Book geography · 3 October 2026
Discover the books, places, and stories behind this round’s five questions.
Which city’s criminal underworld does Oliver enter in Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist?
AnswerLondon, United Kingdom
After leaving the workhouse, Oliver arrives in London, where he encounters the Artful Dodger and Fagin’s gang.
Read the source ↗To which French city does D’Artagnan travel hoping to join the musketeers in The Three Musketeers?
AnswerParis, France
D’Artagnan travels to Paris and becomes involved with Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
Read the source ↗Which Swedish capital is home to journalist Mikael Blomkvist in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?
AnswerStockholm, Sweden
Blomkvist works in Stockholm, though the novel’s central investigation also takes him to a fictional island farther north.
Read the source ↗Which real English forest inspired the Hundred Acre Wood in A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh?
AnswerAshdown Forest, England
Ashdown Forest in East Sussex inspired the stories’ Hundred Acre Wood. The marker represents the forest, not a fictional treehouse.
Read the source ↗Which city was home to Franz Kafka, the author of The Trial, for most of his life?
AnswerPrague, Czechia
Kafka was born in Prague and lived there for much of his life. The Trial does not explicitly name the city as its setting.
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