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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Jul-19-2006 18:50

Either either sounds good Serena. :D

Jul-19-2006 23:18

Okay since no one seemed to have a preference, I decided to go with Classic Literature...More specifically questions about novels typically found on a required reading list at some point during a person's educational career.

1. To whom does Holden Caulfield, the narrator of Catcher In The Rye, tell his story?

2. Which March sister does Theodore Lawrence promise to kiss before she dies?

3. What is the first book in the Little House Series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder?

4. What is unusual about the "murderer" in Murder on the Orient Express?

5. In The Return of the Native, who returns and from where?

6. What does Hester Prynne name her illigitimate daughter?

7. In which era is the Great Gatsby set?

8. How does Frederic Henry's fiancee die in Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms?

9. What color are Dorothy's slippers in the novel The Wizard of Oz?

10. What Mark Twain character is famous for painting a fence?

Jul-19-2006 23:46

1. Therapist? (So long since I read this!!)
2. Amy
3. Little House in the Big Woods (I am addicted to the show!!)
4. There isn't one?
5. ?
6. Pearl
7. The Roaring 20s
8. ?
9. They are the SILVER SHOES, NOT the Ruby Slippers!!!
10. Tom Sawyer

Jul-20-2006 00:31

1. HE's in an asylum I think (hey it's been 20 years since I was put through the excrutiating experience of reading this book) I don't rem. if it was even mentioned.
2. & 3. Zip. I can honestly say I drew a blank until I saw Drew's answers.
4. They 'all' did it.
5. Nup.
6. Pearl
7. 1920's, roaring yes.
8. Once again. nup.
9. yup silver shoes
10. Tom Sawyer

Jul-20-2006 00:39

7. The roaring 1920's
10. Tom Sawyer -Don't you hate whitewashing fences? lol

Wow, embarrasing that a liberal education will give you absolutely no training in the classics huh? ouch. Ah well, too much time spent reading Doestyefsky(sp?) I guess.

Jul-20-2006 02:35

1. ?
2. Beth
3. ?
4. Yes, they all did it
5. Clym Yeobright returns from Paris
6. Pearl
7. 1920's (the roaring twenties or the jazz era)
8. ?
9. Silver
10. Tom Sawyer

Jul-20-2006 03:35

The 'jazz era' RC that's the 'beepin' term I couldn't think of! Thanks :)

Jul-20-2006 04:21

Yes, I like it too, and if I remember well, it was first used by Scott Fitzgerald.

Jul-20-2006 22:55

1. Psychiatrist/Psychologist, some form of mental health professional.

2. Amy...Though, he had a crush on Jo and Beth was the one sick with scarlet fever, Laurie promised Amy that he would kiss her before she died.

3. Little House in the Big Woods

4. All 12 suspects stabbed the victim.

5. Clym Yeobright from Paris, France

6. Pearl

7. The Jazz Era, Roaring 20's

8. She dies during childbirth

9. Silver slippers, they were changed to ruby for the movie because it looked prettier in technicolor.

10. Tom Sawyer

Emerald is the winner :)

Jul-20-2006 23:20

Ok, I'll have one up tomorrow morning!