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jodamiller in trivia_rockout

Game XVI, Round 2: Literature

Jan 12, 2006 09:27

Below are the first lines from different books. One-half point will be awarded for the title of the book, one-half point will be awareded for the author of the book.

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jodamiller January 12 2006, 07:31:24 UTC

The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper
Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Lord of the Flies - William Golding

sourisverte January 12 2006, 07:43:11 UTC

1. The call of the wild, Jack London
2. A tale of two cities, Charles Dickens
3. The Prince, Machiavelli
4. The grapes of wrath, John Steinbeck
5. Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe

jodamiller January 12 2006, 07:46:20 UTC

Two points.

hed January 12 2006, 09:05:08 UTC

1) Mason and Dixon, Thomas Pynchon
2) Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
3) The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespear
4) Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
5) William Golding, Lord of the Flies

jodamiller January 12 2006, 09:07:31 UTC

Two points.

hed January 12 2006, 09:13:31 UTC

Don't I get 2.5?

1 point for #2 and 5 and .5 for #4?

jodamiller January 12 2006, 09:16:32 UTC

My bad; yeah, 2.5. Usually when someone gets 0.5 points it's for the book and not the author. When I saw you had the wrong book, I guess I just skipped the author.

ANSWERS ROUND II jabberwocky January 12 2006, 09:05:15 UTC

I wonder if I should even bother putting this game in the Memories...it's all there already!

1) The Last Of The Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

2) A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

3) War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy

4) The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck

5) The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding

Re: ANSWERS ROUND II jodamiller January 12 2006, 09:07:59 UTC

Though in a different order.

Five points.

Re: ANSWERS ROUND II roark January 19 2006, 12:37:03 UTC

Not really, since some of us are doing worse/better than we did the first time around!

Helxp jabberwocky January 19 2006, 15:29:14 UTC

Yeah but the Memories are there for the questions, not the answers--hence the categorical division thereof.

two mildred_pierce January 12 2006, 16:24:52 UTC

1. the last of the mohicans - joseph conrad

2. a tale of two cities - charles dickens

3. hmmm

4. the grapes of wrath - john stienbeck

5. lord of the flies - me not know

Re: two jodamiller January 12 2006, 20:52:08 UTC

Three points.