Friday, April 15, 2011
Trivial Pursuit for Book-Lovers
Children's: What classic book, credited to the mythical "Wally Piper," was later discovered to be adapted from an earlier story titled The Pony Engine?
Classics: What Shakespearean comedy includes the chilling stage direction: "Exit, pursued by a bear"?
Non-Fiction: Who charts her transformation from church choir singer to disco queen sex goddess, in her memoir Ordinary Girl?
Book Club: How many people does Eddie meet in heaven, according to Mitch Albom's 2003 novel?
Authors: Who came out of hiding to record a clip for The Simpsons, where he appeared with a bag over his head?
Book Bag: What novelist introduced the FBI-agent couple Dillon Savich and Lacy Sherlock in The Cove?
(I'll bet the guy who writes Exit, Pursued by a Bear knows one today!)
Classics: What Shakespearean comedy includes the chilling stage direction: "Exit, pursued by a bear"?
Non-Fiction: Who charts her transformation from church choir singer to disco queen sex goddess, in her memoir Ordinary Girl?
Book Club: How many people does Eddie meet in heaven, according to Mitch Albom's 2003 novel?
Authors: Who came out of hiding to record a clip for The Simpsons, where he appeared with a bag over his head?
Book Bag: What novelist introduced the FBI-agent couple Dillon Savich and Lacy Sherlock in The Cove?
(I'll bet the guy who writes Exit, Pursued by a Bear knows one today!)
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8 comments:
Non-fiction . . . Donna Summers?
Children's: The Little Engine that Could
Classics: Winter's Tale
Non-Fiction: Donna Summer
Book Club: 5
Authors: Pynchon. Not just a bag -- a bag with a question mark on the forehead.
Book Bag: ??
Classics: Winter's Tale (best line ever)
Book Club: 5
Book Club -- Five
Authors -- Salman Rushdie?
I feel especially ignorant today, but got a kick out of your comment regarding the author of the "Exit Pursued by a Bear" blog. :)
Winter's Tale is the only one I know. I am so crap at these Trivial Pursuits!
Author: Pynchon
That's it for me! Great quiz this week.
Children's: The Little Engine That Could
Classics: The Winter's Tale
Non-Fiction: Donna Summer
Book Club: Five
Authors: Thomas Pynchon
Book Bag: Catherine Coulter
Harriet, I didn't know Pynchon had such a flair for the dramatic!
Alyce, that blog was the second thing I thought of when I saw the question...
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