Books & authors
The “Books that became films and series” quiz — Books & authors. It has 25 questions in five categories: Big-screen hits, Streaming series, Retitled for screen, From book to Oscar, Author and director. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Francis Ford Coppola directed The Godfather trilogy based on a 1969 novel by which American author?
Which physician and novelist wrote the 1990 techno-thriller Jurassic Park, adapted into Steven Spielberg's hit film?
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In the gameWhich Australian author wrote the bestselling novel Big Little Lies, adapted into the acclaimed HBO series?
An angel and a demon team up to prevent the Apocalypse in an Amazon series adapted from Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Name it.
Which English pilot, shipwrecked…
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Which Rob Reiner coming-of-age film from 1986 was based on Stephen King's novella The Body?
Martin Scorsese's 1990 mob…
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Which American author won the Pulitzer Prize for To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted into the three-time Oscar-winning 1962 film?
Which American author wrote the 1997 short story Brokeback Mountain, adapted into Ang Lee's Oscar-winning 2005 drama?
Which British actress won…
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In the gameThe 2013 film Saving Mr. Banks dramatizes Walt Disney's real-life struggle with which author over adapting Mary Poppins?
Which author of the bestselling thriller Jaws made a cameo as a television reporter on the beach in Spielberg's film?
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In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.