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LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:51 am
by magpie in the 80's
1. What was Jeffrey Archer's first published novel?
NOT A PENNY MORE NOT A PENNY LESS
2. Who wrote the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" in 1895?
OSCAR WILDE
3. Who wrote the books "Tara Road" "The Lilac Bus" and "Light A Penny Candle?"
MAEVE BINCHY
4. Which Roald Dahl novel told the story of a boy and his pheasant-poaching father?
DANNY - THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
5. Which Irish writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995?
SEAMUS HEANEY
6. In which English county were the Bronte sisters born?
YORKSHIRE
7. Which author wrote the Philip Marlowe novels, including "The Big Sleep"?
RAYMOND CHANDLER
8. Which novellist wrote "Metroland" "Staring At The Sun" and "A History Of The World In 10½ chapters?"
JULIA BARNES
9. Which Bombay-born novellist and poet wrote "Barrack-Room Ballads" in 1892?
RUDYARD KIPLING
10. Which of Jane Austen's six novels did she write first?
SENSE OF SENSIBILITY
11. Arthur Ransome wrote a book about some children and their boating exploits – what was it called?
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
12. What educator's 1901 autobiography was titled "Up From Slavery"?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
13. What was the occupation of Mr. Chips in the novella by James Hilton?
SCHOOL TEACHER
14. Which D.H.Lawrence book was the subject of an obscenity trial?
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
15. Which good-natured braggart appears in Shakespeare’s Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor?
FALSTAFF
16. Who wrote The Shining and Misery?
STEPHEN KING
17. Which book did the Vatican condemn as blasphemous in March 1989?
SATANIC VERSES
18. Which bookseller died in June 1999 at the age of 88?
CHRISTINA FOYLE
19. Which best selling sci fi author was born in Petrovichi, USSR in 1922?
ISSAC ASIMOV
20. In the bible, who brought the walls of Jericho down with the sound of trumpets?
JOSHUA

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:11 pm
by godoubleblues
Q7 - Raymond Chandler
Q16 - Stephen King
Q19 - Isaac Asimov

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:21 am
by FattyLumpkin
13. School teacher
14 Lady Chat's Lover

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:28 am
by magpie in the 80's
godoubleblues wrote:Q7 - Raymond Chandler
Q16 - Stephen King
Q19 - Isaac Asimov

CORRECT GDB

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:28 am
by magpie in the 80's
FattyLumpkin wrote:13. School teacher
14 Lady Chat's Lover

CORRECT FL

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:59 am
by crackers
1 not a penny more, not a penny less
2 oscar wilde
3 maeve binchy??

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:24 pm
by magpie in the 80's
crackers wrote:1 not a penny more, not a penny less
2 oscar wilde
3 maeve binchy??

CORRECT CRACKERS

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:24 am
by JAS
Q5 Only modern one I know of is Seamus Heaney (sp)
Q6 Yorkshire?
Q9 Kipling
Q11 Swallows and Amazons
Q15 Falstaff
Q17 Is it The Thornbirds?

Regards
JAS

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:03 am
by magpie in the 80's
JAS wrote:Q5 Only modern one I know of is Seamus Heaney (sp)
Q6 Yorkshire?
Q9 Kipling
Q11 Swallows and Amazons
Q15 Falstaff
Q17 Is it The Thornbirds?....INCORRECT

Regards
JAS

OTHERS CORRECT JAS

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:12 pm
by magpie in the 80's
JUST 7 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER HERE ;)

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:04 am
by JAS
Q17...They said on the news the yesterday that it's the 20th anniversary of the fatwa on Salman Rushdie so did the Vatican jump on the bandwagon too...The Satanic Verses

Regards
JAS

9-38 U beauty \:D/

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:36 pm
by magpie in the 80's
JAS wrote:Q17...They said on the news the yesterday that it's the 20th anniversary of the fatwa on Salman Rushdie so did the Vatican jump on the bandwagon too...The Satanic Verses

Regards
JAS

9-38 U beauty \:D/

correct jas

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:26 pm
by magpie in the 80's
last days for this quiz 8)

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32

PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:54 pm
by magpie in the 80's
magpie in the 80's wrote:1. What was Jeffrey Archer's first published novel?
NOT A PENNY MORE NOT A PENNY LESS
2. Who wrote the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" in 1895?
OSCAR WILDE
3. Who wrote the books "Tara Road" "The Lilac Bus" and "Light A Penny Candle?"
MAEVE BINCHY
4. Which Roald Dahl novel told the story of a boy and his pheasant-poaching father?
DANNY - THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
5. Which Irish writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995?
SEAMUS HEANEY
6. In which English county were the Bronte sisters born?
YORKSHIRE
7. Which author wrote the Philip Marlowe novels, including "The Big Sleep"?
RAYMOND CHANDLER
8. Which novellist wrote "Metroland" "Staring At The Sun" and "A History Of The World In 10½ chapters?"
JULIA BARNES
9. Which Bombay-born novellist and poet wrote "Barrack-Room Ballads" in 1892?
RUDYARD KIPLING
10. Which of Jane Austen's six novels did she write first?
SENSE OF SENSIBILITY
11. Arthur Ransome wrote a book about some children and their boating exploits – what was it called?
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
12. What educator's 1901 autobiography was titled "Up From Slavery"?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
13. What was the occupation of Mr. Chips in the novella by James Hilton?
SCHOOL TEACHER
14. Which D.H.Lawrence book was the subject of an obscenity trial?
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
15. Which good-natured braggart appears in Shakespeare’s Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor?
FALSTAFF
16. Who wrote The Shining and Misery?
STEPHEN KING
17. Which book did the Vatican condemn as blasphemous in March 1989?
SATANIC VERSES
18. Which bookseller died in June 1999 at the age of 88?
CHRISTINA FOYLE
19. Which best selling sci fi author was born in Petrovichi, USSR in 1922?
ISSAC ASIMOV
20. In the bible, who brought the walls of Jericho down with the sound of trumpets?
JOSHUA


QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ :D