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stephen_dedman

Quiz time

Mar 03, 2007 11:58

Having just crashed and burned doing the Guardian's World Book Day Quiz (scoring an embarrassing 12 out of 29), I thought it was time for another last line game ( Read more... )

game, lit

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dsgood March 3 2007, 03:58:47 UTC

#8 is Arthur C. Clarke, "Superiority"

stephen_dedman March 3 2007, 03:59:43 UTC

Correct!

sovay March 3 2007, 05:09:22 UTC

#6 is Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn.

stephen_dedman March 3 2007, 05:20:09 UTC

Yes!

sovay March 3 2007, 05:28:30 UTC

It's one of my favorite books. It's entirely possible that, with a little thought, I could produce entire passages from memory. This worries me.

murasaki_1966 March 3 2007, 06:16:30 UTC

Me too. Maybe we should meet someday and recite bits to each other. Much nicer than doing Monthy Python sketches (not that there's anything wrong with that).

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battblush March 3 2007, 05:17:14 UTC

I managed 14/29 which shocks me as I only *knew* the answer to one question. The rest was total fluke.

stephen_dedman March 3 2007, 05:24:17 UTC

You're a much better guesser than I am: I knew five (and no, the Matthew Reilly wasn't one of them).

battblush March 3 2007, 05:30:14 UTC

I knew Mark Twain and could sort of work my way through the list with Lovecraft because it seemed Lovecraftian in nature.

murasaki_1966 March 3 2007, 06:28:13 UTC

I got 19 out of 29. It should have been 20, but I changed one answer and the original response was the right one.

Be fair on yourselves, people. This list is made up of stuff that only dedicated readers of "literary fiction" and books that are nominated or have won important literay prizes, have read. I did better 'cause I work in a library. If this was a science fiction/fantasy based list, you would have all blitzed it.

murasaki_1966 March 3 2007, 06:14:46 UTC

Number 1 is "Moominvalley in November" by Tove Jansson.

Are you a Moomin fan?

sovay March 3 2007, 06:23:09 UTC

Number 1 is "Moominvalley in November" by Tove Jansson.

I should have recognized that. I went through a serious Moomin period in middle school.

stephen_dedman March 3 2007, 06:38:23 UTC

Yes, and yes!

murasaki_1966 March 3 2007, 22:06:44 UTC

Glad to hear it. Did you know there is a Moomin theme park in Finland?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin_World

Jack_Ryder and I went to the Asterix theme park in France, so I have to go to this one. Someday.

sovay March 3 2007, 06:28:47 UTC

crashed and burned doing the Guardian's World Book Day Quiz

My God. I got 15, and all but four of those were guesses. Clearly some vague fragment of studying for the SATs remains lodged in my hindbrain.