In honor of National Poetry Month this first quiz of round 2 features poetry from Ethan Coen’s new book The Day the World Ends (read yesterday’s post for details about the book). I’m also giving away the copy they sent me so I could make this quiz. All you have to do is guess at least answer on the quiz. You don’t have to get any right to be entered 🙂
You have until noon Sunday to submit your answers as a comment. Comment will be hidden until I post the answers. No Googling!
This round starts today and will last til August. The person with the most points will win a B&N gift card (total $ based on # of total participants, so please play) and a randomly selected participant will win a fun prize from me.
Have fun and Good Luck!
Unscramble the words in these poems
1. Uh-huh, I (LOVED) you once, it’s true,
And acted like the man that I
Believed you’d be attracted by-
And I myself (BELIEVED) the lie.
2. His (BRIEFCASE) was a lightish brown:
Its leather (TONGUE) would buckle down
3. A (HORSE) and (WAGON) bore you here:
We duly filed behind.
The day was dull, the winter drear,
Yet no one seemed to mind.
4. Eyes open to find-
(DARK).
Yes, (DARK).
And everything is still.
5. You rise
To dump a paw on either (SHOULDER),
And my (BODY) steadies as you let loll
Your great rough tongue.
6. They hurl their lightning bolts at me.
I duck- and dodge- and feint- and flee.
The great contend; the mighty (STRIVE);
The slippery, like me, (SURVIVE).
7. Who is this (NEWBORN),
Time will tell;
The old man (DYING)
We know well.
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1. Uh-huh, I LOVED you once, it’s true,
And acted like the man that I
Believed you’d be attracted by-
And I myself BELIEVED the lie.
2. His BRIEFCASE was a lightish brown:
Its leather TONGUE would buckle down
3. A HORSE and WAGON bore you here:
We duly filed behind.
The day was dull, the winter drear,
Yet no one seemed to mind.
4. Eyes open to find-
DARK.
Yes, DARK.
And everything is still.
5. You rise
To dump a paw on either SHOULDER,
And my BODY steadies as you let loll
Your great rough tongue.
6. They hurl their lightning bolts at me.
I duck- and dodge- and feint- and flee.
The great contend; the mighty STRIVE;
The slippery, like me, SURVIVE.
7. Who is this NEWBORN,
Time will tell;
The old man DYING
We know well.
🙂 Think I got them all!
Yes, you did! Thanks so much for playing and entering the giveaway. Hope you’ll play again this week. 100 points!
I’ll give it a shot!
1. loved, believed
2. briefcase
3. horse, wagon
4. dark
5. shoulder, body
6. strive, survive
7. newborn, dying
92.5 points! You were only missing a tongue 😉
1. loved, believed
2. briefcase, tongue
3. horse, wagon
4. dark, dark
5. shoulder, body
6. strive, survive
7. newborn, dingy
Hope I got all those right! LOL
Why yes, you did get all of those right 🙂 100 points!
1. loved, believed
2. briefcase, tongue
3. horse, wagon
4. dark, dark
5. shoulder, body
6. strive, survive
7. newborn, dingy
The funny thing is you can read the poem without unscrambling and most of the scrambled words just kind of unscramble on their own!
All of them but dingy 😉 I don’t know if you have the book but it makes for fairly entertaining reading. 92.5 points.
I am reading these poems right now and recognize them, so I will refrain from answering!
You could have played but it probably wouldn’t have been very much fun 🙂
Thank goodness it’s unscrambling and not fill in the blank!
loved
believed
briefcase
tongue
horse
wagon
dark
dark
shoulder
body
strive
survive
newborn
dying
HaHa. I first made the quiz as a fill in the blank 🙂 A perfect 100 points.
I just won this collection! Happy Poetry Month!!
It’s an entertaining read. Enjoy!
1. loved, believed
2. briefcase, tongue
3. horse, wagon
4. dark, dark
5. shoulder, body
6. survive
7. newborn, dying
Missed at least one but it was fun!
Close to a perfect score! 92.5 points 🙂
1. Loved, believed.
2. briefcase, tongue
3. shore, wagon
4. dark, dark
5. shoulder, body
6. rivets, revives
7. newborn, dying
This was so fun! Thanks!