Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India on the 30th of December 1865. When he was 5 he was sent to England to be educated. His schooling over, he returned to India where he found employment as the Principal of the Mayo College of Art, the Curator of the Lahore Museum and the assistant editor of the Civil & Military Gazette, before he left India once more to visit the USA and Africa before settling in the UK.
His career as a writer began with the publication of some of his poems in 1881. He went on to be a prolific author, having over 30 collections of his short stories, including The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book and The Just So Stories published, along with four novels, several works of non-fiction and well over 400 poems. He died on the 18th of January 1936 at the age of 70.
Rudyard Kipling is probably best known for his celebration of British imperialism. Find out how much you know about the life and times of this intriguing man and maybe expand your knowledge at the same time by taking this quiz.
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In which country was Kipling born in 1865? |
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Burma |
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China |
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India |
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Malaya |
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In the famous poem Gunga Din, what is the title character's job? |
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Cook |
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Groom |
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Valet |
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Waterboy |
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In the novel Kim, what is Kim's real first name? |
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Kimball |
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Kimberley |
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Kimbuktu |
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Kimbush |
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What was the title of the Kipling poem that was first published in McClure's magazine in 1899? |
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The White Man's Burden |
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The White Man's Conscience |
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The White Man's Legacy |
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The White Man's Responsibility |
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Which 1888 short story was adapted into a 1975 film starring Sean Connery and Michael Cain? |
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The Man Who Would Be God |
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The Man Who Would Be Immortal |
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The Man Who Would Be King |
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The Man Who Would Be Wise |
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In what year was Kipling awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature? |
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1897 |
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1907 |
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1927 |
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1937 |
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In which English county is Kipling's house, Batemans, which was bequeathed to the National Trust after his death? |
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Suffolk |
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Surrey |
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East Sussex |
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West Sussex |
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Which 1895 poem is a memorable evocation of the British 'stiff upper lip'? |
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How |
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If |
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Why |
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Which American writer did Kipling meet in Elmira, New York in 1889? |
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Henry James |
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Edgar Allan Poe |
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Mark Twain |
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Walt Whitman |
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One of the Just So Stories tells how which animal got his skin? |
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The hippopotamus |
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The leopard |
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The rhinoceros |
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The tiger |
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In which country was Kipling born in 1865? |
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Burma |
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China |
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India |
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Malaya |
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In the famous poem Gunga Din, what is the title character's job? |
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Cook |
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Groom |
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Valet |
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Waterboy |
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In the novel Kim, what is Kim's real first name? |
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Kimball |
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Kimberley |
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Kimbuktu |
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Kimbush |
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What was the title of the Kipling poem that was first published in McClure's magazine in 1899? |
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The White Man's Burden |
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The White Man's Conscience |
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The White Man's Legacy |
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The White Man's Responsibility |
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5.
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Which 1888 short story was adapted into a 1975 film starring Sean Connery and Michael Cain? |
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The Man Who Would Be God |
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The Man Who Would Be Immortal |
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The Man Who Would Be King |
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The Man Who Would Be Wise |
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In what year was Kipling awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature? |
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1897 |
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1907 |
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1927 |
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1937 |
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7.
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In which English county is Kipling's house, Batemans, which was bequeathed to the National Trust after his death? |
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Suffolk |
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Surrey |
| [x] |
East Sussex |
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West Sussex |
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8.
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Which 1895 poem is a memorable evocation of the British 'stiff upper lip'? |
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But |
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How |
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If |
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Why |
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9.
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Which American writer did Kipling meet in Elmira, New York in 1889? |
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Henry James |
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Edgar Allan Poe |
| [x] |
Mark Twain |
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Walt Whitman |
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10.
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One of the Just So Stories tells how which animal got his skin? |
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The hippopotamus |
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The leopard |
| [x] |
The rhinoceros |
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The tiger |
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