Friday, April 30, 2010

Trivial Pursuit for Book-Lovers

Children's: What does The BFG stand for, in Roald Dahl's 1982 tale?

Classics: What great-grandson of John Adams anonymously published Democracy, a scathing political satire about Washington DC in 1880?

Non-Fiction: Who recalled his years as CIA chief, in the memoir A Look Over My Shoulder?

Book Club: What Jay McInerney novel shows Russell and Corrine Calloway dragged down by Wall Street's 1987 decline?

Authors: What science-fiction author won the 1982 Marconi Award for his work in radar and communications?

Book Bag: What 26-square-mile island must Cormac O'Connor never leave in order to stay immortal, in Pete Hamill's novel, Forever?
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14 comments:

  1. FreshHellApril 30, 2010 at 9:44 AM

    Classics: Big Friendly Giant (awesome books)
    Book Club: Brightness Falls

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  2. LibbyApril 30, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    classics: Henry Adams
    Big Friendly Giant is the only other one I got...

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  3. AnonymousApril 30, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    Authors: Arthur C. Clarke

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  4. UnknownApril 30, 2010 at 9:55 AM

    Authors: Arthur C. Clarke

    It has been a while since I knew one the second that I read it!

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  5. Betty (Beth)April 30, 2010 at 10:14 AM

    Childrens: Big Friendly Giant
    Book Bag: Manhattan??

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  6. Melissa (Avid Reader)April 30, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    Children's: The Big Friendly Giant (love that book)

    Book Bag: Manhattan


    That's all I got.

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  7. FreshHellApril 30, 2010 at 10:24 AM

    "Childrens: " is what I meant but really, all of Dahl's should fall under "classics".

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  8. JennyApril 30, 2010 at 11:05 AM

    Children's: Big Friendly Giant
    Book Bag: Manhattan

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  9. KarenApril 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    Big Friendly Giant

    Probably not Asimov, but that's who comes to mind.

    Long Island? I seem to remember it being New York...(oh. Now I see that others are saying Manhattan. Well, I'll leave up my honest first guess.)

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  10. HarrietApril 30, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    Children's: Big Friendly Gian
    Classics: Henry
    Non-Fiction: I don't remember
    Book Club: Brightness Falls. He wrote about them again in another book after 9/11. Can't remember the name of that one, though
    Authors: Clarke?
    Book Bag: No idea. Manhattan?

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  11. AlyceApril 30, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    I love these posts, but really I hardly ever know any of the answers! :)

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  12. AnonymousApril 30, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    CC: Big Friendly Giant
    Classics: Henry Adams
    Non Fiction: Don't Remember
    Book Club: Brightness falls
    Authors: ?
    Book Bag: ? But it must be Manhattan.

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  13. Marie CloutierMay 2, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    Don't know any of these! :-) How fun :-) I love your trivia posts.

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  14. JeanneMay 3, 2010 at 8:46 AM

    Children's: The Big Friendly Giant
    Classics: Henry Adams
    Non-Fiction: Richard Helms
    Book Club: Brightness Falls
    Authors: Arthur C. Clarke
    Book Bag: Manhattan

    We missed Helms, but got the rest.

    The post-9/11 sequel to Brightness Falls is entitled The Good Life. I loved the first, didn't care much for the second.

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