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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

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. :)

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Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford
Tale Spinner

Jul-24-2006 02:20

In the meantime, while we are waiting:

These are the opening sentences of ten (plus one) popular novels, a mixture of classics, crime and a bit of romance. What are their titles and who wrote them?

1. 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.
To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was
born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve
o'clock at night.

2. On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday.

3. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

4. There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question.

5. Mr.Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.

6. Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.

7. You don't know me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", but that ain't no matter.

8. Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with ya comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

9. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in
its own way.
10. When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury.


Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford
Tale Spinner

Jul-24-2006 02:21

10. When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury.

Bonus:

Mrs. Arundel died on May 1st. Though her illness was short, her death did not occasion much surprise in the little country town of Market Basing, where she had lived since she was a girl of sixteen.

I apologize for the lenght, but I hope it won't be too difficult.


Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford
Tale Spinner

Jul-24-2006 02:30

I'd like to apologize for pasting question 10 twice and for some minor typos, but I run a risk of being shut up in Leddie's asylum for scribomania.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-24-2006 03:07

1. David Copperfield, Dickens :D
2. The Thorn Birds. Colleen McCullogh
10. To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, sorry it's out order but I got excited coz it's one of my all time faves :)
3. Ok this is nearly almost definitely Rebecca. Daphne DuMaurier (apologies if that's incorrectly spelt)
4. BAH! I know this! Damn you brain, co-operate!
5. Ok it's Conan Doyle, and I'm going to guess you went 'popular' and say Hounds of the Baskervilles
6. Gone with the Wind. Margaret Mitchell.
7. The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn, Mark Twain
8. Is this just 'Emma'? by Jane Austen (I've never read it, so it's a guess...)
9. This distinctly rings a bell, but nup ....

Bonus... no idea at all, but if I was to have a guess based on the Quiz Master's reading list, I'd say it was probably Agatha Christie :)

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

Jul-24-2006 06:07

1. David Beckham's Autobiography titled: I am the Hero of my Own Life.
2. What I got for my Fourth Birthday by Meggie Cleary.
3. Rebecca by some French Person.
4. Californian Dreaming by the Mama and the Papas. No wait... they went for a walk on a winters days.. (on a winter's day) and the skies were grey (and the skies were grey). You're all singing now right?
5. What happened one Morning at Sherlock's by Watson
6.Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Fiddle de de.
7.Huckleberry Finn? Mark Twain.
8.Emma? Jane Austen.
9. Anna Karavan ? :D . Leo Tolsky? (OK, My spelling is really bad.)
10. Catcher in the Rye. Harper Lee.
Bonus: Four Weedding's and Arundel's Funeral by Hugh Grant.

Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford
Tale Spinner

Jul-24-2006 23:47

1. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
2. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
3. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
4. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
7. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
8. Emma, Jane Austen
9. Anna Karenina, Leo (Lev) Tolstoy, definitely NOT Leo Trotsky
10.To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (one of my all time faves too)

Bonus: Dumb Witness, Agatha Christie

Squire Squirrel, I pass the quill to you.


Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-25-2006 01:36

no Trotsky wrote Anna of the Caravans a heart-warming tale of a New Zealand lass who lost her way on Route 66.

ok so maybe not...

OK I'll come up with something... unless Cinders of Carrie want to jump in here... please... lol

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-25-2006 02:03

1. Which country's basic unit of currency is the baht?
2. What's the male vocal range between Sopranist and Tenor called?
3. Who was the leader of the revolutionary students in Les Miserables.
4. Who was runner up in this year's Football World Cup?
5. The title of Sir Walter Scott's famous novel about a young Saxon nobleman and his adventures once he returns home from the Crusades.
6. Which opera by Puccini was left unfinished after his death and was completed by Franco Alfano.
7. What spotty horse breed has variants such as: blanket, leopard, snowflake and varnish?
8. What's the Capital of Sudan.
9. From 10,000 League's under the Sea. What was the name of Captain Nemo's ship/submarine?
10. What's the second largest state in America? (No, Ben it's not a country!)

(Unjumble the first letter of each answer to help find the answer to the Bonus)

Bonus: If you hang out with LilRach, or eat too much sushi, you might just become one!

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jul-25-2006 02:34

Answers are:

1) Thailand
2) Contralto (?)
3) Jean Valjean (?)
4) France
5) Dunno
6) Dunno
7) Dunno (sigh)
8) Khartoum
9) The Naughty Lass : o )
10) Texas (?)

Bonus Question: Haven't got a clue.

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jul-25-2006 02:37

Nuts! I just remembered the Sir Walter Scott book! Grrr. It's the "Russian farmer and his tool" one isn't it? Aww. Never mind.

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