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In Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne, where do the trio emerge from the bowels of the earth?
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Jules Verne, American Civil War, baloon escape, desert island?
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![In [a:Jules Verne|696805|Jules Verne|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1194543962p2/696805.jpg]'s [b:Journey to the Centre of the Earth|32829|Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Classic)|Jules Verne|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168393885s/32829.jpg|1924715], the characters are following instructions on how to reach the centre of the earth found on a note inside which ancient text?](http://photo.goodreads.com/questions/1227808124p1/27396.jpg)
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In Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, the characters are following instructions on how to reach the centre of the earth found on a note inside which ancient text?
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What was Jules Verne's middle name?
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In Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon", the Gun Club use a giant cannon to launch a spaceship to the Moon. In a later book, what do they unsuccessfully attempt to do with an even larger gun?
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"Journey to the Centre of the Earth", a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne, involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide to the "center of the Earth" via a...?
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Who wrote a novel in which speech recognition technology plays a central role?
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Captain ______ is the commander of the _______ in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne.
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In Jules Verne's book, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, what was the name of the vessel Prof. Aronnax spends ten months on?
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The Bible is the world's most translated book. Unesco's "Index Translationum" measures the most translated authors in the world. Which one of the following writers is not among the top four translated writers on this list (as of 2008)?
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Who is Michel Strogoff from the book Classiques Abreges Michel Strogoff by Jules Verne?
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Why does Michel Strogoff (in the book Classiques Abreges Michel Strogoff by Jules Verne) retain his eyesight?
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Which of the following book titles does not belong in this group?
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Who made this comment on the technical progress enabling people to come up with ever new methods of transportation and travel?
"When they have managed to get travellers comfortably seated inside a cannon so that they can be shot off like bullets in any given direction civilisation will doubtless have taken a great step forward. We are making rapid strides towards that happy time when space will have been abolished; but they will never abolish boredom, especially when you consider the ever increasing need for some occupation to fill in our time, part of which, at least, used to be spent in travelling."
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The Incredible Journey To The Centre Of The Earth?
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Divide Jules Verne's Leagues Under the Sea by Gabriel García Márquez's Years of Solitude, then subtract the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything. You now have a number that appears in the title of a book by whom?
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Jules Verne was born where?
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What is Captain Nemo's real name?
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
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All but one of these writers published works of fiction with the phrase (NB: both words) "the sea" in the title. Who is the odd one out?
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