Only a real bookworm can answer these 10 questions.
Question 1 of 10
In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," what lucky bird does the mariner kill (and, subsequently, have to wear around his neck)?
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Question 2 of 10
What is the word that has been changed in this line from the 43rd poem in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese"? How do I love thee? Let me count the penguins.
Question 3 of 10
Harper Lee, a former airline reservation clerk, won a Pulitzer for her only novel. What was it?
Question 4 of 10
Who is guided through Hell by the Roman poet Virgil and through Heaven by his beloved Beatrice?
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Question 5 of 10
Before it was a search engine, "Yahoo" was a race of brutish thugs created by whom in "Gulliver's Travels"?
Question 6 of 10
Who once said "I have the heart of a young boy--in a jar on my desk"?
Question 7 of 10
I worked as a tax collector in Spain, but was sent to a Seville jail for skimming some off the top. While there, I started "Don Quixote." Who am I?
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Question 8 of 10
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack when it killed what imaginary creature?
Question 9 of 10
In 1890, a Polish sailor named Jozef Korzeniowski became shipmaster of the Roi des Belges, as it made its way down the Congo River. By what name do we better know him?
Question 10 of 10
Alice Rosenbaum apparently picked what pen name by blending the name of a Finnish writer with the brand of typewriter she was using?
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Who Sang Quizzes
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Do you think you can name at least 6?
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These Songs Are Iconic...
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Average Score: 7
68% knows the answer to this question:
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Who Sang These 60s & 70s Songs?
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General Knowledge Quizzes
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This quiz is so hard you probably won't even score a 6
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General Knowledge Quiz
What did you score?
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69% knows the answer to this question:
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Ultimate Mixed Trivia Quiz
It's a miracle if you're able to score a perfect 10
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96% knows the answer to this question:
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Math Quizzes
Math Quiz
Can you solve this?
Average Score: 7
53% knows the answer to this question:
"789+530+271 equals what number?
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Mathematics Quiz
Nobody is able to score a perfect 10
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Math Quiz
Only those who are good with numbers stand a chance!
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No one can score a 7 or better
Math Test
Average Score: 9
32% knows the answer to this question:
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10 Math Questions
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Average Score: 7
41% knows the answer to this question:
"Find the Highest Common Factor of these numbers - 38 and 57
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Math Quiz
Only those who are good with numbers stand a change!
Average Score: 8
97% knows the answer to this question:
"What is the total of 25 + 53 + 32?
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Extremely Hard History Quiz, most people score only 3 out of 10.