Category: Quizzes

Famous Last Words Quiz

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Great job, Miss Bermudaonion!

Here’s how to play…Identify the last lines of these famous novels by telling me what book it’s from. Leave a comment with the # of the last line and the title of the book and I’ll cross it off the list. No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun! If you know them all, please don’t guess every one, maybe five max? Mid week I’ll offer hints if needed.

1 .”It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” (Dickens) A TALE OF TWO CITIES

2.  “With the Gardiners, they were always on the most intimate terms. Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved them; and they were both ever sensible of the warmest gratitude towards the persons who, by bringing her into Derbyshire, had been the means of uniting them.” (Austen)  Bermudaonion, Pride and Prejudice by Austen

3.  “It’s funny. Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.” (Salinger) Bermudaonion, Catcher in the Rye by Salinger

4.  “Rest assured, our father, rest assured. The land is not to be sold.’ But over the old man’s head they looked at each other and smiled.” (Buck) THE GOOD EARTH

5.  “But I don’t think us feel old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt.” (Walker)  THE COLOR PURPLE

6.  “Oh, my girls, however long you live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this.” Bermudaonion, Little Women by Alcott

7.  “Up out of the lampshade, startled by the overhead light, flew a large nocturnal butterfly that began circling the room. The strains of the piano and violin rose up weakly from below.” (Kundera)  THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING

8.  “He turned out the light and went into Jem’s room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.”  Bermudaonion, To Kill A Mockingbird by Lee

9.  “After all, tomorrow is another day.”  Bermudaonion, Gone With the Wind by Mitchell

10.  “She’s never found peace since she left his arms, and never will again till she’s as he is now!” (Hardy) JUDE THE OBSCURE

11.  “The sun is but a morning star.” (Thoreau)  Jason, Walden by Thoreau

12.  “April 27. Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.” (Joyce)  A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN

Page 123 Quiz

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The Rules

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

I’m not going to follow Rule #5 because this meme will be my quiz for the week.  I want more than 5 people to participate.  It can be whatever book is on hand.

“Then on holy days, when people come from all over the country to hear the services in the cathedral, we gather farthings galore.”

“It seems to me we might man the bridge on holy days only, and give you a fire out of the proceeds,” said Philip.

Paul looked anxious.

This is from The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.  Weighing in at 973 pages, it was given to me by my friend, Eric.  I think he was testing me to see how long it would take me to read it!  I am enjoying it very much, but am only on page 287. 

Let me hear from you.

Famous Epitaphs

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Here’s how to play…Identify these famous writers by the inscription on their tomb. Leave a comment with the # and the author and I’ll cross it off the list. No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun! If you know them all, please guess every one!!!! But also feel free to guess for fun  🙂

1. “I told you so, you damned fools.” –HG Wells

2. “Beren” –JRR Tolkien

3. “The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music.” — Kurt Vonnegut

4. “Quoth the Raven, Nevermore“ EDGAR ALLAN POE, Jason

5. “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world.” ROBERT FROST, Dave

6. “Called Back” — Emily Dickinson

7. “The Stone the Builders Rejected” –Jack London

8. “Don’t Try” — Charles Bukowski

9. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” — F Scott Fitzgerald

10. “And alien tears will fill for him, Pity’s long, unbroken urn. For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn.” — Oscar Wilde

Alternate Titles

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Thanks for playing!  I’ve got a new one coming soon 🙂

Here’s how to play…Identify the correct title of these classics. Leave a comment with the # and the answer and I’ll cross it off the list. No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun! If you know them all, please don’t guess every one, maybe five max?

Example-The Hearing and the Rage is really The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner

1. Creature Cropland  Jason, Animal Farm by Orwell

2. Along the Avenue Golda, On the Road by Kerouac

3. The Orb Also Climbs Jill, The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway

4. The Era of Virtuousness Golda, The Age of Innocence by Wharton

5. The Craft of Conflict  Jill, The Art of War by Sun-Tzu

6. Fearless Fresh Cosmos Janet, Brave New World by Huxley

7. Demise of a Clerk, Jason, Death of a Salesman by Miller

8. In Frigid Kin  Janet, In Cold Blood by Capote

9. The Saintly Farce Mark, The Divine Comedy by Dante

10. Departed with the Draft Janet, Gone With the Wind by Mitchell

 

Jumbled Books

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Here’s how to play…Identify the title and author. Leave a comment with the # and the answer and I’ll cross it off the list. No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun! If you know them all, please don’t guess every one, maybe five max? Hint: These are all current NYT Bestsellers.

1. HTE PAPALE by HJNO MHSIRGA, Jason, THE APPEAL by John Grisham

2. TTNYEW SSHIWE by EEBIDB MMCABORE  TWENTY WISHES BY DEBBIE MACOMBER

3. LDHO ITTGH by LAARHN NECBO, Jason, HOLD TIGHT by Harlan Coben

4. ETH OWLEH HURTT by IDDVA DCACBLAI Jill, THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci

5. HGECAN FO ARTHE by IJDO CULTIPO  Jill, CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult

6. NETSA EF ADED by TARTUS DOWSO SANTE FE DEAD BY STUART WOODS

7. YASDUN TA FITSAYN’F by JESMA NAPTRTOSE Jill, SUNDAY AT TIFFANY”S by James Patterson

8. HEREW ERA UYO OWN? by RYAM GGIIHNS LACKR Sarah, WHERE ARE YOU NOW? by Mary Higgins Clark

9. REECSST by JEDU VEERAXURD Sarah, SECRETS BY JUDE DEVERAUX

10. KEELSNOTS TA ETH AFTES by RICHS JOHLAANIB  SKELETONS AT THE FEAST BY CHRIS BOHJALIAN

Famous First Lines, Part 2

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Here’s how to play…Identify the first lines of these famous novels by telling me what book it’s from. Leave a comment with the # of the first line and the title of the book and I’ll cross it off the list. No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun! If you know them all, please don’t guess every one, maybe five max? Mid week I’ll offer hints if needed.

 1. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. Jason, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by Rowling

2. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Mark, The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald

3. Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her. HINT: This was the beginning of a famous movie trilogy. Amy, The Godfather by Puzo

4. At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember, there lived a little while ago one of those gentlemen who are wont to keep a lance in the rack, an old buckler, a lean horse and a swift greyhound.  DON QUIXOTE by Cervantes

5. The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended.  2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY by Clarke

6. Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood.   THE DIVINE COMEDY, INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

7. Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery. Mark, The DaVinci Code by Brown

8. Call me Ishmael. Jason, Moby Dick by Melville

9. All children, except one, grow up.  PETER PAN by Barrie

10. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Amy, Anna Karenina by Tolstoy

 

Famous First Lines

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I’ve posted the answers to Who Am I if you want to check them out.

Here’s how to play…Identify the first lines of these famous novels by telling me what book it’s from.  Leave a comment with the # of the first line and the title of the book and I’ll cross it off the list.  No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun!  If you know them all, please don’t guess every one, maybe five max?

1. It was a pleasure to burn. Jason, Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury

2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Janet, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

3. It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York. The Bell Jar by Plath

4. I am an invisible man. Jason, Invisible Man by Ellison

5. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Carol, Pride & Prejudice by Austen

6. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died? Love Story by Segal

7. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Mark, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Lewis

8. If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. Mark, The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger

9. As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. Mark, The Metamorphosis by Kafka

10. You better not never tell nobody but God. The Color Purple by Walker

Who Am I?

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I’ve given the answers to the Shakespeare quiz if you want to check it out. 

Here’s how to play…Identify the author by leaving a comment with the # and I’ll cross it off the list.  No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun!  If you know them all, please don’t guess every one.  HINT: All of these authors appear on my top 100 list.

1.  I was a great novelist, but was loved for my philosophical system, objectivism.  AYN RAND

2. Although a skilled writer, I wrote only one novel about the pursuit of vanity and my friend Dorian. Oscar Wilde, Jessica

3. “I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don’t seem to name their daughters Lolita anymore.” (1964)  Nabokov, Mark

4. No one wanted my masterpiece about dunces so I killed myself and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize after my death in 1981. John Kennedy Toole, Jessica

 

5. Who knew my book about a seagull would get so much attention? Richard Bach, Mark

6. I was married six times and had eight children, but still had the time to win two Pulitzer Prizes before my death last November. NORMAN MAILER

7. The grandson of a slave I wrote my first story at 15 and joined the Communist Party in the 30’s before leaving the US for good in 1946.  RICHARD WRIGHT

8. You have all read my short stories, but it is my novel about Puritan adultery that still tops reading lists nad makes women wary of red A’s. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jason

9. I began my famous “trilogy” guide for hitchhikers on radio, but it became a tv series, comic book series, computer game, and a feature film. DOUGLAS ADAMS

10. I wrote The Awakening, a shocking novel of adultery and suicide and due to bad reviews stopped writing five years before I died of a brain hemorrhage in 1904. KATE CHOPIN

Know Your Shakespeare

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CONGRATS, Jason! 

Here’s how to play…Identify the quote by telling me what book it’s from.  Leave a comment with the # of the quote and the title of the book and I’ll cross it off the list.  No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun!  If you know them all, please don’t guess every one.

 Hint: The quotes came from these plays.  Some are used twice.  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Richard III, Romeo & Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night

1. “Parting is such sweet sorrow” ROMEO & JULIET

2. “Beware the ides of March” Jason, Julius Caesar

3. “Off with his head!” RICHARD III

4. “The course of true love never did run smooth” A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

5. “The lady doth protest too much” Janet, Hamlet

6. “All that glitters is not gold” THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

7. “Double, double toil & trouble” Jason, Macbeth

8. “To sleep, perchance to dream- ay, there’s the rub”  HAMLET

9. “A plague on both your houses” Jason, Romeo &Juliet

10. “All the world’s a stage” AS YOU LIKE IT

11. “Cowards die many times before their deaths” JULIUS CAESAR

12. “Something wicked this way comes” MACBETH

13. “Lord, what fools these mortals be” Lisa, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

14. If music be the food of love, play on” TWELFTH NIGHT

15. “The winter of our discontent” Duane, Richard III

Know Your Books

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CHECK BACK NEXT MONDAY FOR THE NEXT ONE.  CONGRATS  TO GOLDA!

Here’s how to play…Identify the quote by telling me what book it’s from.  Leave a comment with the # of the quote and the title of the book and I’ll cross it off the list.

Here’s a hint, these five quotes came from the first 21 books on my Favorite 100 list.

#1 “It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” Golda-To Kill a Mockingbird

#2 “Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher.  There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!” Golda- Harry Potter

#3 “And was Mr. Rochester now ugly in my eyes?  No reader: gratitude and many associates, all pleasurable and genial, made his face the object I best liked to see; his presence in a room was more cheering than the brightest fire.”  Golda- Jane Eyre

#4 “One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”  Fellowship of the Ring – Jason

 #5 “Rabbits need dignity and above all else the will to accept their fate.”  Golda- Watership Down