Irish Actors Quiz

March 16, 2010March 19, 201021 Comments

Time for the Tuesday quiz. For this one you need to tell me the Irish actor in each of these movies. There are only 5 actors, 2 movies each. I’ve chosen my favorite movies from each of these well-know Irishmen. As I looked at this after I published it I decided it’s a little hard. Here are the initials of the 5 actors GB, CF, PO, PB, LN

Each one is worth 10 points. Check out the leaderboard from week 1.

No Googling and no copying off other commenters. Your first answer is the one accepted.

1. Batman Begins (2005) – Liam Neeson

2. The Usual Suspects (1995) – Gabriel Byrne

3. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) – Pierce Brosnan

4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Peter O’Toole

5. Love Actually (2003) – Liam Neeson

6. The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) – Pierce Brosnan

7. The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) – Gabriel Byrne

8. Daredevil (2003) – Colin Farrell

9. Stardust (2007) – Peter O’Toole

10. Phone Booth (2002) – Colin Farrell

Good luck and wishing you a happy St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow!

Color Scattergories Quiz Results

March 12, 2010April 25, 201016 Comments

Thanks to all of you who played Color Scattergories! To score points you had to be the only one to name that title. 10 points per unique title. I have decided to offer bonus points this week. I’m giving 5 EXTRA points for 7 titles that had 2 colors in the title. Here are the overachievers…

The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother (McBride) – Molly

Violets are Blue (Patterson) – Heather

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (Dorris) – Heather

Black Swan Green (Mitchell) – Jackie

Riders of the Purple Sage (Grey) – Linda B

Black Rose (Roberts) – Calila

Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Willig) – Nise

And here are the other uniques titles. There was less overlap than I thought there’d be.

Red Light Wives (Monroe) – Em, Ravishing in Red (Hunter) – Calila, The Man with the Red Tatoo (Benson) – Carol, Woman in Red (Goudge) – Nise, Careless in Red (George) – Kathy, Red Sox Rule (Holley) – Molly, Red Sky at Morning (Bradford) – Linda B, The Red Pony (Steinbeck) – JoAnn, My Hands Came Away Red (McKay) – Hannah, The Red Heart (Thom) – Susan, Red Dog Rising (Schettler) – Bermudaonion

Gathering Blue (Lowry) – Staci, Blue Diablo (Aguirre) – Calila, Blue Like Jazz (Miller) – Carol, The Blue Zone (Gross) – Nise, The Deep Blue Good-by (MacDonald) – Kathy, Blue Shoe (Lamott) – Molly, The Blue Flower (Fitzgerald) – Jackie, The Blue Star (early) – Linda B, Blue Latitudes (Horwitz) – JoAnn, The Blue Parakeet (McKnight) – Hannah, Island of the Blue Dolphins (O’Dell) – Susan, Blue Notebook (Levine) – Bermudaonion

Black Ship (Dunn) – Candice, Bitter is the New Black (Lancaster) – Jenners, Black Coffee (Price) – Em, The Black Moth (Heyer) – Calila, A Black Tie Affair (Bodine) – Carol, Black Olives (Dudman) – Nise, Black Cauldron (Alexandra) – Heather, The Black Flower (Bahr) – Linda B, Black Like Me (Griffin) – JoAnn, Black Dogs (McEwan) – Susan, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (Janzen) – Bermudaonion

Woman in White (Collins) – Stephanie D, A Heart So White (Maras) – Em, Vision in White (Roberts) – Calila, The Devil in the White City (Larson) – Carol, Hypocrite in a Poufy White Dress (Gilman) – Molly, White Fang (London) – Linda B, White Picket Fences(Meissner) – Hannah, White Horses (Hoffman) – Susan, White Cat (Black) – Debbie

Green Rider (Britain) – Carol, Jewel of Gresham Green (Blackwell) – Nise, Shamus in the Green Room (Kandel) – Hannah, Green Darkness (Seton) – Susan, Green (Dekker) – Debbie, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes (Salinger) – Candice (short story, 5 points)

Good as Gold (Heller) – Em, Gold (Rhodes) – Jackie, Five Golden Rings (Michaels) – Calila, The Golden Tulip (Laker) – Linda B, The Gold Coast (DeMille) – Susan, Golden Compass (Pullman) – Debbie

