Can you identify these books? 4 points for each title and 2.5 points for each author. A bonus 5 points if you tell me what they all have in common.
A few rules…No cheating. No googling or looking at other commenter answers. Yes, we’re going by the honor system…Your first answers will be the only ones accepted…Have fun!
This round for every participant I have (the last 2 rounds there have been 34 different players each time) I will put in a $ for a B&N gift card or a Babies R Us gift card for the winner. Even if you play only once you are eligible to win the second prize (something special I pick out) and you will be adding money to the kitty for the winner.
You have until noon on Friday to submit your answers as a comment. I do hide comments until I post the answers on Friday, so if your answers disappear that’s why.
Current Leaderboard. Answers to last weeks Writers Lost in 2010 Quiz (Florinda kicked butt!)
1. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2. I Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelson 3. Sophie’s Chose by William Styron 4. What Would Martin Say? by Clarence B. Jones 5. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti by Annie Vanderbilt 6.Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom 7. The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by Sara Angelini 8. Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught 9. Charming Billy by Alice McDermott 10. Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier 11. The Jewels of Tessa Kent by Judith Krentz 12. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 13. The Passions of Emma by Penelope Williamson 14. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King 15. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz 16. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Stacy's Books 
Ok here goes (no cheating):
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3. Sophie’s Choice
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5. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti
6. Tuesday’s with Morrie
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10.
11.The Jewels of Tessa Kent
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13.The Passions of Emma
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15.
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt (Good thing I knew this one! lol)
I didn’t do so hot!
26.5 plus 10 bonus points since you were part of the quiz 🙂 Thanks for playing.
This is fun! 🙂
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2.
3. Sophie’s Choice
4.What would Martin Say?
5. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti
6. Tuesdays with Morrie
7. The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy
8.
9.
10.Rebecca
11. The Jewels of Tessa Kent
12.Jude the Obscure
13.
14.The Tommyknockers
15.
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
44 points!
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
5. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti by Annie (I hope the spellings are right, don’t remember the last name of the author)
6. Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
7. The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy (this is on my wishlist)
10. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (not sure about this one)
15. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
16. Saving Cee Cee Honeycut by Beth Hoffman (I can recognize that gorgeous cover anywhere)
48 points 🙂
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice by William Stryon
4. What Would Martin Say? by Clarence Jones and Joel Engel
5. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti by Annie Vanderbilt
6. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
7. The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by Sara Angelini
9. Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
10. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
11. The Jewels of Tessa Kent by Judith Krantz
12. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
13. The Passions of Emma by Penelope Williamson
15. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Um, they all have proper names in the titles?
84.5 + a bonus 5 for a total of 89.5! Impressive!!
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3. Sophie’s Choice
6. Tuesdays with Morrie
10.Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
14. Tommyknockers by Stephen King
16. Saving Ce-ce Honeycut by Beth Hoffman
They all have someone’s name in the title, someone’s first name.
31.5 + 5 for a total of 36.5 🙂
1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
3. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
4. What Would Martin Say? by Clarence B. Jones
6. Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
7. The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by Sara Angelini
10. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
14. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
15. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
16. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
58.5 🙂
Woops they all have first names in the title too or just names.
Plus 5 for a total of 63.5 🙂
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roland Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice
4. What Would Martin Say?
6. Tuesday’s With Morrie by Mitch Album
15. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt – Beth Hoffman
they all have a first name in the title?
27.5 + 5 for 32.5 🙂
Oh, I know a few of the titles, at least.
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice
6. Tuesday’s with Morrie
12. Jude the Obscure
14. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
15. Odd Thomas
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
They’re all names by the way.
33 + 5 = 38! A fine start 🙂
I don’t think I’ll do as well next week, but here goes:
#1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
#3 Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
#4 What Would MLK Say? by ????
#6 Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
#9 Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
#10 Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
#12 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
#14 The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
#15 Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
#16 Saving Cee-Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Common theme: All the titles include people’s names.
