The Book Quiz

Welcome to the Book Quiz: Or, What’s that you’re reading now!

This is a guessing game so everyone has an equal chance of winning one of our fabulous prizes!

There is only one rule: NO LOOKING UP THE ANSWERS ON THE INTERNET!

Questions will be posted on Saturday and you will have until Friday to post your answers.

All answers must be by means of a private comment on my profile page.

Keeeeeeeeep Guessing!

- TT

The Classics

Can you name the authors of these classic novels?

1. Middlemarch
2. Jude the Obscure
3. Les Miserables
4. The Age of Innocence
5. Heart of Darkness
6. Wuthering Heights
7. Barchester Towers
8. Anna Karenina
9. Dracula
10. Tristram Shandy
11. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
12. Sons and Lovers
13. Germinal
14. The Bostonians
15. The Great Gatsby

The Classics

Answers:

1. Middlemarch -- George Eliot
2. Jude the Obscure-- Thomas Hardy
3. Les Miserables -- Victor Hugo
4. The Age of Innocence -- Edith Wharton
5. Heart of Darkness -- Joseph Conrad
6. Wuthering Heights -- Emily Bronte
7. Barchester Towers -- Anthony Trolloppe
8. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
9. Dracula -- Bram Stoker
10. Tristram Shandy – Laurence Sterne
11. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- James Joyce
12. Sons and Lovers -- D.H. Lawrence
13. Germinal – Emile Zola
14. The Bostonians -- Henry James
15. The Great Gatsby -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tristam Shandy and Germinal stumped quite a few of you.

The well read winner is: Catarina1 Congratulations!

1st catarina1 15/15
2nd aviddiva 13/15
2nd theaelizabet 13/15

The Classics – Part Two

1. Which Victorian writer wrote the popular Barshetshire Chronicles?
2. Which great English novel is narrated by Lockwood, resident of Thrushcross Grange?
3. Who are Alyosha, Dmitri, Ivan and Smolykov?
4. What is the name of the principal character in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park?
5. Who rode a horse called Rosinante and had a companion called Sancho Panza?
6. Who wrote the seminal work of science fiction, 2001, A Space Odyddey?
7. Who lived at Thornfield Hall?
8. What was John Cleland’s Victorian erotic classic?
9. James Hilton’s The Lost Horizon is set in which fictitious Tibetan retreat?
10. Who wrote the swashbuckling adventure, The Three Musketeers?
11. What is George and Weedon Grossmith’s only major work?
12. Rebecca and Jamaica Inn are sophisticated thrillers by which twentieth century author?
13. What served as balls in the mad croquet game in Alice in Wonderland?
14. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a follow-up, by popular demand, of which successful novel?
15. What was the name of the Giant who threatens the Pilgrim in Pilgim’s Progress?

Remeber, there is only one rule: NO LOOKING UP THE ANSWERS ON THE INTERNET!

You have until Friday to post your answers.

All answers must be by means of a private comment on my profile page.

Keeeeeeeeep Guessing!

- TT

The well read winner is: No-one!
It’s tie-breaker time!

1st cait86 11/15
1st aviddiva 11/15
1st theaelizabet 11/15
2nd billiehean 10/15

The Classics – Part Two

1. Which Victorian writer wrote the popular Barshetshire Chronicles? --- Anthony Trolloppe
2. Which great English novel is narrated by Lockwood, resident of Thrushcross Grange? Wuthering Heights
3. Who are Alyosha, Dmitri, Ivan and Smolykov? ---The Brothers Karamazov
4. What is the name of the principal character in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park? ---Fanny Price
5. Who rode a horse called Rosinante and had a companion called Sancho Panza? --- Don Quixote
6. Who wrote the seminal work of science fiction, 2001, A Space Odyssey? --- Arthur C. Clarke
7. Who lived at Thornfield Hall? ---Mr. Rochester (and Jane Eyre)
8. What was John Cleland’s Victorian erotic classic? .---Fanny Hill
9. James Hilton’s The Lost Horizon is set in which fictitious Tibetan retreat? --- Shangri La
10. Who wrote the swashbuckling adventure, The Three Musketeers? --- Alexandre Dumas
11. What is George and Weedon Grossmith’s only major work? --- Diary of a Nobobdy.
12. Rebecca and Jamaica Inn are sophisticated thrillers by which twentieth century author? ---Daphne Du Maurier
13. What served as balls in the mad croquet game in Alice in Wonderland? --- Hedgehogs
14. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a follow-up, by popular demand, of which successful novel? --- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
15. What was the name of the Giant who threatens the Pilgrim in Pilgim’s Progress? Giant Despair.

TIE BREAKER:

Who is the villainous Italian aristocrat in Wilkie Collins; The Woman in White and who is The Woman?

Dear Tortoise,

I'm out. I've read The Moonstone, but have yet to read The Woman in White. Looking forward to the next test!

The winner of The Classics - Part Two is aviddiva. The only one to correctly answer the tie breaker. Commiserations to cait and elizabet.

- TT

BESTSELLERS

Here is an easier quiz for you.

Match the author to the book that helped launch their careers.

1. Margaret Atwood
2. Jeanette Winterson
3. Monica Ali
4. Martin Amis
5. Boris Starling
6. Iain Banks
7. Bruce Chatwin
8. Zadie Smith
9. Tony Parsons
10. Joanne Harris
11. Mary Wesley
12. William Golding
13. Paul Scott
14. Louis De Bernieres
15. Nick Hornby

The answers are all here!

A. Camomile Lawn
B. The Jewel in the Crown
C. Messiah
D. Man and Boy
E. White Teeth
F. Brick Lane
G. The Rachel Papers
H. Chocolat
I. Lord of the Flies
J. High Fidelity
K. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
L. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
M. On The Black Hill
N. A Handmaid’s Tale
O. The Wasp Factory

The answers:

1. Margaret Atwood N. A Handmaid’s Tale
2. Jeanette Winterson K. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
3. Monica Ali F. Brick Lane
4. Martin Amis G. The Rachel Papers
5. Boris Starling C. Messiah
6. Iain Banks P. The Wasp Factory
7. Bruce Chatwin M. On The Black Hill
8. Zadie Smith E. White Teeth
9. Tony Parsons D. Man and Boy
10. Joanne Harris H. Chocolat
11. Mary Wesley A. Camomile Lawn
12. William Golding I. Lord of the Flies
13. Paul Scott B. The Jewel in the Crown
14. Louis De Bernieres L. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
15. Nick Hornby J. High Fidelity

The winner of the quiz is:

1st billiejean 6/15

Late entrant Aviddiva 10/15 Prize already awarded.

~ TT