ExQUIZite Summer Reading

(Answers can be found here)

Questions

Fantastic geography

1. Kanga’s house is found in which fictional forest?

2. Cair Paravel is the capital of which fantasy land?

3. Which mountain range sits between Rivendell and Mirkwood?

4. Leshp is the island that appears in the Circle Sea, leading to war, in which Terry Pratchett Discworld novel?

5. The Isle of Berk is one of the main settings in which series of novels by Cressida Cowell?

6. Havnor is the largest island in which fictional world created by Ursula K. Le Guin?

7. The magical kingdom of Ingary is the setting for which Diana Wynne Jones classic?

8. Area X features heavily in the Southern Reach Trilogy by which author?

9. London below features in which Neil Gaiman novel?

10. House – a world of infinite halls and vestibules – is the setting for which Susanna Clarke novel?

Graphic novels

Match the character with the graphic novel series in which they appear.

Books on the small screen

1. Who played P.F. Wodehouse’s inimitable duo Jeeves and Wooster in the TV adaptation?

2. Which author’s books – and subsequent long-running TV show – were set in and around the decidedly deadly village of Midsomer?

3. Belly is the main character in which Jenny Han trilogy, which recently made a splash on Amazon Prime?

4. Pedro Pascal played which character in the TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice series?

5. Which actor takes on the role of Adam Kay in This is Going to Hurt, based on the autobiographical book of the same name, chronicling the experiences of a junior doctor?

6. Who wrote the book Little Fires Everywhere, which was adapted into a miniseries starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon?

7. What are the names of the two main characters in the Heartstopper series on Netflix, based on Alice Oseman’s hugely successful graphic novels?

8. Titus Welliver plays which detective in the show based on a number of Michael Connelly novels?

9. The forthcoming season of The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, is the final of how many seasons of the show in total?

10. Which Emily St. John Mandel novel was made into a miniseries for HBO Max?

Award-winning/worthy books and authors

Match the award-winning/worthy novel with its author.