LITERATURE QUIZ 49

[magpie in the 80's]

1. What extraordinary book did Ford Prefect own?
THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
2. Name 3 of the 5 things Old King Cole called for?
HIS PIPE, HIS BOWL AND FIDDLERS THREE ARE THE FIVE THINGS HE CALLED FOR
3. What did Solomon Grundy do on Saturday?
Get Married, Got Divorced, Spent Some Money, Died or went Nightclubbing
DIED
4. What do Seven Magpies signify?
A SECRET NEVER TO BE TOLD
5. What was the significance of Fahrenheit 451?
IT'S THE TEMPERATURE BOOKS COMBUST
6. What Scottish foodstuff did Robert Burns address as the Great Chieftain o? the puddin? race?
HAGGIS
7. How many Bronte Sisters were there?
THREE
8. What dramatist claimed that if there were no anti semitism he would not think of himself as Jewish?
ARTHUR MILLER
9. Who wrote the Godfather?
MARIO PUZO
10. Who is credited with writing The Iliad and The Odyssey?
HOMER
11. What was put around the neck of the Ancient Mariner?
THE DEAD ALBTROSS
12. Who wrote the children?s story The Old Man of Lochnagar?
PRINCE CHARLES
13. What book features Bilbo Baggins as the central character?
THE HOBBIT
14. What novel was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk?
ROBINSON CRUSOE
15. What novel did Daphne Du Maurier write about Cornish shipwreckers?
JAMACIAN INN
16. What British officers autobiography is titled Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
17. Who was Helen of Troys Trojan lover?
PARIS
18. What Leon Uris novel deals with the Warsaw Ghetto uprising?
MILA 18
19. Who was Tom Thumbs female counterpart?
THUMBELINA
20. Who created George Smiley?
JOHN LE CARRE

[fish]

9 - Mario Puzo

[godoubleblues]

Q5 - temperature at which a book burns
Q7 - 3
Q10 - homer

[Media Park]

2. "He called for his PIPE, he called for his BOWL, and he called for his FIDDLERS, one two three..."

13. The Hobbit

[magpie in the 80's]

9 - Mario Puzo

[magpie in the 80's]

Q5 - temperature at which a book burns
Q7 - 3
Q10 - homer

[magpie in the 80's]

2. "He called for his PIPE, he called for his BOWL, and he called for his FIDDLERS, one two three..."

13. The Hobbit

[JK]

18. Mila 18

[magpie in the 80's]

18. Mila 18

[tipper]

1) the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy
19) thumbelina??

[magpie in the 80's]

1) the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy
19) thumbelina??

[old moz]

11---dead albatross
14---robinson crusoe
16---t.e.lawrence [ of arabia ]

[magpie in the 80's]

11---dead albatross
14---robinson crusoe
16---t.e.lawrence [ of arabia ]

[magpie in the 80's]

Last days for the quizzes for this year

[fish]

20 - John LeCarre

[Kahuna]

6/ Haggis
12/ Prince Charles
17/ Paris
20/ John Le Carre

[magpie in the 80's]

20 - John LeCarre

[magpie in the 80's]

6/ Haggis
12/ Prince Charles
17/ Paris
20/ John Le Carre

[magpie in the 80's]

1. What extraordinary book did Ford Prefect own?
THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
2. Name 3 of the 5 things Old King Cole called for?
HIS PIPE, HIS BOWL AND FIDDLERS THREE ARE THE FIVE THINGS HE CALLED FOR
3. What did Solomon Grundy do on Saturday?
Get Married, Got Divorced, Spent Some Money, Died or went Nightclubbing
DIED
4. What do Seven Magpies signify?
A SECRET NEVER TO BE TOLD
5. What was the significance of Fahrenheit 451?
IT'S THE TEMPERATURE BOOKS COMBUST
6. What Scottish foodstuff did Robert Burns address as the Great Chieftain o? the puddin? race?
HAGGIS
7. How many Bronte Sisters were there?
THREE
8. What dramatist claimed that if there were no anti semitism he would not think of himself as Jewish?
ARTHUR MILLER
9. Who wrote the Godfather?
MARIO PUZO
10. Who is credited with writing The Iliad and The Odyssey?
HOMER
11. What was put around the neck of the Ancient Mariner?
THE DEAD ALBTROSS
12. Who wrote the children?s story The Old Man of Lochnagar?
PRINCE CHARLES
13. What book features Bilbo Baggins as the central character?
THE HOBBIT
14. What novel was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk?
ROBINSON CRUSOE
15. What novel did Daphne Du Maurier write about Cornish shipwreckers?
JAMACIAN INN
16. What British officers autobiography is titled Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
17. Who was Helen of Troys Trojan lover?
PARIS
18. What Leon Uris novel deals with the Warsaw Ghetto uprising?
MILA 18
19. Who was Tom Thumbs female counterpart?
THUMBELINA
20. Who created George Smiley?
JOHN LE CARRE

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE

END OF QUIZ