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LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:02 pm
by magpie in the 80's
NAME THE AUTHORS OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS

1. Utopia
SIR THOMAS MORE
2. 1984
GEORGE ORWELL
3. A Tale of Two Cities
CHARLES DICKENS
4. The Grapes of Wrath
JOHN STEINBECK
5. The Great Gatsby
F SCOTT FITZGERALD
6. Gulliver's Travels
JONATHON SWIFT
7. Wuthering Heights
EMILY BRONTE
8. Of Mice and Men
JOHN STEINBECK
9. Old Man and the Sea
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
10. Poor Richard's Almanack
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
11. The Taming of the Shrew
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
12. Pygmalion
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
13. Little Women
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
14. Black Beauty
ANNA SEWELL
15. Misty of Chincoteague
MARGUERITE HENRY
16. Profiles in Courage
JOHN F. KENNEDY
17. Les Miserables
VICTOR HUGO
18. Oedipus the King
SOPHOCLES
19. Our Town
THORNTON WILDER
20. In Cold Blood
TRUMAN CAPOTE
21. The Telltale Heart
EDGAR ALLAN POE
22. Moby Dick
HERMAN MELVILLE
23. The Inferno
DANTE ALIGHIERI
24. Gone With the Wind
MARGARET MITCHELL
25. To Kill a Mockingbird
HARPER LEE

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:06 pm
by godoubleblues
Q2 - george orwell
Q4 - john steinbeck
Q5 - f scott fitzgerald
Q8 - john steinbeck
Q20 - truman capote
Q25 - lee harper

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:15 pm
by skywalker
3: Charles Dickens
7: Emily Bronte
9: Ernest Hemingway
13: Louisa May Alcott
18: Sophocles???
22: Henry Melville??? (Someone Melville)
24: Margaret Mitchell

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:56 pm
by FlyingHigh
Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:51 pm
by magpie in the 80's
godoubleblues wrote:Q2 - george orwell
Q4 - john steinbeck
Q5 - f scott fitzgerald
Q8 - john steinbeck
Q20 - truman capote
Q25 - lee harper...other way round ;)

all correct gdb

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:51 pm
by magpie in the 80's
skywalker wrote:3: Charles Dickens
7: Emily Bronte
9: Ernest Hemingway
13: Louisa May Alcott
18: Sophocles???
22: Henry Melville??? (Someone Melville)...herman
24: Margaret Mitchell

all correct sw

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:51 pm
by magpie in the 80's
FlyingHigh wrote:Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

:-bd FH

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:55 pm
by godoubleblues
magpie in the 80's wrote:
FlyingHigh wrote:Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

:-bd FH


50/50 and I blew it :lol:

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:05 pm
by magpie in the 80's
godoubleblues wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:
FlyingHigh wrote:Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

:-bd FH


50/50 and I blew it :lol:

=)) :)) :lol:

Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:41 pm
by FlyingHigh
magpie in the 80's wrote:
godoubleblues wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:
FlyingHigh wrote:Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

:-bd FH


50/50 and I blew it :lol:

=)) :)) :lol:


We'll bat

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:53 pm
by FattyLumpkin
12. George Bernard Shaw
17 Victor Hugo

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:22 pm
by magpie in the 80's
FattyLumpkin wrote:12. George Bernard Shaw
17 Victor Hugo

BOTH CORRECT FL

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:28 pm
by skywalker
Taming of the shrew - Shakespeare??

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:56 pm
by magpie in the 80's
skywalker wrote:Taming of the shrew - Shakespeare??

To make it easier for me SW please put the QUESTION NUMBER next to your answer ;)

shakespeare is correct

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:51 pm
by skywalker
Sorry about that cheif... minor oversight

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:16 am
by magpie in the 80's
skywalker wrote:Sorry about that cheif... minor oversight

THANKS ;)

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:35 pm
by magpie in the 80's
last days for this quiz

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:49 pm
by HappyWanderer
1 - thomas more
6 - jonathon swift
10 - benjamin franklin
14 - anna sewell
15 - wesley dennis
16 - JFK
19 - thornton wilder
21 - edgar allan poe
23 - dante alighieri

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:48 pm
by magpie in the 80's
HappyWanderer wrote:1 - thomas more
6 - jonathon swift
10 - benjamin franklin
14 - anna sewell
15 - wesley dennis [-(
16 - JFK
19 - thornton wilder
21 - edgar allan poe
23 - dante alighieri

all others correct HW
and welcome to the quiz/games room

Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:53 pm
by HappyWanderer
15 - marguerite henry