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Tigerlily · Last edited by Tigerlily on Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:30 pm; edited 12 times in total

The 2008 BB Trivia Tournament - February Quiz

We've decided to make the monthly book quiz a bit more interesting. Each month we'll post a quiz. To take part, please spoiler your answers below or PM to admin/mods if you prefer. We'll reveal the answers at the end of the month along with your position on the leader board. The person who makes it to the top of the Leader board by December '08 will win a prize. (Prize details will be revealed at a later date). Will it be you? If you have any queries, let us know. To access the leader board at a glance, visit: http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/forum88.php

Good luck everyone. Here is February's quiz:

Classic Literature

Name the authors of these classics:

1. Little Women

2. Great Expectations

3. Emma

4. Brothers Karamazov

5. Wuthering Heights

6. Silas Marner

7. Don Quixote

8. A Passage to India

9. The Canterbury Tales

10. Therese Raquin

11. Breakfast at Tiffany's

12. Lady Chatterley's Lover

13. The Great Gatsby

14. Love in a Cold Climate

15. Live and Let Die

16. Animal Farm

17. Ulysses

18. Grapes of Wrath

19. Jungle Book

20. Brideshead Revisited

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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

Tigerlily · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject:

2008 BB Trivia Tournament Leader Board:

Player........Total No. of questions answered correctly

Jobar ~~~~ 14

Seanat ~~~ 11

Blueflower ~ 10

Lovelytreez ~ 9

Ruth ~~~~~ 8

Nicnic ~~~~~ 8

Lisa ~~~~~~ 6

Sirg ~~~~~~ 2

Well done Josie

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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

nicnic · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:

This will be hilarious...

Spoiler:

So did I get more than 8??
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Currently reading: Man in the Dark by Paul Auster

eightlegs · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject:

Here goes:

Spoiler:

Gave up on the rest!

Carelia · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:

Spoiler:

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Currently reading: Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann

jobar · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

Spoiler:

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Daniela-26 · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:09 am Post subject:

Ok here goes?!!

Spoiler:

I'm not sure if I got the spelling right for some of them!

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Reading: The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
2009 '1001 Challenge':

Ruth · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject:

Okay here goes...

Spoiler:

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blueflower · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject:

I like this one but can't get them all please excuse the odd spellings

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lovely treez · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: February Quiz

mummymelly · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject:

It's probably too late for me to join but here's my answers anyway. I hardly know any of the answers mind you!

Spoiler:

I'm afraid that's all I can answer

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Currently Reading "Switchcraft" by Lowri Turner

charlottestar · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:29 am Post subject:

Spoiler:

oh did I miss it?!

Tigerlily · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:34 am Post subject:

No you didn't miss it Charlotte. Everyone can play til the end of the month, then we'll reveal the answers

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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

charlottestar · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

hooray!

lisa2062 · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject:

Here goes

Spoiler:

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Tigerlily · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: Answers

February Quiz - Classic Literature - ANSWERS:

Name the authors of these classics:

Spoiler:

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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

Tigerlily · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

Well done Jobar and Charlottestar for getting all 20 questions right.

Well done to everyone else who played.

Carelia, your answer to Brideshead Revistited made me laugh. I always think of Nigel Havers

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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

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