The Yellow Wallpaper (Gilman) Jackie, The Yellow Star (Deedy) – Linda B, Yellow-Lighted Bookshop (Buzbee) – Hannah, The Yellow House (Falvey) – Bermudaonion

Wearing Purple (Alexander) – Em, A Purple Place for Dying (MacDonald) – Kathy, The Purple Emperor (Brennan) – Heather, Purple Hibiscus (Adiche) – Candice

Rose Matter (King) – Em, The Name of the Rose (Eco) – Hannah, Rose Hill (Grandstaff) – Debbie

Mr. Brown Can Moo…Can you? (Dr. Seuss) – Jenners, Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective (Sobol) – Molly, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Martin) – Heather

Lessons from a Scarlet Lady (Wildes) – Calila, The Scarlet Thread (Rivers) – Heather, Scarlett (Ripley) – Jackie

Five Quarters of the Orange (Harris) – Heather, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (Winterson) – Jackie, Blood Orange (Campbell) – Debbie

Princess in Pink (Cabot) – Candice, Nightmare in Pink (MacDonald) – Kathy, Silver Swan (Black) – JoAnn, Silversword (Whitney) Susan, Devil in Amber (Gatiss) – Carol, The Amber Photograph (Stokes) – Hannah

The Sound of Turquiose (Gregory) – Jackie, Violet Dawn (Collins) – Nise, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde) – Jenners, A Tan & Sandy Silence (MacDonald) – Em, Ice Cream War (Boyd) – Jackie, Copper Beech (Binchy) – Molly, Emerald Garden (Kane) – Jackie, Midnight Bayou (Roberts) Calila, Deception of the Emerald Ring (Willig) – Nise, Plum Lucky (Evanovich) – Em, The Book of Peach (Stokes) – Hannah, Under the Lilacs (Alcott) – Linda B, The Stream & the Sapphire (Levertov) – Hannah, Chocolat (Harris) – Debbie, American Rust (Grandstaff) – Debbie, Ash (Lo) – Debbie, Vermilion (Whitney) – Susan

So what are the point totals? Check here to see the results of week 1.

Color Scattergories Quiz

March 9, 2010March 9, 201025 Comments

This is the first round of Round 2 of my 2010 quizzes. This round will last until May 18. There will be a possible 100 points a week for 11 weeks. Please don’t cheat by copying off other commenters (in this quiz it won’t help you). Your first answers will be the only ones accepted.

Ever play the board game Scattergories? This week’s game is a little like that. At the beginning of the year I joined the Colorful Reading Challenge and I need to read 9 books with 9 different colors in the titles. And I haven’t read any. So, the game is for you to list up to 10 titles (& authors is possible, but not required) with 10 different colors in the titles.

Like The Color Purple by Alice Walker could be one, but you couldn’t gave me another purple title.

Where does Scattergories come in? The title only counts if you are the only one who lists it. If there are repeats no one gets points.

So, you may come up with 10 titles and get 0 points or give me one title and get 10 points. Tricky, huh?

I’m looking forward to seeing what titles you come up with 🙂 Feel free to browse your own blogs or bestseller lists for ideas. You have until Thursday night to submit your answers.

What Book Is That? Quiz

February 23, 2010February 26, 201014 Comments

This is the final week of the new and improved weekly quiz where I’ve decided to have them count for something! While you all get adjusted this first round will last through February and there will be 2 prizes! Check out the details HERE.

The biggest difference is that you don’t have to be first. Everyone gets an equal shot. You have until Thursday night to submit your guesses. I’ll announce the big winners on Friday.

Please no copying off of other commenters! Since this one is hard feel free to look around the web to find the books.

Want to see the leaderboard? Answers from last week’s quiz? And please guess if you only know one or two. You’ll still be eligible for a prize!

Each book is worth 10 points. points for the title and 5 points for the author. These are all recent wins, so you should recognize some of them.

1.Show No Fear by Marliss Melton

2.City of Refuge by Tom Piazza

3. Try Darkness by James Scott Bell

4.How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World by Jordan Christy

5.Seduce Me by Robyn DeHart

6.Searching for Pemberley by Mary Lydon Simonsen

7.The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter

8.The Survivor’s Club by Ben Sherwood

9.Dying for Mercy by Mary Jane Clark

10.The Queen’s Mistake by Diane Haeger

Star Crossed Lovers Quiz

February 16, 2010February 19, 201018 Comments

This is week two of the new amd improved weekly quiz where I’ve decided to have them count for something! While you all get adjusted this first round will last through February and there will be 2 prizes! Check out the details HERE.

