Famous Opening Lines & Authors🧠 Trivia · Books & Words
Famous Opening Lines & Authors
Name the book from its first few words, then meet the surprising people who wrote them.
Family friendly
Medium
100 questions
Sneak peek
- Complete the nursery rhyme: 'Humpty Dumpty sat on a ___.' Easy
- Which novel opens: 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day'? Wuthering Heights · Jane Eyre · Sense and Sensibility · Middlemarch Hard
- Which comic sci-fi novel opens in the 'unfashionable end' of the galaxy's western spiral arm? Red Dwarf · Dune · Slaughterhouse-Five · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Medium
- True or false: The Hunger Games is narrated in the first person by Katniss Everdeen. Easy
Answers stay hidden — no spoilers for your crew.
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How to play
- Listen to the host read the question.
- Tap (or type) your answer before time runs out — no take-backs!
- Right answers score points; faster answers score bonus points when speed bonus is on.
- Team vote: huddle on your phones, majority rules, captain breaks ties.