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1. Who wrote The Panchatantra?

2*. The author described this character as the way in which Jesus
Christ may have appeared in a fantasy world mysterious,
benevolent, compassionate and magical. The name of this
character is the Turkish word for lion. Which character?
3. How do we collectively know Julian, George, Dick, Anne and
Timothy the dog?
4*. A best-selling author, this nervous mild mannered mouse is
a resident of New Mouse City on Mouse Island. He is also the
journalist and editor for the fictional newspaper The Rodents
Gazette and keeps getting involved in adventures with his sister
Thea, cousin Trap and nephew Benjamin. Who?
5. Who was the first Asian to win Nobel Prize for Literature?
6*. While choosing the name Yahoo!, as a suitable backronym for
"Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" Jerry Yang and David
Filo were inspired by a famous work by Jonathan Swift. What
work?
7. The pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens came from his
years working on Mississippi riverboats, where two fathoms, a

depth indicating safe water for passage of boat, was measured on

the sounding line. What name?
8. Alexander Selkirk (1676 13 December 1721), also known as
Alexander Selcraig, was a Scottish sailor who spent more than
four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited
island in the South Pacific Ocean. His story of survival was widely
publicized when he returned home and became a likely source of
inspiration for what famous fictional character written by Daniel
Defoe?
9. Which Indian author has been included in the longlist for Man
Booker Prize 2015?
10. The series follows the exploits of a village of indomitable
Gauls as they resist Roman occupation. They do so by means of a
magic potion, brewed by their druid called Getafix in the English
translations, which gives the recipient superhuman strength.
Which famous comic?
11. What term originally meaning 'storehouse' referred, and still
refers, to a periodical of various content and imaginative writing?
12. Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long
precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing
particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a
little and see the watery part of the world. These are the opening
lies of which famous work of fiction?

13. Which famous satirical realistic fiction novel by Jeff Kinney is

about a boy named Greg Heffley and his struggles in middle
school?
14. Robert Galbraith, the author of The Casual Vacancy is more
famous for a series of books that ran from 1997-2007. Who and
which series?
15. Traditionally depicted as being dressed in Lincoln green ,
this mythical hero is often portrayed as "robbing from the rich and
giving to the poor" alongside his band of Merry Men. Who are we
referring to?
16. Whose second novel, Midnight's Children, won the Booker
Prize in 1981?
17. Which fictional character occupied 221B Baker Street?
18. The author of this book was born on 12 June, 1929 in
Frankfurt-on-Main in Germany. The book for which she is famous
was originally published by her father under the title The Annexe
in 1947, two years after her death. The book has sold over 13
million copies in over 50 languages, and has been made into a
stage play and a film. It lives on long after the author's death a
concentration camp in 1945. Written by Anne Frank, in diary form,
the title is
19. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the only childrens novel by Ian
Fleming. He has also written a series of novels featuring a
British secret service agent, which has gained international
fame. Which character?

20. ID the author using the animal as a clue.