Weekly Geeks 2009-24: Trivia Time
This week’s Weekly Geeks:
Though I’m really not very good at it, I love trivia. Put books and trivia together and you’ve got a perfect match. So I thought it would be a fun Weekly Geek activity for us to come up with some book trivia questions to ask each other.
So take a moment, don’t stress about it all, and write down five to ten questions that pop into your mind. You could center all your questions around a particular theme or genre, maybe something in which you specialize. Or ask questions about one certain book. Or teach us about your favorite author through your questions.
You could do really easy ones that you know we’ll all get or really hard ones that will challenge even the best of us.
I love trivia. This is going to be fun…
Right, here we go. Since 7 is a good number I go with seven random questions.
1. These are the first lines from a book. Which one and by whom is it?
At the beginning of the summer I had lunch with my father, the gangster, who was in town for the weekend to transact some of his vague business.
2. What Shakespearian play is this quote from?
“This is the monstruosity in love, lady, – that the will is infinite, and the execution confined; that the desire is boundless, and the act a slave to limit.”
3. What is Dr. Watson’s middle name?
4. What was the first book Dr. Seuss wrote?
5. Who invented Shangri-La and in what novel?
6. In “The name of the rose” what is the name of the Abbot’s horse that William of Baskerville deducts correctly?
7. What measures did the Portuguese take to prevent further earthquakes? What was the infallible secret to hinder the earth from quaking?
Please post your answers in the comments and visit other weekly geeks’ trivia. I’ll post the solutions to the questions later on in the week.
Too hard for me!
I’ll try a few guesses!
3. Albert?
4. One Fish, Two Fish
7. Cover it with water?!
All wrong probably!
[rq=66902,0,blog][/rq]Can you guess the classic from it’s cover?
2. Othello (?)
Good questions! Here are some guesses (and one answer that I’m positive about)
3) Hamish
5) James Hilton – Lost Horizons
6) Brunellus (I’m in the middle of reading the book!)
[rq=67306,0,blog][/rq]This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun – Morocco
Sari posted a comment, but unfortunately it shows under the post below, so I copy it here, so it won’t get overlooked.
Sari says:
Sigh, I only know #6. Lost Horizon by James Hilton. Maybe if I had more coffee I could come up with Watson’s middle name:)
I came, saw and gave up ;(
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Sorry Rikki, I’m sitting on the bleachers with Dorte, absolutely clueless. Why couldn’t you choose some Shakespeare I did know?
I should know number 5, I think I read it decades ago
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Oooh, those are good, but I’m in the clueless seats too.
Happy Weekly Geeks
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4. I Can Lick 30 Tigers?
6. It’s on the tip of my tongue, but thanks Gavin for the reminder, lol!
[rq=71247,0,blog][/rq]Vintage Beauties
OK, I’m not sure, but…
2) I know it’s from a tragedy, and I think it’s the gravedigger. Hamlet?
4) I THINK it was Mulberry Street…
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Oh, I don’t know! Great questions!
[rq=85393,0,blog][/rq]A Bloggy Meme
Wow, you went with challenging questions! I can’t answer a single one.
Wait a minute… the Earthquake thing. Isn’t that from Candide? Didn’t they kill people to propitiate god, or something?
Jason, pretty good. Yes, Candide is right.
I posted the answers to the questions today. You can find them here:
http://www.rikkidonovan.com/index.php/2009/07/03/weekly-geeks-2009-24-trivia-time-the-solutions/