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Tigerlily
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 Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: BB CHRISTMAS COMPETITION! WIN THE BOOK JOURNAL! |
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We are giving away a HarperCollins Book Journal in time for Christmas! wooo! To win the book, take a look at the following festive literary quiz and PM your answers to ShropshireBlue along with your answer to this tiebreaker:
"I would like to win The Book Journal because..."
The person with the most correct answers wins. If more than two correct entries are received, the tiebreaker will be judged on originality.
Closing date for entries: Friday 15th December 2006 - Midday.
GOOD LUCK! 
(Quiz follows in new window)
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Here's the quiz:
Novels: Identify the authors of these seasonal first lines:
1. It was Christmas Day and Danny the Car Wiper hit the street junksick and broke after seventy-two hours in the precinct jail.
2. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
3. It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the darkness, a poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet, roamed through the streets.
4. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies... Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
Poetry: Identify the authors of these festive lines:
5. High noon behind the tamarisks - the sun is hot above us -
As at Home the Christmas Day is breaking wan.
They will drink our healths at dinner - those who tell us how they love us,
And forget us till another year be gone!
6. Love came down at Christmas;
love all lovely, love divine;
love was born at Christmas,
stars and angels gave the sign.
7. The city had withdrawn into itself
And left at last the country to the country...
8. Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb,
Now leaves His well-belov'd imprisonment...
9. This is the month, and this the happy morn
Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King...
Miscellany
10. In which Shakespeare play will you find these lines:
"At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows."
11. Which pastoral writer described this village Christmas scene?
"Carol-singing in my village was a special time for the boys, the girls had little to do with it. Like hay-making, blackberrying, stone-clearing and wishing-people-a-happy-Easter, it was one of our seasonal perks."
12. Which classic Christmas film was based on The Greatest Gift, an original short story first written on a Christmas card by Philip Van Doren Stern?
13. In Dr Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, what is the name of the small-hearted one's longsuffering dog?
14. In The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, a little boy meets Santa Claus and is offered any gift he wishes. What does he ask for?
15. Who wrote The Nutcracker and The Mouse King, the bleak tale which was stripped of its bitterness by Alexander Dumas and metamorphosed into the well loved Christmas children's classic?
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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
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Tigerlily
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Here's some info on the Book Journal:
| Quote: | Book Description
With an introduction by a prominent novelist, major prize winner listings, dates for global literary festivals, a short guide to running a book group and suggested titles to read along with plenty of elegantly designed pages in which to record your thoughts, the ‘Book Journal’, is an indispensable log for any book group member or solitary book enthusiast alike. |
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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
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2008: 4
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Tigerlily
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Don't forget this competition closes on Friday, so please PM your answers to Shropshireblue asap!
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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
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miranda
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I know what you mean sirg! I don't want to cheat and use google, but I reckon I only know about 3 answers!  That's not a reflection on the questions - just on me!
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I've done the first two parts, now on the 3rd part.
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