft of a novel he had written.
Greene simply loved it and he pushed X to
publish it and the result was the novel Y.
Identify X and Y.

51. 25. Identify the book from its end line which is
supposed to be one of the most iconic end lines
ever.
“He loved Big Brother.”

53. 26. Which book was given the code word “Neil
Armstrong” by its publishers during the time
of its publishing?

55. 27. Which famous author’s actual first book was
a book titled “187 Men to Avoid: A Guide for
the Romantically Frustrated Woman” ?

56. Dan Brown

57. 28. Identify the book:
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit
'em, but remember it's a sin ___________”

59. 29. Identify

60. J.R.R.Tolkien

61. 30. Whose autobiography is titled “Joseph
Anton: A Memoir” as a reference to two of the
author’s favourite authors – Joseph Conrad
and Anton Chekov ?
(This question is my personal tribute to a
teacher/poet/friend who had done her Ph.D
on this person’s writings).

62. Sir Salman Rushdie

63. Happy Reading folks!! 