Friday, December 10, 2010
Trivial Pursuit for Book-Lovers
Children's: What Barbara Robinson favorite describes what happens when "the worst kids in the history of the world" misinterpret the Christmas story?
Classics: Which of the Little Women sells her hair to help pay for the care and safe return of their ill father?
Non-Fiction: What notorious how-to book did author William Powell later renounce as "a misguided and potentially dangerous publication"?
Book Club: Whose seven-book "Narratives of Empire" series includes Burr and Lincoln?
Authors: What Brooklyn-born crime writer has penned novels under the pseudonyms Curt Clark, Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver and Samuel Holt?
Book Bag: What author first pits heroes from the Word against villains from the Void in Running with the Demon?
Classics: Which of the Little Women sells her hair to help pay for the care and safe return of their ill father?
Non-Fiction: What notorious how-to book did author William Powell later renounce as "a misguided and potentially dangerous publication"?
Book Club: Whose seven-book "Narratives of Empire" series includes Burr and Lincoln?
Authors: What Brooklyn-born crime writer has penned novels under the pseudonyms Curt Clark, Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver and Samuel Holt?
Book Bag: What author first pits heroes from the Word against villains from the Void in Running with the Demon?
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Children's: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Classics: (guessing) Jo?? She's spunky, and I can picture her with short hair.
Book Club -- I think it's Gore Vidal.
I only know the classics one, and it's Jo. I should quit reading Friday's quizzes, I always come away depressed with my lack of knowledge :P
What Elizabeth said. Jo is the only answer I know for sure.
The only one I can think of is that the misguided how-to book must be the Anarchist's Cookbook. Yes?
The first one must be The Best Christmas Pageant Ever--I performed in a stage version my freshman year of high school.
I was thinking Gore Vidal as well.
And although I don't know the answer to the Book Bag question, I'm pretty sure I heard an interview with the author, even though I can't name it now.
Children's: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This reminds me that we have to dig this one out and read it stat.
Classics: Jo March
Non-Fiction: The Anarchist Cookbook
Book Club: Gore Vidal
Authors: ?
Book Bag: ?
Classics: Jo
As usually, that's all I know.
Children's: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Classics: Jo of course!
Jo; Gore Vidal; that's all I got.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, which, holy crap, I need to reread that!
Childrens: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Classics: Jo! :-)
I agree with everyone else's guesses for Children's, Classics and Non-fiction. Three is the most I've ever gotten, so I'm pretty excited. :)
Children's: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Classics: Jo
Non-Fiction: The Anarchist Cookbook
Book Club: Gore Vidal's
Authors: Donald E. Westlake
Book Bag: Terry Brooks
Getting two or three of these is doing really well, you know!
Okay, so I did not hear an interview with Terry Brooks--I was thinking of a different book by a different author. But I had heard of the book before.
John, hearing of it before counts...as much as anything counts, since I don't usually give prizes for correct answers!
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