Terms: |Jonathan Swift|
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Journey to Brobdingnag and Journey to Lilliput are two sections of which famous satirical book in four parts?
Gulliver’s Travels
Terms: |Nobel Prize|
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Pygmalion, the romantic and linguistic tale of Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, is likely the most famous work of the Irish playwright who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. His first names were George and Bernard. What was his surname?
Shaw
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Which stylistic figure is based on the repetition of identical vowel sounds to produce rhythm, atmosphere, or special sound effects in verse or prose?
Assonance
Terms: |Harry Potter|
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Future wizards travel to Hogwarts aboard the Hogwarts Express, the train that departs from a famous London station. What is the name of that real railway station?
King’s Cross Station
Terms: |Sherlock Holmes|
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
What is the name of Sherlock Holmes’s brother?
Mycroft Holmes
Terms: |Great Britain| |London| |Sherlock Holmes|
Published: 9. 4. 2026.
In central London, Sherlock Holmes has his famous residence, where he lives with his trusted friend and colleague Dr. John Watson in rooms rented from Mrs. Hudson. What is the precise address of this well-known home?
221B Baker Street
Terms: |Marco Polo|
Published: 9. 4. 2026.
This question is not concerned with where Marco Polo came from, but with the famous account of his supposed travels. During captivity, he told his adventures to Rustichello da Pisa, a fellow prisoner who recorded them in French. Though originally published as The Book of the Marvels of the World, the work later became known by a different title. Which one?
Il Milione (Milion)
Terms: |Bram Stoker| |Dracula|
Published: 9. 4. 2026.
In the novel Dracula, published by Bram Stoker in 1897, one of the key figures is a doctor and scientist who spends his free time tracking and fighting creatures of darkness. As Dracula’s greatest adversary, what is the name of this Dutch vampire hunter?
Abraham Van Helsing
Terms: |Frank Darabont| |Michael Clarke Duncan| |The Green Mile| |Tom Hanks|
Published: 9. 4. 2026.
Frank Darabont’s 1999 drama The Green Mile is among his most celebrated works. Featuring strong performances from Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan, the film is set on a prison death row where a number of supernatural events take place. It was made from a novel bearing the same title. What is the name of the American writer behind that book, well known for supernatural themes in his stories?
Stephen King
Terms: |Fantastic Four| |Marvel Comics|
Published: 9. 4. 2026.
Originally an astronomer from Zen-La, Norrin Radd made a deal with Galactus to save his home planet from destruction. In return, he became Galactus’s herald, and his new form gave him powers that made him faster than light. Under what name do people on Earth know him?
Silver Surfer