The biggest difference is that you don’t have to be first. Everyone gets an equal shot. Your comments will show up tomorrow.

Last week we did lovers for Valentine’s Day, but that day is done and tragedy has struck! This week I’m going to give you two actors who have portrayed famous lovers onscreen. You tell me the loving, yet doomed couple (fictional names, not actors names, last names are not necessary, 5 points) and/or the movie title (5 points). Each question you get right is worth 10 points. List as many as you know and no cheating off other commenters Good luck!

Want to see the leaderboard from week one? Answers from last week’s quiz? And please guess if you only know one or two. You’ll still be eligible for a prize!

1. Rose & Jack – Titanic

2.Bonnie & Clyde – Bonnie & Clyde

3.Rhett & Scarlet – Gone With the Wind

4. Molly & Sam – Ghost

5.Oliver & Jenny – Love Story

6.Romeo & Juliet – Romeo & Juliet

7.Tristan & Isolde – Tristan & Isolde

8.Cleopatra & Mark Anthony – Cleopatra

9.Ada & Inman – Cold Mountain

10.Ilsa & Rick – Casablanca

Come back Friday to see the answers.

Lovers Quiz

February 9, 2010February 13, 201023 Comments

This is a new kinda weekly quiz. I’ve taken a few ideas from other blogs (especially The Life & Times of Michael5000) and decided to have these weekly quizzes count for something! While you all get adjusted this first round will last through February and there will be 2 prizes! Check out the details HERE.

The biggest difference is that you don’t have to be first. Everyone gets an equal shot.

This week I’m going to give you two actors who have portrayed favorite lovers onscreen. You tell me the loving couple (fictional names, not actors names, last names are not necessary, 5 points) and/or the movie title (5 points). Each question you get right is worth 10 points. List as many as you know and no cheating off other commenters 🙂 Good luck! Last names are not necessary.

1. Westley & Buttercup from The Princess Bride

2. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from Pride & Prejudice

3. Bridget Jones & Mark Darcy from Bridget Jones’s Diary

4. Harry Burns & Sally Albright from When Harry Met Sally

5. Danny Zuko & Sandy Olsson from Grease

6. Tommy Albright & Fiona Campbell from Brigadoon

7. Paula Pokrifki & Zack Mayo from An Officer and a Gentleman

8. Erica Barry & Harry Sanborn from Something’s Gotta Give

9.Terry McKay & Nickie Ferrante from An Affair to Remember

10. Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman & Johnn Castle from Dirty Dancing

Come back on Friday to see the answers.

Late Bloomers Quiz

February 2, 2010February 2, 201015 Comments

Answers to last week’s Common Thread Quiz here.

Someday I hope to publish a book. As I see 40 on the horizon I hope to take heart in those authors who published their first novel when they were 40 or older. If you know the late bloomer leave the number and name. No googling – that’s cheating and no fun! Good luck!

1. He retired from the Coast guard before he wrote his first novel, loosely based on his family history, but was dogged by claims of plagiarism. The millions who watched the mini series on tv didn’t care. He was in his 50’s when this first novel was published. Alex Haley (Wrighty)

2. This Chile born novelist penned one of my favorite books, magical realism at its best, in 1982. She was 40. Isabel Allende (Margie)

3. This author was 52 when he penned one of my favorites. The life of rabbits in the warren are forever of interest to me. Richard Adams (Susan)

4. This classic about a man shipwrecked on an island was written when the author was 59. Daniel Defoe (Susan)

5. This author wrote a series of books about her life with her pioneer family when she was in her 60’s, as her family was facing financial difficulty due to the Great Depression. I remember watching Pa and Ma every week when I was growing up. Laura Ingalls Wilder (Wrighty)

6. This author was 42 when his story about Dolores was published. Oprah chose it for her book club five years later. Wally Lamb (Bermudaonion)

7. This author was 51 when he turned to writing after being fired as a vice-president of an oil syndicate. His first private detective mystery was immortalized by Humphrey Bogart on the big screen. Raymond Chandler (Nise)

8. This author was 47 when she wrote this coming of age story about Francie and her family struggling against poverty in New York. Betty Smith (Susan)

9. This author was 74 when she published the National Book Award winner that year for first work of fiction. Harriet Doerr (Margie)

10. This English novelist first published children’s books in her 50’s and her first adult book when she was 71. She went on to write nine more novels. Mary Wesley (Margie)

Is there a late bloomer I’m missing? Leave a comment and further inspire us 🙂

Common Thread Quiz

January 26, 2010January 30, 201031 Comments

What is the common denominator in these book (and one movie) combinations? Tell me the number and what you think the five books have in common, Go ahead and take a guess – you could be right! If you are the first to get it right you will earn an extra entry in both of the giveaways I have going on right now.

