Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 381 Birthday: 16th February
Location: Upper Largo, Fife
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:42 am Post subject:
Ok I got some of them
Spoiler:
1. She was abandoned on her wedding day
2. Leo Tolstoy
3. First World War
4. 1930s Maycomb (American deep south)
5. A wife
6. Holden Caulfield
7.
8. Manderley
9. A magic cup that chooses triwizard champions
10. A hobbit
11.
12. Consumption
13. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
14. The Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe and everything (as well as 2 x 21 )
15. Catch-22
16. Cephallonia
17.
18.
19.
20. There are 7 books in the Chronicles of Narnia (but only 1 The Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe - was that a trick question? )
21. American civil war
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Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 955 Birthday: 12th December
Location: Paisley, Scotland
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject:
Ok here are my answers -
Spoiler:
1. Because she was stood up on her wedding day and has kept everything the same as it was on that day.
2. Leo Tolstoy
3. WW1
4. Alabama in the 1920s
5. A wife
6. Holden Caulfield
7. Ingsoc
8. Manderley
9. Don’t know
10. A hobbit
11. Don’t know
12. TB
13. Jo, Meg, Amy, Beth
14. Catch 22
15. Don’t know
16. Eyeore’s
17. Yorkshire
18. I know this one and just can’t remember , and I have swapped my book so I can’t even check!
19. 5
20. The American Civil War.
_________________ Currently reading: The Human Stain by Philip Roth
'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.'
Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 7637 Birthday: 7th July
Location: Shropshire
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject:
Will post the answers tomorrow and set quiz no. 2...
...bet you're all waiting with baited breath _________________ 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: Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject:
Here are the answers:
1. Why does Miss Havisham always wear a wedding dress?
She is jilted on her wedding day
2. Who wrote War and Peace? Leo Tolstoy
3. Which war is featured in Birdsong? WW1
4. When and where is To Kill a Mockingbird set? Maycomb, Alabama during the Depression
5. What must a man in possession of a good fortune be in want of? a wife
6. What is the name of the narrator in The Catcher in the Rye? Holden Caulfield
7. What is the name of the Ministry of Truth in Newspeak? Minitrue
8. What is the name of the big house in Rebecca? Manderley
9. What is the goblet of fire? a goblet that chooses the names of thoose who will compete in the Triwizard Tournament
10. What is Frodo Baggins? a hobbit
11. What does Ratty say about boats? '...there is nothing--absolute nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.' (or there abouts )
12. What does Jane Eyre's friend, Helen Burns, die of? Tuberculosis
13. What are the names of the March girls? Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
14. To what question is the answer 42? the great question of Life, the Universe and Everything
15. The title of which novel gave us a phrase that means a 'no-win situation'? Catch 22
16. On which island in which country is Captain Corelli's Mandolin
set? Cephalonia
17. In whose house does Pooh get stuck? Rabbit's
18. In what county is Wuthering Heights set? Yorkshire
19. In His Dark Materials, what is the equivalent to electricity? ambaric energy
20. How many books are there in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe series? 7
21. During which American war does Gone with the Wind take place? American Civil War _________________ 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: Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject:
And the winner of the 'easy' quiz is...NICNIC with 16 points.
2nd is Miranda with 13 points.
3rd is Mistymoo with 11 points.
Well done guys and thanks for playing. Now check out the next quiz which is 'medium strength'!!! _________________ Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10
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