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Plenty of great novelists wrote under names that weren't their own. Can you see past the pen names? @lomo scored 500 in Great Authors on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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1Books › AuthorsVery hardWhich German writer wrote the two-part drama "Faust"?Right1.9s+100
2Books › AuthorsMediumWho created the elephant king Babar?Wrong3.1s0
3Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote the German cautionary picture book "Struwwelpeter"?Wrong2.2s0
4Books › AuthorsHardWhich Austrian author wrote the unfinished "The Man Without Qualities"?Wrong2.2s0
5Books › AuthorsHardWhich German poet wrote the "Ode to Joy"?Wrong1.4s0
6Books › Children's & YAEasyDr. Seuss wrote 'Green Eggs and Ham' to win a bet that he couldn't write a book using how many different words?Wrong1.1s0
7Books › AuthorsEasyWho wrote the children's novel "Charlotte's Web"?Right0.4s+100
8Books › AuthorsHardWho wrote the long Indian novel "A Suitable Boy"?Right1.2s+100
9Books › AuthorsExpertWhich poet etched and hand-coloured his own illuminated books, including "The Book of Urizen"?Right0.7s+100
10Books › AuthorsMediumHow many completed novels did Jane Austen publish or leave ready for publication?Right0.9s+100