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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject: BB Trivia Tournament - May Quiz! - Answers revealed
BB Trivia Tournament - May Quiz
I'm running out of literature quizzes!! So having to resort to general knowledge quizzes, of which I have plenty. Hope that's ok! Many of them have book related Qs in them anyway. Here's this month's quiz:
A–Z Identify
Supply the surnames of these people. Each letter of the alphabet gives a clue to the surname.
A. Poet W H (1 point)
B. Composer J S (1 point)
C. Poet E. E. (1 point)
D. President F W (1 pt)
E. Soapy J R (1 pt)
F. Sportsman C B (1 pt)
G. Librettist W S (1 pt)
H. Humorist E W (1 pt)
J. Ghostly author M R (1 pt)
K. Blue B B (1 pt)
L. Critic F R (1 pt)
M. Journo J B (and his nickname) (2 points)
N. Trinidadian V S (1 pt)
O. Sportsman Jay Jay (1 pt)
P. Beached C J (1 pt)
R. Author J K (1 pt)
S. Illustrator E H (2 pts)
T. History’s A J P (1 pt)
U. Splay-footed D L (1 pt)
V. A E sci-fi (1 pt)
W. Webwise E B (1 pt)
Y. Irish W. B. (1 pt)
Total of a possible 24 points.
To play, please spoiler your answers below or PM them to me if you prefer.
Hope you have fun with it
_________________ Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10
Last edited by Tigerlily on Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:23 am; edited 2 times in total
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject:
This is waaaay to hard for my little grey cells
Spoiler:
A. Auden
B. Bach
C. Cummings??
D. No clue
E. Ewing
F. Nope
G. Gilbert? I hope that is right, I have vague notions of what librettos are
H. ??
J. James (the MR stands for Montague Rhodes - bit of a mouthful )
K. King
L. ??
M.??
N. Naipaul
O. ??
P. ?
R. Rowling - woo! see, I know stuff about things!!
S. ?
T. Taylor
U. ?
V. ??
W.?
Y. Yeats
Yes yes, I realise how bad that was thank you very much... _________________ Currently reading: Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
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Location: Oxfordshire
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:50 am Post subject:
Spoiler:
A. Poet W H (1 point) Auden
B. Composer J S (1 point) Bach
C. Poet E. E. (1 point) Cummings
D. President F W (1 pt) De Klerk?
E. Soapy J R (1 pt) Ewing
F. Sportsman C B (1 pt) I have no idea.....
G. Librettist W S (1 pt) Gilbert
H. Humorist E W (1 pt) no idea again...
J. Ghostly author M R (1 pt) James
K. Blue B B (1 pt) King
L. Critic F R (1 pt) Leavis
M. Journo J B (and his nickname) (2 points) Priestley? (he had a nickname?!)
N. Trinidadian V S (1 pt) Naipal
O. Sportsman Jay Jay (1 pt) er....no idea.
P. Beached C J (1 pt) um...Sansom
R. Author J K (1 pt) Rowling
S. Illustrator E H (2 pts) Shepherd
T. History’s A J P (1 pt) Taylor
U. Splay-footed D L (1 pt) no idea
V. A E sci-fi (1 pt) van Vogt maybe?
W. Webwise E B (1 pt) no idea again....
Y. Irish W. B. (1 pt) Yeats
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: BB Trivia Tournament - May Quiz!
Spoiler:
A. Poet W H (1 point) AUDEN
B. Composer J S (1 point) BACH
C. Poet E. E. (1 point) CUMMINGS
D. President F W (1 pt) DE CLERC
E. Soapy J R (1 pt) EWING
F. Sportsman C B (1 pt) FRY
G. Librettist W S (1 pt) SULLIVAN
H. Humorist E W (1 pt)
J. Ghostly author M R (1 pt) JAMES
K. Blue B B (1 pt) KING
L. Critic F R (1 pt) LEAVIS
M. Journo J B (and his nickname) (2 points)
N. Trinidadian V S (1 pt) NAIPUL
O. Sportsman Jay Jay (1 pt)
P. Beached C J (1 pt) SANSOM?
R. Author J K (1 pt) ROWLING
S. Illustrator E H (2 pts) SHEPARD (LOVE WTP!)
T. History’s A J P (1 pt)
U. Splay-footed D L (1 pt) GOODHEW (SWIMMER??)
V. A E sci-fi (1 pt)
W. Webwise E B (1 pt)
Y. Irish W. B. (1 pt) YEATS
Total of a possible 24 points.
_________________ Currently reading - The Italian Boy - Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London - Sarah Wise
Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2509 Birthday: 19th July
Location: Dorset, UK
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:
Figured I'd better have a go now before the month runs out!!
Spoiler:
A. Auden
B. Bach
C. Poet E. E. (1 point)
D. De Klerk
E. Ewing
F. Sportsman C B (1 pt)
G. Gilbert
H. Humorist E W (1 pt)
J. Ghostly author M R (1 pt)
K. King
L. Critic F R (1 pt)
M. Journo J B (and his nickname) (2 points)
N. Trinidadian V S (1 pt)
O. Okacha
P. Pebble??!
R. Rowling
S. Sheppard
T. History’s A J P (1 pt)
U. Splay-footed D L (1 pt)
V. A E sci-fi (1 pt)
W. White
Y. Yeats
Well that was pretty awful, think that's why I was putting it off
Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 7637 Birthday: 7th July
Location: Shropshire
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:43 am Post subject:
Ok will try to make next month's quiz easier _________________ Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10
Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 7637 Birthday: 7th July
Location: Shropshire
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:16 am Post subject:
Answers for May's A-Z Identify Quiz are:
Spoiler:
1. Auden. Poet W H
2. Bach. Composer J S
3. Cummings. Poet E. E.
4. De Klerk. President F W
5. Ewing. Soapy J R
6. Fry. Sportsman C B
7. Gilbert. Librettist W S
8. Hornung Humorist E W
9. James. Ghostly author M R
10. King. Blue B B
11. Leavis. Critic F R (1 pt)
12. Morton. Journo J B (and his nickname - Beachcomber)
13. Naipaul. Trinidadian V S
14. Okocha. Sportsman Jay Jay
15. Parker from Baywatch. Beached C J (what the??)
16. Rowling. Author J K
17. Shepard. Illustrator E H (+ 1 pt for correct spelling)
18. T.aylor. History’s A J P
19. Underwood (cricketer). Splay-footed D L
20. Van Vogt. A E sci-fi
21. White. Webwise E B, author of Charlotte's Web
22. Yeats. Irish W. B.
I apologise for this quiz And including someone from Baywatch - I wouldn't have thought of that as an answer. I would have got 9 of them right.
Will provide better quizzes in future!
_________________ Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
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2008: 4
2007: 10
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And including someone from Baywatch - I wouldn't have thought of that as an answer. I would have got 9 of them right.