1.Set in Kansas (Candice)

2.Main characters named Jack (Nise)

3.Books made into movies starring John Cusack (Mark)

4.Published after author’s death (Hannah)

5.Magical Realism (Mary)

6.Pirates! (Hannah)

7.Authors born in Ohio (Susan)

8.First published in 1926 (Em)

9.2009 RITA award winners (Mark)

10.One degree of Kevin Bacon (Mark)

Martin Luther King Quotes Quiz

January 19, 2010January 19, 201010 Comments

I love quotes and it’s been awhile since I featured any, so to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. this will be a fill-in the famous MLK quotes quiz. Leave me the # and the word or words missing. If you are the first to get it right you will earn an extra entry in TWO book giveaways. No googling – that’s cheating and no fun. But guesses are always encouraged. Get to guessing and good luck.

1. Let no man pull you low enough to hate him. (Veens)

2. We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. (Durao)

3. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missles and misguided men. (Durao)

4. Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase. (Durao)

5. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. (Sarah E)

6. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. (Durao)

7. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. (Sarah E)

8. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. (Dr Strangelove)

9. I submit to you that if a man hasn’t discovered something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. (Kathy)

10. Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: – ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’ (Sarah E)

Answers to last week’s quiz here.

Writers Lost in 2009 Quiz

January 12, 2010January 18, 201016 Comments

Here’s how to play…Identify the author and leave a comment with the # and the name and I’ll cross it off the list. No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun! These authors wrote their final chapters in 2009. If you are the first one to get it right it will earn you an extra entry for Beautiful Creatures by Tracy Chevalier (details here).

1. This Pulitzer Prize winner is best known for his Rabbit series. John Updike, 1/27/09 (Susan)

2. This epic fantasy novelist took us to Belgariad and Malloreon. David Eddings, 6/2/09 (Strangelove)

3. This children and young adult author won the Newbery Medal in the late 1980’s. My favorite was about a girl named Trissy. Norma Fox Mazer, 10/17/09 (Em)

4. This science fiction writer’s young life was best represented in his autobiographical novel (and later a movie starring a young Christian Bale) set in Shanghai where he was born in the International settlement and interred during World War II. JG Ballard, 4/19/09 (Strangelove)

5. This Florida writer was best known for her Suspicion series. Barbara Parker, 3/7/09 (Kay)

6. This gay African-American man authored 10 consecutive New York Times bestsellers. E Lynn Harris, 7/23/09 (CeeCee)

7. A long time syndicated political columnist for the New York Times and a contributor to On Language in the New York Times magazine. William Safire, 7/23/09 (Hannah)

8. The 1977 feminist novel The Women’s Room is perhaps her best known work. Marilyn French, 5/2/09 (Strangelove)

9. Although best know as a politician from a very political family his memoir was published after his death. Ted Kennedy, 8/25/09 (Debbie)

10. He became a regular contributor to Vanity Fair after his daughter was murdered. He hosted his own tv series on Court tv (truTV) about justice and celebrities. Dominick Dunne, 8/26/09 (Debbie)

11. This Canadian author wrote a series of archaeological mystery novels, one of which I read last year because it began with an X. Lyn Hamilton, 9/10/09 (Jenners)

12. He wrote the screenplays for some of the best movies of the 1980’s. Does Sixteen Candles or Planes, Trains, and Automobiles ring a bell? John Hughes, 8/6/09 (Stranglove)

13. This English model and photographer also wrote more than a dozen glitzy romance novels. Pat Booth, (Sarah E)

14. This conservative columnist, journalist, and author died of brain cancer. Robert Novak, 8-18-09 (jb)

15. Best known as an actor and dancer, he wrote this memoir with his wife before losing his battle with cancer. Patrick Swayze, 9/14/09 (Debbie)

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