Books and Movies Trivia

Which of the following movies has made the most money at the box office of all time? (not inflated)

• The Avengers

• Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

• Avatar

• Titanic

• Jurassic World

When you adjust for inflation, which is the highest grossing movie of all time?

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Excluding religious works, what is the best-selling book of all time?

• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

• Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

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According to Time.com, what is the best Young Adult book of all time?

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Which of Shakespeare’s plays is the basis for the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You?

• As You Like It

• The Taming of the Shrew

• All's Well That Ends Well

• Much Ado About Nothing

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Which of these films is a (loose) adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night?

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The 1995 film Clueless is based on a novel by Jane Austen – but which?

• Emma

• Persuasion

• Pride and Prejudice

• Sense and Sensibility

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Easy A (2010) is an adaptation of which classic American novel?

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a novel by Roald Dahl that was later turned into the movie called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Apart from this difference, in which version does Violet Beauregarde get turned into a blueberry?

• Book

• Movie

• Both

• Neither

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West Side Story is based on which of Shakespeare’s plays?

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