Literary Fail

[countrycousin]

These folks publish a quiz each week, different subjects. Unfortunately, the link below leads to the answers as well as the questions, so I've supplied this week's questions. I got 5

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[furzicle]

I might have possibly had a chance at five of the ten. Knowing my memory, 5/5 would have been a stretch. I would like to compose a quiz for more current books. I think there's too much hoopla about these ancient ones.

I scored 8 - 10/10 on the biology, animals, etc. The rock stars, not so much. The sports questions? Didn't even look at it!

[countrycousin]

Yes, it depends on the subject. And they usually throw in a few easy ones before they hit you with the toughies.

I originally started on LJ from a email list that admires and discusses Bujold's works - most of them would chew up this version of the quiz and look for more. :-)

[stoutfellow]

I managed to get six, although it took me a while to come up with #8. (The others were #s 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6.)

[countrycousin]

We were similar, but I missed #2, which, considering the number of times it has been mentioned, left me particularly humble. :-}

[countrycousin]

I got #8, but not because I actually read the book. But I'd seen the name on his book lists and it was odd enough to stick. I think I've only read #1 and #6 completely. Most of #3 and parts of #9. Not enough of the latter to remember any character name except Falstaff.

[furzicle]

All right,I admit it, I knew #1 and #6. I read Pride and Prejudice last year and should have known it, but didn't. #3 I might have gotten, but frankly, didn't try.

But ask me a Michael Connelly question!

[countrycousin]

heh. I don't recall who Michael Connelly is. And I hadn't read some of those that I could answer correctly - have just heard them discussed.

Also, this quiz is UK-based - that sometimes biases the questions a bit. (I never heard of Lively or her book. Since it won the Booker Prize, more fail :-{ )
But it is nice to have quizzes not blatantly USA-centered.

[countrycousin]

and went to a bookstore today and now know who Michael Connelly is. You can tell what genre I'm weak on at the moment. We read Sanford and Child - I think I should look at Connelly. Just picked up a used Coben after seeing lots of his books in the library where I shelve occasionally and wondering why so many.

[mmegaera]

This is biased too much in favor of remembering character names instead of the actual books. I was an English major, and while I remembered the plots of most of these books, the character names just didn't stay with me.

[countrycousin]

The quizzes vary, but they are definitely trivia, not substantial. But I like to get them for the memory exercise. The Free Rice site is probably more meaningful, although vocabulary by itself borders on triva.

[dkogan]

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My memory for names and my appreciation for the classics are similarly atrophied.

[countrycousin]

My appreciation of the classics can't atrophy very much. :-) I learned most of them from Classics Comics which were my youth's graphic novels.