ONE HUNDRED QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF JULIUS VERNE

1. IN WHICH YEAR WAS JULIUS VERNE BORN? a) 1804 b) 1828 c) 1861 d) 1905

2. AND ON WHICH DAY? a) 8 February b) 24 March c) 3 August d) 12 November

3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID NOT WRITE? a) Plays b) Poems c) A geography of France d) A history of American literature e) A history of the discoveruy of the world

4. In which year were the following stories first published as a volume? Cinq semaines en ballon ______Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours ______Michel Strogoff ______Paris au XXe siècle ______

5. What was Jules Verne’s first novel published under the series title Voyages Extraordinaries? a) Cinq semaines en ballon. b) De la Terre à la Lune c) Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras d) Le Tour du Monde en quatre-vingts jours e) Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers

6. Which of the following novels do / does take place in only one country? a) Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours. b) Un Billet de Loterie c) Claudius Bombarnac d) P’tit-Bonhomme

7. Which of the following novels gave rise to a legal process? a) Voyage au Centre de la Terre b) Le Chancellor c) Nord contre Sud d) Face au Drapeau e) Le Pilote du Danube

8. Which Jules Verne novel was the first to be made into a film? a) De la Terre à la Lune b) Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers c) Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours d) Michel Strogoff e) Mathias Sandorf

9. Which of the following novels is / are about a journey around the world? a) Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant b) Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours c) Un Capitaine de quinze Ans d) Robur-le-Conquérant e) Bourses de Voyage

10.Which novel has the largest number of chapters? a) Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant. b) Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers c) L’lle Mysterieuse d) Mathias Sandorf

11. Who of the following is / are sister / sisters of Jules Verne? a) Anna b) Marie c) Mathilde d) Sophie

12.Which of the following novels feature / features a gang of pirates? a) Le Pays des Fourrures b) L’lle Mysterieuse c) P’tit-Bonhomme d) Face au Drapeau e) Les Frères Kip f) Bourses de Voyage g) Le Phare du Bout du Monde

13.Which of the following authors did Jules Verne ever say he admired? a) Jane Austen b) James Fenimore Cooper c) Charles Dickens d) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe e) Edgar Allan Poe f) Sir Walter Scott g) Emile Zola

14.Who were the founders of Societé Jules Verne? a) Jean H. Guermonprez b) Cornelis Helling c) Jean-Jules Verne d) 15.Match the following quots with the characters: a) “Cela devait arriver!” ______b) “Excelsior!” ______c) “Messieurs, me voici” ______d) Regarde ded tous tes yeux, regarde” ______

16.Which novel / novels feature / features J.T. Maston? a) De la Terre à la Lune b) Autour de la Lune c) Hector Servadac d) Sans dessus dessous e) La Chasse au Mééore

17.Which story did Jules verne write first? a) Cinq semaines en ballon b) Gil Braltar c) Paris au XXe Siècle d) Un Hivernage dans les Glaces e) Voyages au Centre de la Terre

18.Which of the following novels was / were co-written by André laurie? a) Michel Strogoff b) Les Cinq Cents Miullions de la Bégum c) L’Etoile du Sud d) L’Epave du “Cynthia” e) Deux Ans de Vacances f) Le Château des Carpathes

19.Which of the following novels mention / mentions another Verne novel? a) Kéraban-le-têtu b) Robur-le-Conquérant c) Sans Dessus dessous d) e) Maître du Monde f) Le Volcan d’Or

20.Jules Verne was a member of... a) l’Académie d’Amiens b) l’Académie française c) l’Association pour l’Instruction Publique d) la Loge maçonnique d’Amiens e) les “Onze sans femmes” f) la Société de Geographie de Paris g) la Société d’Encouragement pour la Locomotion Aérienne au Moyen d’appareils plus lourds que l’air.

21.Which of these does really exist? a) The town Jules Verne b) The lake Jules Verne c) The crater Jules Verne d) The island Jules Verne

22.In which year did Jules Verne pass away? a) 1895 b) 1900 c) 1905 d) 1910

23.What is the largest depth reached by the Nautilus? a) 300 m b) 3,000 m c) 16,000 m d) 20,000 leagues 24. left London on Wednesday 2 October, at 20:45. When did he return in London? a) Friday, 20 December, at 20:50 b) Saturday, 21 December, at 8:40 c) Saturday, 21 December, at 20:40 d) Saturday, 21 December at 20:50

25.What did Jules verne study? a) Law b) Literature c) Science d) Medicine e) Astronomy f) Nothing

26.Match these actors with the roles they played: a) Pierce Brosnan ______b) Curd Jurgens ______c) James Mason ______d) David Niven ______e) Omar Sharif ______

27.What is the cypher to Ortega’s message? a) 1835 b) 423 c) 432513 d) 7431652

28.Match the following captains with their shoips: a) John Branican ______b) John Bunsby ______c) John Hatteras ______d) John Mangles______29.Which of the following countries did Jules Vrne never visit? a) Algeria b) Norway c) Scotland d) Switzerland

30.What is the novel Le Testament d’un Excentrique based on? a) A bike race around the Unitd States of America. b) The noble game of goose c) A forced marriage d) A collection of hats

31.To which novel is Seconde Patrie a sequel? a) Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe b) Der Schweizerische Robindon”, by J.R Wyss c) Hard Times, by Charles Dickens d) Quatre-Vingts-Treize, by Vivtor Hugo

32.In which of the following localities has Jules Verne lived? a) Amiens b) Auteuil c) Nantes d) Paris e) Reims f) Toulon

33.What were La Stilla’s last words? a) Adieu, mon amour... b) Innamorata, mio cuore tremante, voglio morire... c) Andiamo, mio cuore... andiamo... d) Unknown

34.Match the following scientists with their field of study: a) Pierre Aronnax ______b) Cousin Bénédict ______c) Otto Lidenbrock ______d) ______e) Palmyrin Rosette ______

35.Combine the stories that take place in the same sea: a) Les Forceurs du Blocus b) L’Archipel en feu c) Second Patrie d) Les histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin

36.How long did these people take to circumnavigate the world? a) Elisabth Bisland ______b) Nellie Bly ______c) Palle Huld ______d) Michael Palin ______

37.How many children did Jules Verne have? a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 5

38.Which of these characters is European? a) Kayette b) Mokoum c) Mselo-Tala-Tala d) Thalcave

39.On which of the following jobs was Jules Verne working? a) Engineer b) Lawyer c) Reporter d) Secretary e) Stockbroker f) Writer

40.Which of these rivers take / takes an important part in a novel of Jules Verne? a) Amazone b) Danube c) Mekong d) Mississippi e) Orinoco f) Rhine

41.With whom of these personalities did Jules Verne correspond? a) Edmondo de Amicis b) Sarah Bernhardt c) Aristide Briand d) Alexandsre Dumas fils e) Nadar f) Raymond poincaré

42.In which order are these places visited by Dr. Fergusson? a) Sources of the Nile _____ b) Timbouctou _____ c) River Senegal _____ d) Lake Tchad _____ e) Zanzibar _____

43.Caroline Tronson was... a) Jules Verne’s cousin b) Jules Verne’s first love c) Jules Verne’s wife d) Jules Verne’s mistress e) Jules Verne’s inspiration for several poems

44.Which of these stories inspired an operette by Jacques Offenbach? a) De la Terre à la Lune b) Une fantaisie du docteur Ox c) Maître Zacharius d) Michel Strogoff

45.Which of these characters do not appear in the original (non- adapted) texts of Jules Verne? a) Cyrus Harding b) Prof. Hardwigg c) Picaporte d) Ben Raddle e) Zephyrin Xirdal

46.Combine hese rivals: a) Hudelson b) Kamerfield c) Tankerdon d) Taskinar e) Thompson

47.What was the relationship between these people and Jules Verne? a) Adolphe d’Ennery ______b) Jules Hetzel ______c) Aristide Hignard ______d) Eugène Turpin ______e) Paul Verne ______f) Pierre Verne ______48.Match these characters with the pseudonyms they used: a) Ayrton ______b) Marcel Bruckmann ______c) Prince Dakkar ______d) William J. Hypperbone ______e) Ker Karraje ______f) Comte Narkine ______g) Mathias Sandorf ______h) Michel Strogoff ______49.Which of these languages did Jules Verne master? a) Arabic b) English c) German d) Italian e) Latin

50.Which tributaries could be the Orinoco itself, according to Felipe and Varinas? a) Maripare and Atabapo b) Atabapo and Guaviare c) Guaviare and Meta d) Meta and Maripare

51.In which of these novels did Jules Verne include a poem? a) Cinq semaines en ballon b) Le Pays des Fourrures c) Les Tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine d) Robur-le Conquérant e) Sans dessus dessous f) L’Invasion de la Mer

52.When was Jules Verne elected in the City Council of Amiens? a) 1866 b) 1877 c) 1888 d) 1899

53.Which of these short stories was not included in the series ? a) Un drame au Mexique b) Martin Paz c) Le Comte de Chanteleine d) Dix Heures en chasse e) Aventures de la famille Raton

