Salman Rushdie

Quiz

1. Which novel, Salman Rushdie's fourth, was the subject of much controversy?
2. Since 2000, Rushdie has lived in which country?
3. Which of Rushdie's novels won the Booker Prize in 1981?








4. In which country was Salman Rushdie born?
5. What degree did Rushdie take at Cambridge University? And which public school did he attend?
6. Salman Rushdie, Jeffrey Archer and Honor Blackman all had cameos in which 2001 film?
7. In which year did the United Kingdom and Iran break diplomatic relations over the Rushdie controversy?
8. Which Danish literary award did Rushdie receive in 2014?
9. Quichotte is a 2019 novel by Salman Rushdie inspired by which classic novel?
10. What was the name of the 1975 fantasy fiction novel that was Rushdie's first novel?

Answers:

1. The Satanic Verses
2. United States
3. Midnight's Children (1981)
4. India (in the city of Bombay, now called Mumbai)
5. A degree in history. Rugby school.
6. Bridget Jones's Diary
7. 1989
8. Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award
9. Don Quixote (by Miguel de Cervantes)
10. Grimus