search

trivia questions about Vladimir Nabokov


take all these questions


(showing 1-30 of 70)
  What is the name of the New England town where the Haze family lives in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita? see if you know the answer
Answered: 1900 times
Correct: 1006 times (36.0%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 894 times (32.0%)
Skipped: 896 times (32.0%)
  Who is the eccentric narrator of Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire? see if you know the answer
Answered: 418 times
Correct: 281 times (35.6%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 137 times (17.3%)
Skipped: 372 times (47.1%)
  Nabokov's Lolita married and settled down in: see if you know the answer
Answered: 620 times
Correct: 106 times (12.8%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 514 times (62.3%)
Skipped: 205 times (24.8%)
  In 1944 Nabokov wrote a study of: see if you know the answer
Answered: 124 times
Correct: 39 times (15.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 85 times (34.7%)
Skipped: 121 times (49.4%)
  Nabokov’s "chess novel" is:
see if you know the answer
Answered: 155 times
Correct: 113 times (43.3%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 42 times (16.1%)
Skipped: 106 times (40.6%)
  Vladimir Nabokov’s second novel King, Queen, Knave is a self-reflexive satirical version of: see if you know the answer
Answered: 96 times
Correct: 44 times (22.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 52 times (26.4%)
Skipped: 101 times (51.3%)
  The first novel Nabokov wrote in America is: see if you know the answer
Answered: 102 times
Correct: 31 times (13.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 71 times (29.8%)
Skipped: 136 times (57.1%)
  In The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov the protagonist researches: see if you know the answer
Answered: 38 times
Correct: 13 times (22.8%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 25 times (43.9%)
Skipped: 19 times (33.3%)
  Nabokov’s short story Ultima Thule from the collection A Russian Beauty includes the character of Mr. Falter, who claims to know:
see if you know the answer
Answered: 31 times
Correct: 18 times (33.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 13 times (24.1%)
Skipped: 23 times (42.6%)
  In which Nabokov novel would you find Martin Edelweiss? see if you know the answer
Answered: 95 times
Correct: 41 times (17.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 54 times (22.4%)
Skipped: 146 times (60.6%)
  In which Nabokov novel would you find Marina Durmanov? see if you know the answer
Answered: 93 times
Correct: 45 times (19.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 48 times (20.3%)
Skipped: 144 times (60.8%)
  In which Nabokov novel would you find Luzhin? see if you know the answer
Answered: 96 times
Correct: 50 times (21.4%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 46 times (19.7%)
Skipped: 138 times (59.0%)
  Which earlier Nabokov novel prefigures his Lolita? see if you know the answer
Answered: 109 times
Correct: 37 times (18.1%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 72 times (35.3%)
Skipped: 95 times (46.6%)
  Nabokov's Dr. Charles Kinbote claims to come from the kingdom of: see if you know the answer
Answered: 82 times
Correct: 28 times (14.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 54 times (28.7%)
Skipped: 106 times (56.4%)
  In the novel <i>Ada, or Ardor by Nabokov, Ada’s younger sister Lucette: see if you know the answer
Answered: 55 times
Correct: 38 times (49.4%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 17 times (22.1%)
Skipped: 22 times (28.6%)
  Novelist Vladimir Nabokov was known to see if you know the answer
Answered: 220 times
Correct: 164 times (50.2%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 56 times (17.1%)
Skipped: 107 times (32.7%)
  Nabokov liked to write his fiction on see if you know the answer
Answered: 108 times
Correct: 38 times (20.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 70 times (37.4%)
Skipped: 79 times (42.2%)
  Adam Krug was a character in which Nabokov novel? see if you know the answer
Answered: 96 times
Correct: 29 times (12.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 67 times (27.7%)
Skipped: 146 times (60.3%)
  In which Nabokov novel would you find Liza Bogoepov? see if you know the answer
Answered: 79 times
Correct: 35 times (15.7%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 44 times (19.7%)
Skipped: 144 times (64.6%)
  In which Nabokov novel would you find Albinus? see if you know the answer
Answered: 86 times
Correct: 29 times (12.6%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 57 times (24.8%)
Skipped: 144 times (62.6%)
  On which of the following topics did Vladimir Nabokov and his epistolary companion, Edmund Wilson, not debate?

Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters, 1940-1971
see if you know the answer
Answered: 39 times
Correct: 10 times (16.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 29 times (49.2%)
Skipped: 20 times (33.9%)
  Vladimir Nabokov and his wife claimed to have shared a sense of:
see if you know the answer
Answered: 162 times
Correct: 100 times (37.7%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 62 times (23.4%)
Skipped: 103 times (38.9%)
  In Russia Vladimir Nabokov wrote under the pseudonym of see if you know the answer
Answered: 105 times
Correct: 44 times (18.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 61 times (26.2%)
Skipped: 128 times (54.9%)
  At which of the following universities did Vladimir Nabokov not hold a teaching position?
see if you know the answer
Answered: 34 times
Correct: 6 times (10.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 28 times (50.9%)
Skipped: 21 times (38.2%)
  Vladimir Nabokov met his wife Véra at: see if you know the answer
Answered: 116 times
Correct: 35 times (14.2%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 81 times (32.8%)
Skipped: 131 times (53.0%)
  John Shade is a character in which Nabokov novel? see if you know the answer
Answered: 104 times
Correct: 57 times (23.7%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 47 times (19.5%)
Skipped: 137 times (56.8%)
  In which Nabokov novel would you find Kurt Dreyer? see if you know the answer
Answered: 85 times
Correct: 34 times (15.1%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 51 times (22.7%)
Skipped: 140 times (62.2%)
  What colorful objects did young Vladimir Nabokov play with? see if you know the answer
Answered: 127 times
Correct: 26 times (10.0%)
Difficulty: really really difficult
Incorrect: 101 times (38.8%)
Skipped: 133 times (51.2%)
  What was the name of Vladimir Nabokov's wife?
see if you know the answer
Answered: 314 times
Correct: 153 times (22.4%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 161 times (23.6%)
Skipped: 368 times (54.0%)
  What did Vladimir Nabokov like to draw?
see if you know the answer
Answered: 324 times
Correct: 237 times (35.7%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 87 times (13.1%)
Skipped: 339 times (51.1%)
« previous 1 3

Vladimir Nabokov's profile »


add a question



my stats

questions answered:
0 (0.0%)

correct:
0 (0.0%)

skipped:
0 (0.0%)

ranking:
468160 out of 468160

streak:
0

best streak:
0

questions added:
0


leaderboard | friends scores






©2009 Goodreads Inc