Winner of the Literary Quiz at the Stockholm opening party

The literary quiz at our opening party in the new Stockholm shop this Friday proved to be a bit tricky, but never the less we have a winner: Congratulations Natalie!

Congratulations also to Laura who won a gift certificate in the lucky draw. (The winners have been notified.)

If you didn’t make it to the opening party you could always try your luck with the questions below (no peeking at the right answers at the end of the post though!)

Q1. Who wrote the books about Lord Peter Wimsey and Miss Harriet Vane?

1) Agatha Christie
X) Dorothy Sayers
2) Jaqueline Winspear

Q2. Which of the following future dystopias was published first?

1) Kallocain by Karin Boye
X) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
2) Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Q3. Which was the most sold novel in the US 2014?

1) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
X) Stoner by John Williams
2) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Q4. Who wrote: "Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same"?

1) Emily Bronte
X) Jane Austen
2) Sylvia Plath

Q5. Who said: "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened"?

1) Winston Churchill
X) Oscar Wilde
2) Terry Pratchett

Q6. Which book opens with: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there"?

1) Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
X) The Go-Between by L P Hartley
2) The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Q7. What is the first name of the famous Mitford sister who wrote novels such as "Love in a Cold Climate" and "The Christmas Pudding"?

1) Deborah
X) Nancy
2) Jessica

Q8. Which of the following novelists have won the Man Booker Prize twice?

1) Hilary Mantel, Julian Barnes and Kingsley Amis
X) Penelope Fitzgerald, Alan Hollinghurst and Ian McEwan
2) Hilary Mantel, J M Coetzee and Peter Carey

Q9. Where are Alexander McCall Smith's books about Mma Ramotswe set?

1) South Africa
X) Namibia
2) Botswana

Q10. Who wrote the books about Earthsea?

1) Ursula Le Guin
X) Terry Pratchett
2) Robin Hobb

Q11. Which of the following works of fiction has been translated into the most languages?

1) The Little Prince (orig. French)
X) Pinocchio (orig. Italian)
2) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (orig. English)

TIEBREAKER:
What is Christer's favourite book?

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And here are the correct answers:
Q1: X – Dorothy Sayers
Q2: X – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Q3: 2 – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Q4: 1 – Emily Brontë
Q5: 1 – Winston Churchill
Q6: X – The Go-Between by L P Hartley
Q7: X – Nancy
Q8: 2 – Hilary Mantel, J M Coetzee and Peter Carey
Q9: 2 – Botswana
Q10: 1 – Ursula le Guin
Q11: X – Pinocchio (orig. Italian)

And the answer to the tiebreak question:
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger