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.

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.

Last Lines Quiz

December 21, 2009January 5, 201014 Comments

As we approach the end of a decade I thought it would be appropriate to see what last lines of famous literature you would know. Please leave the # and the title and author’s last name. No Googling – that’s cheating and no fun!

1. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald – Florinda

2. But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can’t stand it. I been there before. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain – Susan

3. He loved Big Brother. 1984 by Orwell – AlitaReads

4. ‘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.’ A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens – Bermudaonion

5. I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita. Lolita by Nabokov – Candice

6. Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity! Bartleby the Scrivener by Melville – Susan

7. I don’t hate it he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark; I don’t. I don’t! I don’t hate it! I don’t hate it! Absalom, Absalom! by Faulkner

8. Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood; and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago; and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll – Word Lily

9. Are there any questions? The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood – ‘Nise

10. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. Animal Farm by Orwell – Candice

11. Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. Catcher in the Rye by Salinger – Candice

12. For now she knew what Shalimar knew: If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it. Song of Solomon by Morrison

13. “Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.” Gone with the Wind by Mitchell – Susan

14. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. Frankenstein by Shelley

15. And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One! A Christmas Carol by Dickens – Wrighty’s Reads

You will choose 50 of the books I will read next year. If you help me you could win a $20 gift card to Barnes & Noble. Go here to vote. (Right now the top vote getter is A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving)

Sandra Bullock Was In That? Quiz

December 7, 2009December 13, 200918 Comments

Sandra Bullock Photo Jason and I saw The Blind Side on Saturday and loved it. I love watching Sandra Bullock onscreen and this movie is one of her best. As I looked at a list of her movies I was surprised to find that I had seen 20 of them. I guess you can call me a fan 🙂 I’ve listed her characters in the order that I like the movies best. Can you identify the movie? Leave a comment telling me the # and the name of the movie. No Googling – that’s cheating and no fun!

1. Lucy Moderatz (1995) While You Were Sleeping – Kaye

2. Margaret Tate (2009) The Proposal – Kathrin

3. Jean Cabot (2004) Crash – Kathrin

4. Leigh Anne Tate Yuohy (2009) – The Blind Side – Em

5. Annie Porter (1994) Speed – Kathrin

6. Gwen Cummings (2000) 28 Days – Kathrin

7. Cassie Mayweather (2002) Murder by the Numbers – Kathrin

8. Lucy Kelson (2002) Two Weeks Notice – Kathrin

9. Kate Forster (2006) The Lake House – Kathy

10. Gracie Hart (2000) Miss Congeniality – Word Lily

11. Birdee Pruitt (1998) Hope Floats – Staci

12. Ellen Roark (1196) A Time to Kill – Susan

13. Sidda Walker (2002) – Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood – Em

14. Angela Bennett/Ruth Marx (1995) The Net – Kathrin

15. Sally Owens (1998) Practical Magic – Wrighty’s Reads

16. Roz (1996) TWO IF BY SEA

17. Lt. Lenina Huxley (1993) Demolition Man – Bumbles

18. Judy Tipp (2000) GUN SHY

19. Sarah Lewis (1999) FORCES OF NATURE

20. Linda Hanson (2007) Premonition – Margot

Answers to last weeks Christmas Book Qhiz here.

Patrick Swayze Was In That? Quiz

September 21, 2009September 25, 200912 Comments

Last week Patrick Swayze lost his courageous battle with cancer. For this week’s quiz I’ve listed 9 of his characters in the order that I like them best. Can you identify the movie? Leave a comment telling me the # and the name of the movie. No Googling – that’s cheating and no fun!

To get you in the mood I want to include a link to one of my favorite Saturday Night Live skits ever. Enjoy!

1. Johnny Castle – Dirty Dancing – Wrighty

2. Sam Wheat – Ghost – Wrighty

3. Bodhi – Point Break – rosarot67

4. Derek Sutton – Youngblood – rosarot67

5. Jed – Red Dawn – nfmgirl

6. Vida – To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar – Laura

7. Darrel Curtis – The Outsiders – rosarot67

8. Truman Gates – Next of Kin – Orrymain

9. Dalton – Road House – Wrighty

The July 4th ish Quiz

July 6, 2009July 13, 200910 Comments

I hope all of my fellow Americans had a wonderful fourth of July celebrating our country’s freedom. See if can identify these books by their first lines. I’ve given you hints already. Here’s how to play…Identify these famous books by telling me the book and author. Leave a comment with the # and the title and author of the book and I’ll cross it off the list. No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun!

1. It was just before 4:00 a.m. on a weekday. 4th of July by James Patterson, Debbie

2. You like to have some cup of tea?- July’s People by Nadine Gordimer, Hilarie

3. I won Dribble at Jimmy Fargo’s birthday party. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, Kathy

4. “Waiting sucks.” Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty, Literature Crazy

5. The little village of Obscurity is remarkable only for its unremarkableness. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde, Hilarie

6. Imagine a young man on his way to a less-than-thirty-second event– the loss of his left hand, long before he reached middle age. The Fourth Hand by John Irving, Debbie

7. Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thebu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon on me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela, Debbie

8. Oribel Scully had shown him into the kitchen at the rectory. COLD DAY IN JULY BY STELLA CAMERON

9. There isn’t a part of our lives that money doesn’t touch–it affects our relationships. the way we go about our everyday activities, our ability to make dreams reality, everything. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom by Suzie Orman, Kathy

10. The Swede. AMERICAN PASTORAL BY PHILIP ROTH

So, let’s hear your guesses!

New York, New York Quiz

June 15, 2009June 21, 200912 Comments

KATHY from Bags, Books, and Bon Jovi really knows her New York literature and movies!

My New York trip inspired me to have a quiz featuring some of the more prominent books set in in the New York City area. I’ve given you a quote from the book AND a photo from the movie. Here’s how to play…Identify these famous novels by telling me the book and author. 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!

1. “I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone’s away. There’s something very sensuous about it – overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.” The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald – Kathy

2. I don’t want to own anything until I know I’ve found the place where me and things belong together. I’m not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it’s like…. It’s like Tiffany’s…. Not that I give a hoot about jewelry. Diamonds, yes. But it’s tacky to wear diamonds before you’re forty… Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote – Kathy

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. The Godfather by Mario Puzo – Kathy

4. Over the past ten years, for the first time, intelligence had become socially correct for girls. Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe – Kathy

5. “It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country.” The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton – Barbara

6. “There is just this for consolation: an hour here or there, when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we’ve ever imagined , though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) knows these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning, we hope, more than anything, for more. Heaven only knows why we love it so.” THE HOURS BY MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM

7. I was leaning against the bar in a speakeasy on Fifty-second Street, waiting for Nora to finish her Christmas shopping, when a girl got up from the table where she had been sitting with three other people and came over to see me. She was small and blonde, and whether you looked at her face or at her body in powder-blue sports clothes, the result was satisfactory. “Aren’t you Nick Charles?” she asked. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett – Kathy

8.”…there is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.” American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis – Kathy

9. I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York’s skyline. Particularly when one can’t see the details. Just the shapes. The shapes and the thought that made them. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. What other religion do we need? And then people tell me about pilgrimages to some dank pesthole in a jungle where they go to do homage to a crumbling temple, to a leering stone monster with a pot belly, created by some leprous savage. Is it beauty and genius they want to see? Do they seek a sense of the sublime? Let them come to New York, stand on the shore of the Hudson, look and kneel. When I see the city from my window – no, I don’t feel how small I am – but I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body. THE FOUNTAINHEAD BY AYN RAND

10. Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse had signed a lease on a five-room apartment in a geometric white house on First Avenue when they received word, from a woman named Mrs. Cortez, that a four-room apartment in the Bramford had become available. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin – Kathy

So, get to guessing!

Book Sale Quiz with Prize!

June 1, 2009June 2, 200912 Comments

JO JO WINS!!!!

Yesterday I went the Case Western University book sale and out of the thousands of books, a whole gym full, I managed to come home with these…

book sale

So, here’s the quiz- I am choosing ten of these books and listing the first line from them. In your comment guess EACH ONE. You only need to list the title. I came home with multiple books by Anne Tyler and Jeffery Deaver, but will only include one of their books in the quiz.

For the first person to get THEM ALL CORRECT they will receive an $17 gift card for Barnes & Noble (on-line or store). That’s $1 for every book I brought home 🙂 Come back and guess as many times as you need to win!

1. Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. – The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

2. My name is Eva, which means “life,” according to a book of names my mother consulted. – Eve Luna

3. When does murder begin? – Blood Memory

4. His face wet with sweat and with tears, the man runs for freedom, he runs for his life. – The Twelfth Card

5. Each of us has a private Austen – The Jane Austen Book Club

6. Already by her twentieth birthday, my grandmother was an excellent midwife, in great demand. – Charms for the Easy Life

7. My suffering left me sad and gloomy. – Life of Pi

8. She was his first wife, but at the moment he first saw her she was a seventeen-year-old girl named Arlyn Singer who stood out on the front porch on an evening that seemed suspended in time. – Sklylight Confessions

9. It is said that in death, all things become clear; Ensei Tankado now knew it was true. – Digital Fortress

10. While Pearl Tull was dying, a funny thought occurred to her. – Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Tom Hanks Was In That? Quiz

May 18, 2009May 18, 20099 Comments

This weekend we saw the movie Angels & Demons and while I liked the movie it was not one of my favorite Tom Hanks movies. This week’s quiz answers are my 10 favorite Hanks films. I’ll give you the character he played and the year it came out. Leave a comment telling me the # and the name of the movie. No Googling – that’s cheating and no fun!

1. 2002 – Michael Sullivan (also starred Paul Newman) – Road to Perdition , Barbara

2. 1986 – Walter Fielding Jr. (also starred Shelley Long) – The Money Pit , Barbara

3. 1992 – Jimmy Dugan (Also starred Madonna) – A League of Their Own , Barbara

4. 1998 – Capt. John H. Miller (Also starred Vin Diesel) – Saving Private Ryan , Jo-Jo

5. 1984 – Allen Bauer (Also starred John Candy) Splash , Kathy

6. 1993 – Sam Baldwin (Also starred Meg Ryan) Sleepless in Seattle , Kathy

7. 1994 – Forrest Gump (I don’t think you need any more help!) Forrest Gump , Kathy

8. 1989 – Det. Scott Turner (Also starred Mare Winningham) – Turner & Hooch , Kathy

9. 1988 – Josh Baskin (Also starred Elizabeth Perkins) – Big , Barbara

10. 1998 – Paul Edgecomb (Also starred Michael Clarke Duncan) – The Green Mile , Barbara

Don’t see your favorite Tom HAnks movie on here? Which one is yours?

Cry Me a Quiz

April 27, 2009April 28, 200914 Comments

You guys rock! Thanks for playing 🙂

I avoid books that I think will make me cry, but occasionally one will sneak up on me 🙂 These are all books that have caused me to shed a tear or two.

Here’s how to play…Identify the book and leave a comment with the # and the title and I’ll cross it off the list. No Googling, that’s cheating and no fun!

1. My sister is sick, really sick, and my mom expects me to do whatever necessary to make her well. But no one has ever asked me what I want. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Kathy

2. I didn’t know that a boy and a girl could be best friends and I didn’t know nine year olds could die. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson, Megan

3. Even though I’m gone, those I left behind are still struggling to come to terms with my murder. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Heather

4. Harry would never be the same after watching me die and neither would my faithful friends reading back home. Harry Potter & the Halkf-Blood Prince by JK Rowling, Barbara

5. Every animal should be so lucky to live on a farms with friends. Especially one who can weave a message. Charlotte’s Web by EB White, Heather

6. Many lovers in the doghouse have tried my famous line, “Love means never having to say your sorry.” I wonder if anyone would have paid attention if I hadn’t died. Love Story by Erich Segal, Margot

7.My Dad slaughter pigs to support me and my family. I had to grow up way too soon on that Vermont farm way back when. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck, Mark

8. For a little while it looked like I had died and my human parents were distraught, but they should have known that a dog intelligent enough to be named Einstein would find a way to live. Watchers by Dean Koontz, Debbie

9. Dobby’s death snuck up on me and I was surprised at how much his sacrifice would mean to me. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling, Barbara

10. None of us wants to face our own mortality, but this college professor did it with dignity and a desire to leave his mark. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Thoughts of Joy

Is there a book that has made you cry?

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