54.Which of these authors has / have said to admire Jules Verne’s work? a) Edgar Allan Poe b) Raymond Roussel c) Lev Tolstoi d) Ivan Tourgenyev e) Emile Zola

55.Which of these novels is not (partially) set in Africa? a) Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais b) L’Etoile du Sud c) César Cascabel d) Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer e) L’Invasion de la Mer

56.Where is the Musée Jules Verne located? a) Amiens b) Bruxelles c) Marseille d) Nantes e) Paris

57.In which of these novels is an inheritance important for the action? a) Un Capitaine de Quinze Ans b) Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum c) Kéraban-le-têtu d) Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer e) Le Testament d’un Excentrique f) La Chasse au Météore

58.Which building / buildings did Jules Verne inaugurate? a) Circus b) Library c) Lighthouse d) Museum e) School for orphans

59.Combine these preliminary titles with the eventual ones: a) La Comète b) La Grande Forêt c) Le Grand Serpent de Mer d) L’invisible e) Voyage à reculons

60.What was Jules Verne’s second name? a) Gabriel b) Michel c) Pierre d) Simon e) He didn’t have one

61.Combine the titles of thse novels with the corresponding subtitles: a) De la Terre à la Lune

______b) Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant

______c) Le Chancellor

______d) Hector Servadac

______e) La Maison à vapeur

______f) La Jangada

______g) L’Étoile du Sud

______h) Jédédias Jamet

______

62.In which story did Jules Verne want to promote Esperanto? a) L’Eternel Adam b) San Carlos c) Voyage d’études d) L’Oncle Robinson

63.What was the profession of Jules Verne’s father? a) Lawyer b) Writer c) Mayor d) Doctor

64.How many trilogies of separate novels are there in the Voyages Extraordinaires? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

65.One of Jules Verne’s novels was published as Les Naufragés du Jonathan in 1909. However, this version was heavily changed by Michael Verne. Under which title was the original version published in 1987? a) Les Naufragés du Jonathan (version d’origine) b) Au Bout du Monde c) Le Kaw-Djer d) En Magellanie

66.In which of these novels appeared a preface by the author? a) Cinq semaines en ballon b) Deux ans de vacances c) Le Sphinx des glaces d) Seconde patrie

67.Which of these are historical novels? a) L’Archipel en feu b) Le Chemin de France c) Famille-sans-Nom d) Mistress Branican e) Nord contre Sud f) Une ville flottante

68.Which of these countries issued stamps commemorating Jules Verne? a) France b) Germany c) Mali d) Monaco e) Switzerland f) United States

69.According to a tenacious legend, Jules Verne was i nreality... a) A criminal escaped from the galleys b) A woman c) A Polish Jew d) Jules Hetzel himself 70.Which famous European actor appeared in three Hollywood Verne films? a) ursula Andress b) Curd Jürgens c) Peter Lorre d) James Mason e) Anton Wallbrook

71.Which of these novels was / were dedicated by Jules Verne? a) Un Capitaine de 15 Ans b) Mathias Sandorf c) Un Billet de Loterie d) Clovis Dardentor e) Le Sphinx des Glaces

72.In which of Jules Verne’s novels appear hese engineers? a) Banks ______b) Falsten ______c) ______d) Alcide Pierdeux ______e) Serkö ______f) James Starr ______

73.Who were the masters of these dogs? a) Birk ______b) Diane ______c) Duc ______d) Follet ______e) Serko ______f) Top ______

74.In which novels are these ships featured? a) Licorne

______b) Maule

______c) Savarena

______d) Seamew

______e) Susquehanna

______

75.What was the name of Jules Verne’s yatch? a) Chantenay b) Nautilus c) Saint-Enoch d) Saint-Michel

76.Why did Jules Verne’s wife not participate in the ball he gave in 1877? a) They had had a serious argument the night before. b) She was seriously ill c) She was visiting relatives in Marseille d) She did not want to meet Nadar, who was also coming to the ball

77.Which of these novels was / were (entirely or partly) inspired by Jules Verne’s own journeys? a) Une Ville Flottante b) Les Indes Noires c) Le Rayon Vert d) L’Ile à hélice e) Un Drame en Livonie

78.Which actor played the first talking in a Hollywood movie? a) Lionel Barrymore b) Allen Hollubar c) Warner Olland d) Leonard Penn e) Spencer Tracy

79.What was the generic title of the series of novels by Paul d’Ivoi? a) Histoires Extraordinaires b) Voyages Excentriques c) Nouveaux Voyages Extraordinaires d) Histoires Verniennes

80.Which of these stories end / ends with an explosion? a) Une fantaisie du docteur Ox b) L’Ile mystérieuse c) La Maison à Vapeur d) Mathias Sandorf e) Le Château des Carpathes f) Face au Drapeau

