Trivia Thursday: The 46 banned books of the Top 100 novels

"Can you name the 46 banned books from the Top 100 Novels of the 20th century?"

It turns out I can't, but I did fairly well when I found this online quiz asking that very question. It turns out the quiz was a little bit harder than I thought it would be. Here's what it looks like:

Some of them seemed so easy! Even if you hadn't read the books, you could probably come up with the title from hearing the author's name in high school English class or watching Jeopardy! And then there are the ones that you know you should know, but just don't (maybe you should have taken more English classes). But then there are some where you just don't have the faintest clue. And – if you're anything like me – that means most of the books in the right hand column.

If you want to take the quiz too, here's where you should do it before I give away all the answers in sharing my results. Read ... set ... GO!

I gave up with just under three minutes left, mostly to stop myself from Googling the answers (don't act like you didn't think about it). Although a 58% would have gotten you an 'F' in any high school class, I'm pretty proud of it – especially considering the average score was just a 36%.

My challenge to you is to take the time to learn about some of these books, even if it's as simple as matching a title to an author (your Trivial Pursuit team during your next game night will thank me). But as someone who is a lover of classics, I'm making it my duty to read all of these books and the rest of the 54 of the *Top 100 list. After all, isn't it time to make your English teachers proud? (Hi Mr. Monday!)

What score did you get? Share your results with me on Facebook or on Twitter using #TessaFoxReads.

*Top 100 lists vary based on the source. You can't believe everything you read on the Internet, it turns out.