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Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Literary Trivia Contest - 08/05/02 09:12 PM
Win $50 in assorted books. Something for every taste! <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

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?
Posted By: Ophelia's Art Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/06/02 01:59 AM
Silver Shoes!!
Posted By: The Boss Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/06/02 03:52 AM
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
Posted By: Michianna Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/06/02 05:31 AM
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.
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/06/02 02:11 PM
No, sorry. Hmmm, you have two more tries.
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/06/02 03:54 PM
Unicorn hair?

Kitty
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/06/02 09:35 PM
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..
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/06/02 10:03 PM
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.
Posted By: The Boss Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/06/02 10:20 PM
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.
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/07/02 03:58 AM
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

PrimeTime Kitty
Posted By: The Boss Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/07/02 04:40 AM
Oh Kitty, you are scratching up the place! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

3 for Prime Time Kitty
1 for BiblioCat

Since it's later in the evening (here in Alabama) we'll wait until tomorrow to continue.
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/07/02 11:42 PM
Are we ready to begin again? The next question is...

In the book The Princess Bride, who is the criminal in the Thieves Quarter from whom Yellin has been accepting bribes?
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/08/02 12:58 AM
Vizzini???

Kitty
Posted By: pureheart Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/08/02 03:16 AM
Wow, I have watched that movie tons of times, but I've never read the book! Was there really a book first? I thought that the movie was pretending there was a book, but that there really wasn't one ...?
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/08/02 03:22 AM
Yuppers, there is/was a book! "The Princess Bride" written by S. Morgenstern and abridged by William Goldman. Only, S. Morgenstern doesn't exist. Curious?

Read more at http://www.smorgenstern.com/
it is kind of quirky and the book also has a 25th anniversary edition out.

Kitty
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/08/02 09:23 PM
True, there was a book first. There is a sequel is as well.

Prime Time Kitty, hate to tell you, but the answers wrong. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: WZATCHR Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/08/02 09:33 PM
Was it Falkbridge?
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/08/02 11:13 PM
oh well......Count Rugin????

PLEASE tell me soon, the suspense is killer!

Prime Time Kitty
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/09/02 03:19 AM
CrngPrnt is correct! Ooooh a challenger to Prime Time Kitty.

3 Prime Time Kitty
1 BiblioCat
1 CrngPrnt

Next question. It's fairly easy this time, so you have to give me Title, Author, and Year of Publication.

What was the first English detective novel?
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/09/02 06:50 PM
First detective story (U.S.) Boston, Edgar Allen Poe in 1841 "The murders in the rue Morgue".

BUT - for this question, the answer is.....(I hope!)-

First English detective story "The Moonstone" in 1868 by Wilkie Collins.

Kitty <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: The Boss Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/10/02 05:11 AM
Of course you are correct!

4 Prime Time Kitty
1 BiblioCat
1 CrngPrnt

Next question coming in a few moments.....Ready?
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/10/02 05:31 AM
Thank you for waiting <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I thought I should sign back-in under my Library Host ID.....
Ready? Sacred Literature question.

What prophet was taken up to Heaven by a whirlwind?
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/10/02 06:08 AM
Elijah?

Kitty <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/10/02 05:23 PM
Yes! Most people think it was a fiery chariot.

Let's see, what is it now....

5 for Prime Time Kitty
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent

Ready for the next one?

What romance author wrote 3 short novels about 3 brothers' weddings and named them for rose colors?
Posted By: Michianna Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/11/02 12:38 AM
Julie Garwood
and the books were
One Pink Rose, One White Rose and One Red Rose
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/11/02 11:33 PM
Good Job Cheryl!

5 for Prime Time Kitty
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent
1 for Cheryl

Okay, it's Sunday. An easy question....

Aurthur Miller's famous play The Crucible uses the Salem Witch Trials as a metaphor for what?
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/12/02 02:36 AM
The McCarthy Hearings?

Kitty
Posted By: Michianna Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/12/02 05:02 AM
LOL Kitty got another one. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/12/02 03:16 PM
Hit it that softball out of the park! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

6 for Prime Time Kitty
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent
1 for Cheryl

Next Question.......

