Hero Quiz – guessing closed

January 10, 2012January 16, 201235 Comments

Who are some of the best heroes in literature or film? See if you can recognize them for 10 points each. I’m looking for the character name, not the actor’s name.

You have until noon Saturday 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 the end of March. 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!

1. Clark Kent/Superman

2. Atticus Finch (& Scout too!)

3. Frodo Baggins

4. Robin Hood

5. Jefferson Smith

6. Bruce Wayne/Batman

7. Bond. James Bond

8. Harry Potter

9. George Bailey

10. Indiana Jones

Details and Leaderboard here. Last week’s Writers Lost Quiz here.

Writers Lost in 2011 Quiz – guessing closed

January 3, 2012January 8, 201234 Comments

Tuesday Quizzes are back! Are you as excited as I am? My first quiz of the year is always writers that died the year before. Writers being loosely defined in some cases 🙂 10 points for each correct answer.

You have until noon Saturday 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 the end of March. 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!

1. Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum are the feline stars of The Cat Who Series created by this author. Lilian Jackson Braun (6-20-1913/6-4-2011)

2. This English author wrote the beloved Redwall series. Brian Jacques (6-15-1911/2-5-2011)

3. She won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as being inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Her most recognizable series was set on the planet of Pern. Anne McCaffrey (4-1-1926/11-21-2011)

4. This journalist, author and famous atheist was a regular contributor to Vanity Fair. His autobiography, Hitch-22, was published in 2010. Christopher Hitchens (4-13-1949/12-15-2011)

5. This American expatriate YA author is best known for his book Ridley Walker. Russell Hoban (2-4-1925/12-15-2011)

6. Famed comic book writer who co-created Captain America. Joe Simon (10-11-1913/12-14-2011)

7. This Irish-born British author wrote 7 books including Damage, the basis of the 1992 Jeremy Irons film of the same name. Josephine Hart (3-1-1942/6-2-2011)

8. A British author best known for writing The Sheep-Big, the book the movie Babe was based on. Dick-King Smith (3-27-1922/1-4-2011)

9. This beloved cartoonist wrote the long-running comic, Family Circus. Bil Keane (10-25-1922/11-8-2011)

10. The screen legend wrote a few books about weight loss and jewelry and a children’s book titled Nibbles & Me about her time as a child star. Elizabeth Taylor (2-27-1932/3-23-2-11)

Round 3 Quiz Results

December 6, 201110 Comments

Another round of quizzes has come and gone and I am happy for everyone who plays along with me every week. This last round we had 35 participants so that’s a $35 Barnes & Noble gift card to the winner!! And the winner is….

Nise 🙂

Nise scored a whopping 1433 points. Congratulations, Nise! This is her 4th win in 7 rounds!

And Gage helped me pick the second winner from the 35 participants. She will be receiving a special gift from me.

And the winner is…

Stephanie!

Thanks for always participating Stephanie 🙂

So, that’s it for this year’s quizzing. If you have a favorite quiz let me know and I’ll make sure it shows up again next year. And if you want to be a Guest Quizzer and try to stump everyone, email me and I’ll get you on the schedule. (You earn 100 points for the week)

Santa Quiz – guessing closed

November 29, 2011March 4, 201422 Comments

I know it’s not December yet, but the holiday season has arrived. Let’s see if you can identify these movies by their Santas (8 points) and/or the actor’s name (2 points).

Please play along with us. For everyone who plays an extra $ goes to the winner and the everyone is entered for a special prize. Just leave a comment with your guesses before noon on Saturday and don’t google the answers.

This will be the last quiz of 2011 (unless I throw one in for fun in December). Next week I’ll announce the 2 winners (the leader and a randomly chosen participant). In January, new quizzes will return (it’s going to be board game month I think :))

1. The Santa Claus (1994) Tim Allen

2. Elf (2003) Ed Asner

3. Trading Places (1983) Dan Aykroyd

4. A Christmas Story (1983) Jeff Gillen

5. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Edmund Gwenn

6. Bad Santa (2003) Billy Bob Thornton

7. The Silent Partner (1978) Christopher Plummer

8. The Night They Saved Christmas (1984) Art Carney

9. The Ref (1994)

10. Miracle on 34th Street (1994) Richard Attenborough

Thankfully No Quiz

November 22, 201113 Comments

We’re taking a week off since many of us are preparing for travel or lots of visitors. Last week’s Initial Quiz answers are up here.

My favorite misses were Plum Good Wodehouse from Carol M and Calamity Jane Cherryh from Jill (although all of Jill’s are great-you should take a look :). I’ll be back next week with the last quiz of the year. We’re up to a $35 B&N gift card for the winner.

I asked for help a few weeks ago so I could finish the States Challenge and I’m asking again 🙂 I need suggestions for the following states (the shorter the better if I hope to finish the challenge).

Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia

If you’ve already sent me suggestions for these I may have had a problem getting from my library so let me know again and I’ll another look. Thank you so much for your help.

I am extremely grateful for my book blogging buddies.

Initial Quiz – guessing closed

November 15, 2011November 21, 201127 Comments

There are a number of authors who use initials as first names. Do you know if they are male or female? Do you know what the initials stand for? Take your best shot at these authors.

Please play along with us. For everyone who plays an extra $ goes to the winner and the everyone is entered for a special prize. Just leave a comment with your guesses before noon on Saturday and don’t google the answers.

Rules & Leaderboard here. Last week’s Jack Nicholson was in that? Quiz here.

First tell me if they are Male (M) or Female (F) (2.25 pts.) and then what the initials stand for (4 pts.)

I’ll give an extra 10 points for my favorite incorrect name, so have fun guessing 🙂

1. PD James Female Phyllis Dorothy

2. JRR Tolkien Male John Ronald Reuel

3. SE Hinton Female Susan Eloise

4. PG Wodehouse Male Pelham Grenville

5. EB White Male Elwyn Brooks

6. E Nesbit Female Edith

7. EM Forster Male Edward Morgan

8. JK Rowling Female Joanne

9. PJ O’Rourke Male Patrick Jane

10. AS Byatt Female Antonia Susan

11. LM Montgomery Female Lucy Maud

12. DH Lawrence Male David Herbert

13. CJ Cherryh Female Carolyn Janice Cherry

14. AA Milne Male Alan Alexander

15. HG Wells Male Herbert George

16. JA Jance Female Judith Ann

Jack Nicholson was in that? Quiz – guessing closed

November 8, 2011November 14, 201123 Comments

I don’t consider myself a Jack Nicholson fan but he has been in many iconic films. I’ve seen 13 of his movies and put them in the order that I liked them best. All you need to do is tell me what movie the images are from. 7.5 points for each right answer and 2.5 points for listing a Nicholson movie not pictured.

Please play along with us. For everyone who plays an extra $ goes to the winner and the everyone is entered for a special prize. Just leave a comment with your guesses and don’t google the answers.

Rules & Leaderboard here. Last week’s

1. (1992) A Few Good Men

2. (2003) Something’s Gotta Give

3. (1983) Terms of Endearment

4. (1974) Chinatown

5. (1996) Mars Attacks!

6. (1980) The Shining

7. (1997) As Good As It Gets

8. (1994) Wolf

9. (1989) Batman

10. (2007) The Bucket List

11. (1975) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

12. (1969) Easy Rider

13. (2011) The Pledge

Presidential Quiz- guessing closed

November 1, 2011November 7, 201120 Comments

I am fascinated by politics but really can’t stand how early people start campaigning for President. But, hey, we only have another whole year of the craziness. See if you can match these US Presidents with the books that they wrote. 10 points each. You have until noon Saturday.

Please play along with us. For everyone who plays an extra $ goes to the winner and the everyone is entered for a special prize. Just leave a comment with your guesses and don’t google the answers.

Rules & Leaderboard here. Last week’s Scariest Character results here and scoring here.

1. An American Life J. Ronald Reagan

2. Letters on Freemasonry E. John Quincy Adams

3. Profiles in Courage D. John F. Kennedy

4. The Audacity of Hope I. Barack Obama

5. Beyond Peace B. Richard Nixon

6. My Life A. Bill Clinton

7. Crusade in Europe G. Dwight D. Eisenhower

8. The Rough Riders C. Theodore Roosevelt

9. An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood F. Jimmy Carter

10. Decision Points H. George W. Bush

Scariest Character Results, RIP, and another winner

October 31, 20115 Comments

The results for last week’s Scariest Novel Character Quiz are in…

10. Big Brother

9. Count Dracula

8. Patrick Bateman

7. Sauron

6. Jaws

5. Demon

4. Pennywise

3. Voldemort

2. Norman Bates

and the scariest character is

1. Hannibal Lecter

Apparently I need to read It, especially since it’s sitting on my shelves,

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I completed Carl’s RIP challenge with 2 books…Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris and Buried Prey by John Sandford. I’m listening to the Witches of Eastwick but am not going to get it done today. I wish I’d had the time to read more for the challenge because I love these types of books, but there’s always next year.

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And as I finally mailed the last of my birthday giveaways I discovered I had 2 Godiva bars that didn’t have a new home. I forgot to draw a winner for them! So, without further ado,

Debbie (Wrighty’s Reads) you are a winner!!!! Chocolate coming your way 🙂

Scariest Novel Character Quiz

October 25, 2011October 30, 201119 Comments

In March we did a different kind of quiz where you all voted on the best sports movies. We’re going to try that with a Halloween theme. You need to choose the 10 most scary characters in literature and list them in order (1 being the scariest). I’ll be scoring each choice based on where it appears on your list (10 points for #1, etc.) and then you will earn points based on how well your list matches up with everyone else. Sounds like fun, right?

You are welcome to write-in a candidate and once you do I’ll add him/her/it to the list of choices. You have until Sunday and I’ll post the results on Halloween. Please encourage your other bookie friends to participate even of they don’t do the quizzes. We want this be scientific after all 😉

Don’t forget to number your choices 1-10

Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

Annie Wilkes (Misery)

Big Brother (1984)

Bill Sikes (Oliver Twist)

Count Dracula (Dracula)

Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)

demon (Exorcist)

Grendel (Beowulf)

Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs…)

Jack (The Shining)

Jaws (Jaws)