58.5 + 5 = 63.5 isn’t a bad follow up 🙂
1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (on my BBC challenge this year)
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3 Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
4 What Would Martin Say (totally guessing based on picture on cover of book)
5
6 Tuesday’s With Morrie by Mitch Albom – brilliant book
7 The Trials of the Honorable F Darcy by Sara Angelini
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9 Charming Billy (Damn I read it but cannot remember who the author is) obviously by Alice somebody : )
10 Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
11 The Jewels of Tessa by Judith Krantz (years since I read this one – fun trash)
12 Jude the Obscure by ?
13
14 The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
15
16 Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
They all have proper names in title
65 + 5 = 70 🙂 I haven’t read Jewels yet…I’m saving it for when I feel trashy!~
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
6. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
14. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
15. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
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39 points, Carol!
1. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
2. I Was Amelia Earhart (?) really guessing here
3. Sophie’s Choice
4. What Would Martin Say? (total guess)
5.
6. Tuesdays With Morrie
7.
8.
9. Charming Billy – Alice McDermott
10. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
11. The Jewels of Chelsea Kane (?)
12. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy (?)
13.
14. Tommyknockers – Stephen King
15. Odd Thomas – Dean Koontz
All the books have a first name in the title.
16. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt – Beth Hoffman
61.5 + 5 for a total of 66.5 🙂 I feel like I should give you extra points because you were the only one to get I Was Amelia Earhart, a book I loved when I read it years ago.
Eek! I should have more of these
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
6. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
10. Rebecca by Daphne DuMarier
12. Jude the Obscure
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
34 points 🙂
1.Charlie & The Chocolate Factory by Ronald Dahl
2.I Was ____
3.Sophie’s Choice by William
4. What Would Martin Say? by
5. The Secret Papers of _______
6.Tuesday’s With Morrie by Mitch Albom
7. The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by
8. Whitney, My Love by Judith Mcnaught (one of my all time favorites I need to re-read)
9.Charming Billy by Alice Hoffman
10.Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
11. The Jewels of Tessa Kent by Judith Krantz
12.Jude the Obscure by ?
13. The Passion of Emma by Penelope Williamson
14. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
15. ?
16. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
All books have names in the title
73 + 5 = 82. I love Whitney and need a reread too. I wish she’d write more historical romances. Several of them are all-time faves of mine.
I know that they are all titles with names!
1. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice
4. Martin or MLK ??
6. Tuesday’s with Morrie
9. Charming Billy, Alice McDermott
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt,
25 + 5 will give you 30 for the week 🙂
1 = Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
3 = Sophie’s Choice
4 = What Would Martin Say
6 = Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom
9 = Charming Billy – Alice McDermott (at least something good came of me reading this book that I disliked so much – I get points on your quiz!!!)
10 = Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
14 = The Tommyknockers – Stephen King
16 = Saving CeeCee Honeycut – Beth Hoffman
The commonality is that all titles contain a person’s first name.
47 + 5 will get ya 52 points. I tried Charming Billy a few years ago but didn’t get very far. I keep telling myself I need to give it another try. Or maybe not.
Here are my guesses:
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice
4. What Would Martin Say?
5. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti
6. Tuesdays with Morrie
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
29 points 🙂
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice, William Styron
4. What Would King Say (?)
6. Tuesday’s with Morrie, Mitch Albom
9. Charming Billy, Alice Munroe
10. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
12. Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy (?)
14. The Tommyknockers, Stephen King
15. Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz
16. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt, Beth Hoffman
And I’m guessing they’re all books you read in 2010.
56 points! I wish I’d read them all last year!
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
5. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti
6. Tuesday’s with Morrie by Mitch Albom
16. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt, Beth Hoffman
23.5 points!
I should know more of these but my mind is blank. But that’s not unusual!
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. Sophie’s Choice
6. Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
14. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
15. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
16. Saving Cee Cee Honicutt by Beth Hoffman
36.5 🙂
1. Charlie and The chocolate Factory by Ronald Dahl
3. Sophie’s choice by William Styron
4. What Would Martin say ? by Joel Engel and Clarence B. Jones
5. The Secret papers of Madame Olivetti by Annie vanderbilt
6. Tuesdays with Morie by Mitch Albom
7 The Trials of the Honorable F.Darcy by Sara Angelini
9. Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
10. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
11. The Jewels of Tessa Kent by Judith Krantz
12. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
13. The Passions of Emma by Penelope Williamson
14. The TommyKnockers by Stephen King
15. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
16. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
what they all have in common is they have a person name on title of the books.
91 + 5 = 96 points!! Very impressive, Mariska 🙂