TEN!, Week Five, Wednesday
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:45 pm
Since the Bored is scared of culture, let's force some culture on everybody with our next category.
BOOKS & STORIES
I could have said "Literature", but that's too big of a word for people like Estonut to comprehend. Besides, I didn't want to limit myself to just published works. There's also a little bit of folklore and mythology in here. Deadline is Thursday at 5:30 PM Eastern.
1. In the Harry Potter book series, which of the following is the name of an oft-cited tabloid newspaper?
A. "The Prattler"
B. "The Mucker"
C. "The Yakker"
D. "The Quibbler"
2. Where was "Othello" set?
A. Cyprus
B. Sicily
C. Crete
D. Malta
3. In the fable of the tortoise and the hare, which animal judged the race?
A. Owl
B. Cat
C. Fox
D. Pig
4. In James Hilton's 1934 book "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", what subjects did Mr. Chipping teach?
A. Latin and Greek
B. Drama and music
C. Chemistry and physics
D. Algebra and calculus
5. SPOILER ALERT! Which of the March sisters dies near the end of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"?
A. Amy
B. Beth
C. Jo
D. Meg
6. What is the only breed of dog explicitly mentioned in the Bible?
A. Saluki
B. Mastiff
C. Sheepdog
D. Greyhound
7. Robin Hood was allegedly a real person called the Earl of what?
A. Huntingdon
B. Portsmouth
C. Gloucester
D. Bristol
8. "The One and Only Ivan" was a 2012 bestseller about a unique painter. Who or what was Ivan?
A. A 110-year-old man
B. A gorilla
C. A 3-year-old girl
D. A dolphin
9. Mercifully, this novel had nothing to do with Chris Hardwick's crap game show or honking slack-jawed sphincterlips Donald Drumpf's crap project. John Hersey's 1950 novel "The Wall" was set in what country?
A. Canada
B. Poland
C. South Africa
D. China
BONUS: Coming in at about 600,000 words, what is the one-word title of the 2016 Alan Moore novel that is #10 on the list of longest English-language novels of all-time?
BOOKS & STORIES
I could have said "Literature", but that's too big of a word for people like Estonut to comprehend. Besides, I didn't want to limit myself to just published works. There's also a little bit of folklore and mythology in here. Deadline is Thursday at 5:30 PM Eastern.
1. In the Harry Potter book series, which of the following is the name of an oft-cited tabloid newspaper?
A. "The Prattler"
B. "The Mucker"
C. "The Yakker"
D. "The Quibbler"
2. Where was "Othello" set?
A. Cyprus
B. Sicily
C. Crete
D. Malta
3. In the fable of the tortoise and the hare, which animal judged the race?
A. Owl
B. Cat
C. Fox
D. Pig
4. In James Hilton's 1934 book "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", what subjects did Mr. Chipping teach?
A. Latin and Greek
B. Drama and music
C. Chemistry and physics
D. Algebra and calculus
5. SPOILER ALERT! Which of the March sisters dies near the end of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"?
A. Amy
B. Beth
C. Jo
D. Meg
6. What is the only breed of dog explicitly mentioned in the Bible?
A. Saluki
B. Mastiff
C. Sheepdog
D. Greyhound
7. Robin Hood was allegedly a real person called the Earl of what?
A. Huntingdon
B. Portsmouth
C. Gloucester
D. Bristol
8. "The One and Only Ivan" was a 2012 bestseller about a unique painter. Who or what was Ivan?
A. A 110-year-old man
B. A gorilla
C. A 3-year-old girl
D. A dolphin
9. Mercifully, this novel had nothing to do with Chris Hardwick's crap game show or honking slack-jawed sphincterlips Donald Drumpf's crap project. John Hersey's 1950 novel "The Wall" was set in what country?
A. Canada
B. Poland
C. South Africa
D. China
BONUS: Coming in at about 600,000 words, what is the one-word title of the 2016 Alan Moore novel that is #10 on the list of longest English-language novels of all-time?