81.Which cape was rounded by the Pilgrim, but not by the Nautilus? a) Cape Hatteras b) Cape Hope c) Cape Horn d) Cape Verde 82.In 1886, which of the following events did not take place? a) Jules Verne is shot in the leg by his nephew. b) Jules Verne sells his yatch c) Jules Verne’s mother passes away d) Jules Verne’s publisher passes away

83.In which of these novels is a balloon important for the action? a) Cinq semaines en Ballon b) Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours c) L’Ile mystérieuse d) Hector Sarvadac e) Robur-le Conquerant f) Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin

84.Combine the characters with the same job: a) Etienne Bathory ______b) Claudius Bombarnac ______c) Serge Ladko ______d) John Proth ______e) Mr. Roderich ______

85.In which nvel / novels appear / appears one or more submarines? a) Le tour du Monde en 80 jours b) Mathias Sandorf c) Le Chemin de France d) Claudius Bombarnac e) Face au drapeau 86.Which novel is a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym? a) Les Anglais au Pôle Nord b) Mirifiques Aventures d Maître Antifer c) Le Sphinx des Glaces d) Le Phare du Bout du Monde

87.In April 1867, Jules Verne visited Niagara Falls. He was with: a) His wife b) His son c) His brother d) His mistress e) His father f) His mother g) Alone

88.Whic company in the following list never used Jules Verne to make commercial aids? a) Toshiba b) Waterman c) Nestle d) IBM e) Ford f) Nina Ricci

89.Combine the titles of these short stories with the corresponding subtitles: a) Un drame au Mexique

______b) Le Comte de Chanteleine

______c) Dix heures en Chasse ______d) Le Mariage de M. Anselme des Tilleuls ______e) Aventures de la Famille Raton

______

90.Which of the following characters does not appear in Voyage à travers l’impossible? a) Michel Ardan b) Phileas Fogg c) Otto Lidenbrock d) Nemo e) Dr. Ox

91.Which novel was written entirely by Michel Verne? a) L’Agence Thompson and Co b) Un Drame en Livonie c) Prodigieuse découverte et ses incalculables conséquences sur les destinées du monde d) Le Secret de Wilhelm Storitz

92.Which of these means of transport has Jules Verne ever used himself? a) Balloon b) Metro c) Submarine d) Vélocipède e) Zeppelin

93.In which year was each of these biographies published? a) Peter Costello: Jules Verne, Inventor of Science-Fiction b) Olivier Dumas: Jules Verne c) M. Allotte de la Fuyë: Jules Verne, sa vie, son oeuvre d) Charles Lemire: Jules Verne, 1828-1905 e) Jean-Jules Verne: Jules Verne

94.In which of these novels does the reader visit the Niagara Falls? a) Une Ville Flottante b) Robur-le Conquérant c) Famille-Sans-Nom d) Le Testament d’un Excentrique e) Maître du Monde

95.Which of these films won one or more Oscars? a) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) b) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) c) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) d) In Search of the Castaways (1962) e) Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993)

96.Which characters appear in various paintings by Paul Delvaux? a) Nemo and Robur b) Uncle Sam and Uncle Sib c) Otto Lidenbrock and Palmyrin Rosette d) Phileas Fogg and

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

1. Does the League refer to a measurement of depth? a) Yes b) No

2. Who is recruited to ad in the search for the mysterious “sea monster” since he gave a somewhat plausible explanation of what it might be? a) Captain Farragut b) Conseil c) Professor Pierre Arronax d) Ned Land

3. What is the mysterious “sea monster” in truth? a) A submarine b) A shoal c) An enormous cetacean d) Floating debris

4. Ned Land objects the most to being imprisoned aboard the Nautilus. a) True b) False

5. The Nautilus is the name of the submarine that inadvertantly rescues Ned Land, Professor Pierre Aronax, and Conseil from drowning in the open ocean? a) True b) False

6. The submarine is commanded by Captain Nemo. His name means what in Latin? a) No body b) Enigma c) Mystery d) Unsolvable

7. How many different languages is Captain Nemo able to speak? a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 3

8. Which of these locales was visited at the START of the Nautilus’ underwater tour? a) The Pearl Fisheries of India b) The Island of Crespo c) The Lost City of Atlantis d) The South Pole

9. Near the end of the journey, the Nautilus is attacked by gang of deep sea creatures. What does Professor Pierre Arronax refer to them as? a) Narwhal b) Giant Squid c) Poulps d) Giant Pcific Octopus

10.In a fit of grief, Captain Nemo sails the Nautilus into the Maelstrom, which is located off Switzerland. a) True b) False

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