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"Literature" made by Bullllliiiiiiii at 11/1/2009 11:56:03 PM
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29/29 questions asked
Results saved on 11/1/2009 11:57:03 PM, saved with KotHBot Version 1.00
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Intro Text: Max wrote us all this amazing KotH! It's about literature. Show off your skills by correctly answering these amazing questions! Points vary per question.
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q1. The Brontë sisters are primarily known by Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855) (Jane Eyre (1847)) and Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) (Wuthering Heights (1847)). There was, however, a third sister. What was her name? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q2. Which novel starts with the opening line 'Call me Ishmael', one of the most famous opening lines in American literature? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose +2, Drag +2, CieloAzor +2, Infil +2, Thiradell 0, Ngamer +2, Jimbo 0, Matis +2
[0:40, 1 point, 1 answer]
Q2b. What year was Moby Dick released? (One point)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q3. A sonnet is a certain form of poetry, made popular in Europe by Petrarch in the fourteenth century. How many lines does a sonnet contain? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose +2, Drag +2, CieloAzor +2, Infil +2, Thiradell +2, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0, Matis +2
[0:40, 1 point, 1 answer]
Q3b. What was originally, the main subject described in sonnets? (One point)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag +1, CieloAzor +1, Infil +1, Thiradell +1, Ngamer +1, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q4. The Faerie Queene (1590) is an English epic poem written by Edmund Spenser. This poem was written in praise of whom? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Spoiler
Queen Elizabeth 1
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag +2, CieloAzor +2, Infil +2, Thiradell 0, Ngamer +2, Jimbo +2
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q5. Which novel of Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) is based upon his own life? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Spoiler
David Copperfield
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor +2, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 1 point, 1 answer]
Q5b. What year was David Copperfield released? (One point)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q6. To which group did writers such as Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) and E.M. Forster (1879 - 1970) belong? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 drama film starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. This film is however based on a short story written in 1921. Who wrote this story? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Spoiler
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q8. Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) is best known for his novel 'Gulliver's Travels (1726).' In this novel four travels are described. The best known travel is probably the one to where the main character is being captured by tiny inhabitants. On what island does this happen? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor +2, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer +2, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q9. In The Jungle Book (1894) the main enemy of Mowgli is Shere Khan. What does the word 'Shere' translate to in Urdu/Hindi? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil +2, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 1 point, 1 answer]
Q10. Which book preceded The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955) written by J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)? (One point)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose +1, Drag 0, CieloAzor +1, Infil +1, Thiradell +1, Ngamer +1, Jimbo 0, Matis +1
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q10b. What year was The Hobbit released? (One point)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell +1, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 3 points, 2 answers]
Q11. Which two themes played a large part in the career of Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), which is evident by looking at for example, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)? (One point for each, answer on separate lines)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q12. The novel Lady Chatterley's Lover was originally written in 1928 by D.H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930). It was not until 1960, however, that the novel was first printed in the U.K. What was the main reason for this late publication? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag +2, CieloAzor +2, Infil 0, Thiradell +2, Ngamer +2, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q13. 'Going down the rabbit hole' is an expression used for taking hallucinogenic drugs. From which famous nineteenth century novel is this expression based on? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Spoiler
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Total Results: Goose +2, Drag +2, CieloAzor +2, Infil +2, Thiradell +2, Ngamer +2, Jimbo 0, Matis +2
[0:40, 1 point, 1 answer]
Q13b. What year was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland released? (One point)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 1 point, 1 answer]
Q13bb. Which song written by Jefferson Airplane is based upon this novel? (One point)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q14. Which novel has been selected as the best novel in the twentieth century according to Modern Library (1900 - 1998)? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 2 answers]
Q14b. Name the year Ulysses was released and its author. (One point each, answer on separate lines)
Answer(s):
Spoiler
James Joyce and 1922
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor +1, Infil 0, Thiradell +1, Ngamer +1, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q15. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) is known for example writing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). Mark Twain is, however, a pseudonym. What was his real name? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose +2, Drag 0, CieloAzor +2, Infil 0, Thiradell +2, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q16. Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999) is best known for his novel whose title has now become an everyday saying. What was the title of this novel? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose +2, Drag 0, CieloAzor +2, Infil +2, Thiradell 0, Ngamer +2, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q17. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885) was originally published in what (French) title? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Spoiler
Notre Dame de Paris
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q17b. The hunchback in this story refers to Quasimodo. What does this Latin name translate to? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q18. From which book does this passage come from?
'People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.' (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor +2, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer +2, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 1 point, 1 answer]
Q18b. Who is the author of 1984? (One point)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose +1, Drag 0, CieloAzor +1, Infil +1, Thiradell 0, Ngamer +1, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q19. Which novelist came up with the fictional county of Yoknapatawpha? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
[0:40, 2 points, 1 answer]
Q20. One of the best known poets of the so called Romantics was George Gordon (1788 - 1824). He was better known under the name of who? (Two points)
Answer(s):
Total Results: Goose 0, Drag 0, CieloAzor 0, Infil 0, Thiradell 0, Ngamer 0, Jimbo 0
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FINAL RESULTS
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The maximum number of points is 52
1st. CieloAzor (24 points - 46.2%)
2nd. Ngamer (18 points - 34.6%)
3rd. Infil (15 points - 28.8%)
4th. Goose (12 points - 23.1%) [won tiebreaker]
5th. Thiradell (12 points - 23.1%)
6th. Drag (11 points - 21.2%)
7th. Matis (7 points)
8th. Jimbo (2 points - 3.8%)
