Literature Book

Which is the world's longest poem?
Mahabharata - 3,000,000 words.

Who created the character of the Scarlet Pimpernel?
Baroness Orczy

Who wrote Grapes of Wrath, a novel set in California describing the state 'flowing with milk and honey'?
John Steinbeck, for which he was awarded the Noble Prize.

How many lines are there in a sonnet?
14

What was the real name of authoress George Eliot?
Mary Ann Evans

Who is the creator of Jeeves?
P G Woodhouse

Who was called Bard of the Avon?
William Shakespeare

Who wrote "My Experiments with Truth"?
Mahatma Gandhi

Who was the boy who never grew up?
Peter Pan

Which British Prime Minister was awarded Nobel Prize in literature?
Sir Winston Churchill

There is another title to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. What is it?
What You Will

According to legend, for how many nights did Scheherazade tell her stories of the "Arabian Nights"?
One thousand and one

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." Who said this?
Benjamin Franklin

What name did Rudyard Kipling give his mongoose in his book Jungle Book?
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Who said: "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The rule is jam tomorrow, jam yesterday but no jam today." Who said this?
Lewis Caroll

Who said "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
Thomas Alva Edison

Who wrote Auld Lang Syne?
Robert Burns