Can you name the answers to the questions about each of these book titles?

Question	Answer	Author
A TALE OF TWO CITIES Which two cities?		Charles Dickens
THE SCARLET LETTER What does the Scarlet Letter stand for?		Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE LORD OF THE FLIES What is the Lord of the Flies?		William Golding
THE LORD OF THE RINGS Who is the Lord of the Rings?		J.R.R. Tolkien
THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT From what Shakespeare play is the title taken?		John Steinbeck
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE In which city was Slaughterhouse-Five?		Kurt Vonnegut
MOBY-DICK What kind of whale is Moby-Dick?		Herman Melville
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN Who is the prisoner of Azkaban?		J.K. Rowling
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER What is the Red October?		Tom Clancy
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT What was the crime?		Fyodor Dostoevsky
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE Who is the Lion?		C.S. Lewis
THE THREE MUSKETEERS Name one of the three.		Alexandre Dumas
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE What does Holden Caulfield imagine himself catching?		J.D. Salinger
CHARLOTTE'S WEB Name something written in Charlotte's web.		E.B. White
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Which character utters the title line?		Harper Lee
IT Name one of the ways It manifests itself.		Stephen King
The BFG What does BFG stand for?		Roald Dahl
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS Name one of the places Gulliver visits.		Jonathan Swift
Note: This quiz is not in the movie section	Jonathan Swift
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Book Title Explanation Quiz

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	Everblue:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 04:11 GMT		19 points
	Three Musketeers was easy after seeing Slumdog Millionaire last night.

	jonesjeffum:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 04:18 GMT		4 points
	Wow got the most difficult, but missed the three easiest. That doesnt happen to often.

	emilycatherine:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 04:38 GMT		9 points
	Not enough love for Catcher in the Rye, clearly. How sad.

	sixsevenfiftysix:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 06:21 GMT		14 points
	I think a lot more people would have gotten Catcher in the Rye if it were more forgiving in what to accept. I get that "children" is technically right, but my first choice was "child," and I didn't think to pluarl-ize it before going to worse answers ("people," etc.).

	Sally:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 06:21 GMT		3 points
	I've never before missed the most guessed, but gotten the least guessed correct. Huh.

	mattmag:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 06:39 GMT		27 points
	Wow, I wrote "pig" for Charlotte's Web and ended up getting Lord of the Flies.

	TheArchduke:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 06:54 GMT		7 points
	Quiz doesn't accept Richard 3, Richard 3rd, Richard 3d, Richard Third, or any of the preceding with "the" inserted between them (though it does take Richard the iii...). Would be a nice addition to an excellent quiz.

	Drakoulias:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 07:15 GMT		9 points
	It's/Its mistake in the front page blurb! Tsk tsk Sporcle,

	Drakoulias:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 07:20 GMT		4 points
	Similar to the topmost comment, I only knew about the Scarlet Letter by watching "Easy A" last night.

	jonsap:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 08:42 GMT		2 points
	typed "london" and "paris" in separately. D'oh!

	Minipoot:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 09:04 GMT		31 points
	As a Doom fan, I was really hoping there would be a bonus for 'BFG'.

	druhutch:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 09:16 GMT		63 points
	@TheArchduke: I agree that 'Richard 3rd' and 'Richard Third' should be accepted, but 'Richard 3d' would be just plain wrong (plus they would charge an extra seven bucks for you to see it)

	biggles92:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 09:38 GMT		-2 points
	Maybe accept "King Richard III" and "boar head." Good quiz!

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	Alecto:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 10:59 GMT		2 points
	Sporcle, I am ashamed of you. In the tagline for this quiz, you've managed to mix up its and it's. For shame! Great quiz though :)

	TL333s:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 12:37 GMT		10 points
	So you're telling me that Roald Dahl didn't write a book about the room-clearing Doom weapon, then.

	Bradley:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 13:37 GMT		11 points
	@TL333s it's possible it's just unpublished.

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	onthemile:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 14:06 GMT		-2 points
	For once I am not the least bit ashamed of having missed the most guessed answer.

	Brabant:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 14:07 GMT		1 point
	SPOILER! (for the book/movie "It") @Liamo645: I agree, the clown was just one of the many ways it could appear. I think the giant spider was its original form. I say accept clown, but also accept "monster" or "ghost" or something like that.

	naska10:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 14:46 GMT		39 points
	@zeppelinoid: um... the scarlet letter is a big red "A." How could it stand for something that starts with an "I"?

	steel03:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 14:51 GMT		12 points
	My first instinct for the lion from Narnia was God.

	Spoon:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 15:43 GMT		6 points
	@steel03, you're not alone. I typed "Jesus" first, then "Aslan"

	LTH:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 15:47 GMT		1 point
	@Liamo and Brabant, I accept a lot of different answers for IT but I think I'll reword the question.

	ctoan:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 17:59 GMT		-2 points
	@atakdog: I've never read Catcher in the Rye and I was able to get it. It's a fairly well known fact about the book, IMO.

	Bobman1:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 18:00 GMT		-3 points
	wait a minute--"Pig" worked for lord of the flies but "pig's head" and "boar's head" did not? Arrrgh! Who knew it was a girl pig!!

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