Literature

Terms: |R. L. Stevenson| |Treasure Island|

Published: 9. 4. 2026.

The main antagonist of R. L. Stevenson’s Treasure Island is a one-legged pirate who organizes a rebellion aboard the Hispaniola. What is the name of this famous pirate with the traditional parrot perched on his shoulder?

Long John Silver

Terms: |Thomas Keneally|

Published: 6. 4. 2026.

Thomas Keneally wrote an outstanding novel in 1982 whose original title included the word “ark”, but in the United States it was published under the title later used for the famous 1993 film adaptation. Which novel is it?

Schindler’s Ark

Terms: |William Shakespeare|

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

In the great Shakespearean tragedy Othello, much of the action and emotional force of the play is concentrated around one female character. Othello, a military leader, becomes fatally jealous of his wife, and that jealousy leads to catastrophe for both husband and wife alike. What was the name of Othello’s unfortunate spouse?

Desdemona

Terms: |Nobel Prize| |The Forsyte Saga|

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

The Forsyte Saga secured a lasting place in English literature for a writer who later received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 and whose name is also linked with the founding of PEN. Who is being described?

John Galsworthy

Terms: |Ernest Hemingway| |Nobel Prize| |Pulitzer Prize|

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

In July 1961, Ernest Hemingway, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, took his own life with a shotgun. Nearly a decade earlier, in 1952, he had published the short novel that earned him the Pulitzer Prize in 1953, while the following year he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. What was the title of that final major work published in his lifetime?

The Old Man and the Sea

Terms: |Florida| |Key West| |USA|

Published: 31. 3. 2026.

In whose house in Key West, Florida — today a museum — does a large population of cats still live, about half of them polydactyl, meaning that they have more toes on their paws than usual, like their ancestor Snow White?

Ernest Hemingway

Terms: |Harry Potter|

Published: 27. 3. 2026.

In the world of Harry Potter, Hogwarts School is organised into four houses. Alongside Gryffindor, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw, which house completes the set?

Hufflepuff

Terms: |Game of Thrones|

Published: 27. 3. 2026.

In the literary world of Game of Thrones, King’s Landing becomes the centre of a powerful religious uprising whose followers adopt the name of a very common bird. Under their influence, the sect soon comes to dominate the city. What bird gave this movement its name?

Sparrow