What was Peter Lovesey's pseudonym?
Posted By: Michianna Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/12/02 03:32 PM
Peter Lear
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/12/02 04:23 PM
Go, Cheryl!!! Uh oh, I feel a four-way competition coming on!!! LOL
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/14/02 03:13 AM
Yahoo! Excellent job Cheryl!

6 for Prime Time Kitty
2 for Cheryl
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent

Ready?........

Which anonymous 15th-century poem did Peter Ackroyd use as the title of one of his books?
Posted By: Michianna Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/14/02 05:53 AM
London Lickpenny?
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/15/02 01:19 AM
Ooooooooo, very impressive Cheryl!

Who said......

"The reading of all good book is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries."
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/15/02 01:22 AM
Uh Oh, I forgot to put the new tally on the last post.

6 for Prime Time Kitty
3 for Cheryl
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/15/02 01:22 AM
Rene Descartes did!!

Kitty <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Michianna Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/15/02 05:09 AM
Oohhh <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Shoot Kitty you were quick on that one. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/16/02 04:17 AM
Prrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Nice Kitty.

New totals:
7 for Prime Time Kitty
3 for Cheryl
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent

New question.......

What mystery writer hailed from Christchurch, New Zealand?
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/16/02 12:02 PM
Ngaio Marsh?

Kitty <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/16/02 12:03 PM
Pardon me - Dame EDITH Ngaio Marsh. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Kitty
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/17/02 03:54 PM
Thank you Miss Prime Time Kitty. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

New totals:
8 for Prime Time Kitty
3 for Cheryl
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent

Next Question:

Name the four Sicilian Lords in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/17/02 09:47 PM
Leontes, King of Sicilia
Mamillius, Prince of Sicilia
Camillo, Antigonus, Cleomenes, Dion - Lords of Sicilia

(It has really been awhile, hope I got it right....)

Kitty
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/20/02 02:51 AM
Oh, I had no doubt <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Prime Time Kitty there's one question left. Can you get it before one of your competitors?

Name the title and author of the book with this opening.....
The past is a different country; they do things differently there.
Posted By: Lisa_Shea Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/20/02 03:42 AM
That would be The Go-Between by LP Hartley <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/20/02 02:29 PM
Brava, Lisa!!!

Kitty <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Lisa_Shea Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/20/02 08:44 PM
Just wanted to keep things interesting <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/21/02 04:56 AM
Lisa! Lisa! And the crowd goes wild. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Did you pay close attention......

Was the Frankenstein family German? Where were they from?

(edited to add a question mark)
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/21/02 04:58 AM
New totals:
9 for Prime Time Kitty
3 for Cheryl
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent
1 for Lisa
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/21/02 06:13 AM
From - Franken, BAVARIA??

Kitty
Posted By: Lisa_Shea Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/21/02 06:21 PM
I found the book, the line is

"I AM by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic."
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/23/02 05:15 AM
Wonderful Lisa! That's 2 for you. Yes, they were Swiss, from Geneva.

Next question.....

In the Little House Books what does Ma believe caused fever 'n' ague?
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/23/02 05:16 AM
New totals:
9 for Prime Time Kitty
3 for Cheryl
2 for Lisa
1 for BiblioCat
1 for Caring Parent
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/23/02 07:27 AM
Watermelon!!!

Kitty
Posted By: The Boss Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/24/02 03:49 PM
Ta! Da! We have a winner!

Prime Time Kitty is our official winner.

This concludes our first Literary Trivia Contest.

New contest to begin in the coming weeks.

Kitty, please email me your address so that I may send you your prize.
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/24/02 03:58 PM
Thank you!!! I have sent you the email with my address, Paula. I really enjoyed this trivia game.

Kitty
Posted By: pureheart Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/24/02 06:04 PM
Good job Kitty! I loved those stories growing up, we used to all read a chapter together every night <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: The Boss Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 08/24/02 11:06 PM
Glad you enjoyed it. We'll start a new game in a few weeks.
Posted By: Kate Ruth Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 09/10/02 07:33 PM
I got my books!!!!!!! WOO HOO, I may go missing for a few days to READ!!! LOL

Thank you again, Paula!~
Posted By: Professor Harold Hill Re: Literary Trivia Contest - 09/10/02 07:59 PM
You're quite welcome <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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