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Writers - Non Fiction Writers

Non Fiction Books are a wonderful way to learn more about our world. Here is a quiz about ten famous Non Fiction Writers. From animals to travel to cookery to the stars - we have it just about covered!

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  1. What is the title of Bill Bryson's book about his walk through the Appalachian Trial?

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    • Born: 8 December 1951
    • Place: Des Moines, Iowa
    • Nationality: American
    • He is a best-selling author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on science .
    • Born an American, he was a resident of Britain for most of his adult life before returning to the US in 1995
    • In 2003 Bryson moved back to Britain, living in Norfolk, and was appointed Chancellor of Durham University

  2. Patrick Moore along with Chris Lintott and who else have co-authored a book entitled Bang! The Complete History of the Universe?

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    • Born: 4 March 1923
    • Place: Pinner, Middlesex
    • Nationality: British
    • Patrick is an amateur astronomer who has attained prominent status in astronomy as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter of the subject
    • He is credited as having done more than any other person to raise the profile of astronomy among the British general public
    • The website Astronomy Now Online estimates that Moore has published over 1,000 books on popular science

  3. Who choreographed The Anne Frank Ballet which premiered in 1959?

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    • Born: 12 June 1929
    • Place: Frankfurt am Main, Weimar
    • Nationality: German
    • Her nationality was German until 1941 and then Stateless
    • Anne was one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust
    • Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books and has been the basis for several plays and films
    • The diary documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II

  4. Voltaire's library is preserved intact in the National Library of which country?

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    • Born: 21 November 1694
    • Place: Paris
    • Nationality: French
    • His real name was Francois-Marie Arouet
    • He was an Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, freedom of expression, free trade and separation of church and state
    • Voltaire was also known to have been an advocate for coffee, as he was purported to have drunk the beverage at least 30 times per day
    • He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets

  5. In 1957, Desmond Morris curated an exhibition of what animal's paintings and drawings in London?

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    • Born: 24 January 1928
    • Place: Purton, Wiltshire
    • Nationality: British
    • Morris is a zoologist and ethologist, as well as a popular anthropologist
    • He is also known as a painter, television presenter and popular author
    • Desmond achieved worldwide fame in 1967 with his book The Naked Ape which continues to be a best-seller

  6. Which pop star did Andrew Morton write a biography about released in 2001?

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    • Born: 1953
    • Place: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
    • Nationality: British
    • Morton is a journalist and writer who has published biographies on celebrity subjects
    • Several of his books have been unauthorised and contain contested assertions
    • He is the leading authority on royal biographies

  7. Delia Smith caused a stir in 1998 when she taught viewers how to what?

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    • Born: 18 June 1941
    • Place: Woking, Surrey
    • Nationality: British
    • Her first job was as a hairdresser, and she also worked as a shop assistant and in a travel agency before starting her career in cookery
    • In 1969 Smith was taken on as the cookery writer for the Daily Mirror's new magazine
    • Her first piece featured kipper pâté, beef in beer and cheesecake
    • She became famous by hosting a cookery television show Family Fare which ran between 1973-1975

  8. What is the title of Allen Carr's 1985 book on quitting smoking?

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    • Born: 2 September 1934
    • Place: London
    • Nationality: British
    • Carr was an author of books about quitting smoking and other psychological dependencies including alcohol addiction
    • Allen started smoking while doing National Service at the age of 18
    • He quit smoking after 33 years as a hundred-a-day chain smoker

  9. What is the name of Michael Moore's 2001 book about political humour?

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    • Born: 23 April 1954
    • Place: Flint, Michigan
    • Nationality: American
    • He is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist
    • He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time
    • In 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal crusade to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections
    • Moore criticises globalisation, large corporations, assault weapon ownership and U.S. Presidents in his written and cinematic works

  10. Which term was introduced in Richard Dawkin's 1976 book, The Selfish Gene?

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    • Born: 26 March 1941
    • Place: Nairobi, Kenya Colony
    • Nationality: British
    • Dawkins is an ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
    • He was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008
    • Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution
    • Dawkins is an atheist, a Vice President of the British Humanist Association and a supporter of the Brights movement
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