English Dept Trivia

Which of the following movies was NOT a book first?

• The Notebook

• Lord of the Rings

• Little Women

• Star Wars

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Which celebrity shares a name with the wife of Shakespeare?

• Anne Hathaway

• Meryl Streep

• Scarlett Johanson

• Blake Lively

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The movie 10 Things I Hate About You is loosely based off of what Shakespeare play?

• Romeo & Juliet

• The Twelfth Night

• Taming of the Shrew

• Macbeth

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The T Swift lyric "You had a one hand feel on the steering wheel, the other on my heart" is what literary device?

• Zeugma

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

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In T Swift’s song, “Cardigan,” the lyric, “tried to change the ending, Peter losing Wendy" is what literary device?

• Zeugma

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

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What book was the movie Easy A (2010) inspired by?

• The Great Gatsby

• The Scarlet Letter

• Grapes of Wrath

• Of Mice and Men

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What state is referenced in both John Green’s story about a boy’s time in boarding school and in the book Into the Wild?

• California

• Alaska

• Georgia

• New York

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How many adaptations of Romeo and Juliet have there been since Shakespeare’s time?

• between 2-4

• around 15

• 8

• More than 10

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The title of the TV reality series Big Brother is an allusion to what novel?

• Pride and Prejudice

• 1984

• Fox and the Hound

• Little Women

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What famous play is the Lion King based off?

• Macbeth

• Hamlet

• Wicked

• Phantom of the Opera

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