I am terrible at guessing people’s ages, so for this first quiz of Round 3 I thought I’d see how good you are! Tell me which author is (or would be if alive today) oldest. If there are 3 list them in order from oldest to youngest. Submit your answers in a comment by noon on Saturday (I’ll hide the answers til then).
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. Play every week or just one time, you are always welcome It only takes once to be eligible for a prize.
1. John Grisham (1955) or James Patterson (1947)
2. Jane Austen (1775) or Mary Shelley (1797)
3. Stephen King (1947), Anne Rice (1941), Dean Koontz (1945)
4. Lee Child (author of Jack Reacher series )(1954) or John Sandford (Lucas Davenport series) (1944)
5. CS Lewis (1898) or JRR Tolkien (1892)
6. Mark Twain (1835) or Edgar Allan Poe (1809)
7. Ken Follett (1949) or John Irving (1942)
8. Nora Roberts (1950) , Sandra Brown (1948), Catherine Coulter (1942)
9. Jackie Collins (1937) or Danielle Steel (947)
10. Michael Connelly (1956), Scott Turow (1949), David Baldacci (1960)
Stacy's Books 
1. Patterson, Grisham
2. Austen, Shelley
3. Rice, Koontz, King
4. Child, Sandford
5. Lewis, Tolkein
6. Poe, Twain
7. Irving, Follett
8. Coulter, Roberts, Brown
9. Collins, Steel
10. Baldacci, Turow, Connelly
63 points! You’re better at guessing ages then me!
These are all guesses:
1. James Patterson
2. Jane Austen
3. Anne Rice
4. John Sandford
5. Jrr Tolkien
6. Mark Twain
7 Ken Follett
8. Nora Roberts
9. Jackie Collins
10. David Balcacci
60 well-deserved points!
Yay!! It’s quiz time…
1. Patterson
2. Austen
3. Rice – Koontz- King
4. Sandford
5. Lewis
6. Poe
7. Irving
8. Coulter, Brown, Roberts
9. Collins
10. Turow, Baldacci, Connelly
83 awesome points!
Fun one — totally guessing on most of these — cannot wait to see the answers on it
1. James Patterson than John Grisham
2, Jane Austen than Mary Shelley
3. Anne Rice, Stephen King than Dean Koontz
4. John Sandford than Lee Child
5. CS Lewis than JRR Tolkien
6. Edgar Allan Poe than Mark Twain
7. John Irving than Ken Follett
8. Catherine Coulter than Nora Roberts than Sandra Brown
9. Jackie Collins than Danielle Steel
10. Michael Connelly, David Baldacci than Scott Turow,
66 age appropriate points!
I’m terrible at ages too so here goes. Purely a guessing game:
1. James Patterson
2. Mary Shelley
3. Dean Koontz
4. Lee Child
5. CS Lewis
6. Edgar Allan Poe
7. Ken Follett
8. Catherine Coulter
9. Jackie Collins
10. Michael Connelly
33 points! I think this is about what I would have gotten if I’d taken the quiz!
All of these are complete guesses. But it was fun trying.
1 James Patterson
2 Jane Austen
3 Anne Rice
4 Lee Child
5 CS Lewis
6 Mark Twain
7 John Irving
8 Catherine Coulter
9 Jackie Collins
10 Scott Turow
49 aged points!
So far 7 people have guessed this week. Why don’t you be the 8th?
1. Patterson
2. Shelley
3. King
4. Sandord
5. Lewis
6. Twain
7. Irving
8. Coulter
o. Collins
10. connelly
43 points! Don’t spend them all in one place!
I forgot it’s already August !
1. James Patterson
2. Jane Austen
3. Anne Rice – Dean Koontz – Stephen King
4. John Sandford
5. JRR Tolkien
6. Edgar Allan Poe
7. John Irving
8. Catherine Coulter – Sandra Brown – Nora Roberts
9. Jackie Collins
10. Scott Turow – Michael Connelly – David Baldacci
Not sure how you did it, but a perfect score! Woo Hoo 🙂