BellaOnline Forums Career Library Sciences Literary Trivia Contest

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The contest winner will email me his/her address and the prize will be shipped out via USPS within 14 days of the end of the contest. The postage will be paid by the Library Sciences host. Please don't post your address in the forum.

Rules:

The first one to answer ten trivia questions correctly will win the books. This contest is open to anyone living in the US, with the exception of RI, NY, and FL. Unfortunately, if you live in Rhode Island, New York, or Florida you are not eligible to win since this contest is not registered in those states. Do not edit your posts--edited posts will not be accepted.

Here's the first question:

What color were the shoes Dorothy received in the book The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum?

Silver Shoes!!

Correct!

1 for BiblioCat!

Okay, another softball question to get us going...
Which one of these is not part of Harry Potter's wand?
a. Phoenix feather
b. Holly
c. Unicorn Hair

Holly, if my memory is correct. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> As many times as I've read this book I better know.

No, sorry. Hmmm, you have two more tries.

Unicorn hair?

Kitty

Correct!

1 for Prime Time Kitty
1 for BiblioCat

Next question....What book opens with this line & include the author:

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show..

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ?

Kitty

I must aside here - my mother is a high school English/Literature/Drama teacher and recently attended Oxford (in the U.K.) and received her doctorate in English Literature. So, I have LIVED her studies for many, many years.

Excellent!

2 Prime Time Kitty
1 BiblioCat

Don't forget it's the first to 10, so the "ball is still in play."

Next piece of trivia:

This autobiography was a bestseller in 1949. The New York Times refused to include it on its bestseller list because of its religious nature. Please give the title and author.

The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

PrimeTime Kitty