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Joe

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Mar 21, 2018, 4:08:32 AM3/21/18
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Welcome to Rotating Quiz 285. Usual rules apply i.e answer purely from
your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the
event of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first
tie-breaker and then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I
will mark this on or just after Tuesday 27 March 2018.

All questions are worth one point each except where stated.

First novels. I give you the title and publication date of a well known
author's first novel, you supply the author's name.

1) Almayer's Folly (1895)
2) The White Peacock (1911)
3) Cup of Gold (1929)

First Names. I give you the name by which a writer is best known, you
supply their first name.

4) Lord Byron
5) Harper Lee
6) Salman Rushdie

Pseudonyms. I give you the real name of a well known author, you supply
their pen name.

7) Eric Arthur Blair
8) David Cornwell
9) Francois-Marie Arouet

Fictional languages. In which books were the following fictional
languages introduced?

10) Newspeak
11) Nadsat
12) Lapine

Literary mash-ups. I give you two authors, you supply the titles of one
work by each in which the last word or words of the first form the
first word or words of the second. e.g. Mitchell/Grahame would be 'Gone
with the Wind in the Willows'.

13) Greene/Easton Ellis
14) Moore/Gray
15) Kerouac/Boyle

The last five questions are about books that became songs. Please
supply the name of the well known band or solo artiste that recorded
the following. Bonus point for the album on which the song first
appeared.

16) Rime of the Ancient Mariner
17) Lord of the Flies (two possible answers - one point for each)
18) Tom Sawyer
19) Bell Jar
20) All Quiet on the Western Front

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Dan Blum

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Mar 21, 2018, 8:40:37 AM3/21/18
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Joe <j...@oxtedonline.com> wrote:

> 1) Almayer's Folly (1895)

Henry James

> 2) The White Peacock (1911)

Robert Graves

> 3) Cup of Gold (1929)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

> 4) Lord Byron

George

> 7) Eric Arthur Blair

George Orwell

> 8) David Cornwell

John Le Carre

> 9) Francois-Marie Arouet

George Sand

> 10) Newspeak

1984

> 11) Nadsat

A Clockwork Orange

> 13) Greene/Easton Ellis

The Ugly American Psycho

> 18) Tom Sawyer

Rush

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Marc Dashevsky

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Mar 21, 2018, 10:55:27 AM3/21/18
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In article <fhei7u...@mid.individual.net>, j...@oxtedonline.com says...
>
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 285. Usual rules apply i.e answer purely from
> your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the
> event of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first
> tie-breaker and then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I
> will mark this on or just after Tuesday 27 March 2018.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> First novels. I give you the title and publication date of a well known
> author's first novel, you supply the author's name.
>
> 1) Almayer's Folly (1895)
> 2) The White Peacock (1911)
> 3) Cup of Gold (1929)
>
> First Names. I give you the name by which a writer is best known, you
> supply their first name.
>
> 4) Lord Byron
> 5) Harper Lee
> 6) Salman Rushdie
>
> Pseudonyms. I give you the real name of a well known author, you supply
> their pen name.
>
> 7) Eric Arthur Blair
George Orwell

> 8) David Cornwell
John le Carre

> 9) Francois-Marie Arouet
>
> Fictional languages. In which books were the following fictional
> languages introduced?
>
> 10) Newspeak
1984

> 11) Nadsat
A Clockwork Orange

> 12) Lapine
Watership Down

> Literary mash-ups. I give you two authors, you supply the titles of one
> work by each in which the last word or words of the first form the
> first word or words of the second. e.g. Mitchell/Grahame would be 'Gone
> with the Wind in the Willows'.
>
> 13) Greene/Easton Ellis
The Quiet American Psycho

> 14) Moore/Gray
> 15) Kerouac/Boyle
On The Road to . . .

> The last five questions are about books that became songs. Please
> supply the name of the well known band or solo artiste that recorded
> the following. Bonus point for the album on which the song first
> appeared.
>
> 16) Rime of the Ancient Mariner
> 17) Lord of the Flies (two possible answers - one point for each)
> 18) Tom Sawyer
> 19) Bell Jar
> 20) All Quiet on the Western Front



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Peter Smyth

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Mar 21, 2018, 1:32:27 PM3/21/18
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Joe wrote:

>
>
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 285. Usual rules apply i.e answer purely from your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will mark this on or just after Tuesday 27 March 2018.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> First novels. I give you the title and publication date of a well known author's first novel, you supply the author's name.
>
> 1) Almayer's Folly (1895)
> 2) The White Peacock (1911)
> 3) Cup of Gold (1929)
>
> First Names. I give you the name by which a writer is best known, you supply their first name.
>
> 4) Lord Byron
> 5) Harper Lee
> 6) Salman Rushdie
>
> Pseudonyms. I give you the real name of a well known author, you supply their pen name.
>
> 7) Eric Arthur Blair
George Orwell
> 8) David Cornwell
> 9) Francois-Marie Arouet
>
> Fictional languages. In which books were the following fictional languages introduced?
>
> 10) Newspeak
Nineteen Eighty Four
> 11) Nadsat
> 12) Lapine
>
> Literary mash-ups. I give you two authors, you supply the titles of one work by each in which the last word or words of the first form the first word or words of the second. e.g. Mitchell/Grahame would be 'Gone with the Wind in the Willows'.
>
> 13) Greene/Easton Ellis
> 14) Moore/Gray
> 15) Kerouac/Boyle
>
> The last five questions are about books that became songs. Please supply the name of the well known band or solo artiste that recorded the following. Bonus point for the album on which the song first appeared.
>
> 16) Rime of the Ancient Mariner
> 17) Lord of the Flies (two possible answers - one point for each)
> 18) Tom Sawyer
> 19) Bell Jar
> 20) All Quiet on the Western Front


Peter Smyth

Mark Brader

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Mar 21, 2018, 2:33:41 PM3/21/18
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John Masters:
> 7) Eric Arthur Blair

George Orwell.

> 8) David Cornwell
,
John le Carre.

> 9) Francois-Marie Arouet

Voltaire.

> 10) Newspeak

"Nineteen Eighty-Four".

> 11) Nadsat

"A Clockwork Orange".

> Literary mash-ups. I give you two authors, you supply the titles of one
> work by each in which the last word or words of the first form the
> first word or words of the second. e.g. Mitchell/Grahame would be 'Gone
> with the Wind in the Willows'.
>
> 13) Greene/Easton Ellis

"The Quiet American Psycho".
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Erland Sommarskog

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Mar 21, 2018, 3:54:28 PM3/21/18
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Joe (j...@oxtedonline.com) writes:
> 7) Eric Arthur Blair

George Orwell

> 10) Newspeak

1984

> 16) Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Don't know if Tasavallan Presidentti counts as well-known, but they
recorded a track on their self-titled debut album.

> 18) Tom Sawyer

There is a song by Rush with this title on Moving Pictures, but I am
not certain that it's really related to the book in more than the title.


Dan Tilque

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Mar 24, 2018, 1:52:47 AM3/24/18
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Joe wrote:
>
>
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 285. Usual rules apply i.e answer purely from
> your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
> of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
> then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will mark this on
> or just after Tuesday 27 March 2018.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> First novels. I give you the title and publication date of a well known
> author's first novel, you supply the author's name.
>
> 1) Almayer's Folly (1895)
> 2) The White Peacock (1911)
> 3) Cup of Gold (1929)

Hemmingway ?

>
> First Names. I give you the name by which a writer is best known, you
> supply their first name.
>
> 4) Lord Byron

George

> 5) Harper Lee

Alice ?

> 6) Salman Rushdie
>
> Pseudonyms. I give you the real name of a well known author, you supply
> their pen name.
>
> 7) Eric Arthur Blair

George Orwell

> 8) David Cornwell
> 9) Francois-Marie Arouet
>
> Fictional languages. In which books were the following fictional
> languages introduced?
>
> 10) Newspeak

1984

> 11) Nadsat

A Clockwork Orange

> 12) Lapine
>
> Literary mash-ups. I give you two authors, you supply the titles of one
> work by each in which the last word or words of the first form the first
> word or words of the second. e.g. Mitchell/Grahame would be 'Gone with
> the Wind in the Willows'.
>
> 13) Greene/Easton Ellis
> 14) Moore/Gray
> 15) Kerouac/Boyle
>
> The last five questions are about books that became songs. Please supply
> the name of the well known band or solo artiste that recorded the
> following. Bonus point for the album on which the song first appeared.
>
> 16) Rime of the Ancient Mariner
> 17) Lord of the Flies (two possible answers - one point for each)
> 18) Tom Sawyer
> 19) Bell Jar
> 20) All Quiet on the Western Front
>


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Joe

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Mar 26, 2018, 4:10:56 PM3/26/18
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On 2018-03-21 08:08:30 +0000, Joe said:

> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 285.

That seems to be all the entries and it turned out to be harder than I
thought it would be.

First novels. I give you the title and publication date of a well known
author's first novel, you supply the author's name.
Nobody got any of these which did surprise me. Certainly Conrad and
Lawrence are staples of any foundation Eng. Lit. course.

1) Almayer's Folly (1895)

Joseph Conrad

2) The White Peacock (1911)

D H Lawrence

3) Cup of Gold (1929)

John Steinbeck

First Names. I give you the name by which a writer is best known, you
supply their first name.

4) Lord Byron

George

Both the Dans got this

5) Harper Lee

Nelle

6) Salman Rushdie

Ahmed

Pseudonyms. I give you the real name of a well known author, you supply
their pen name.

7) Eric Arthur Blair

George Orwell

Everybody got this.

8) David Cornwell

John Le Carre

Dan Blum, Marc and Mark got this

9) Francois-Marie Arouet

Voltaire

Singleton for Mark

Fictional languages. In which books were the following fictional
languages introduced?

10) Newspeak

1984

Everybody got this.

11) Nadsat

A Clockwork Orange

Dan Blum, Marc and Mark got this.

12) Lapine

Watership Down

Marc got this. Any French speakers that did not get this, hang your
heads in shame.


Literary mash-ups. I give you two authors, you supply the titles of one
work by each in which the last word or words of the first form the
first word or words of the second. e.g. Mitchell/Grahame would be 'Gone
with the Wind in the Willows'.

13) Greene/Easton Ellis

The Quiet American Psycho

Marc and Mark got this

'The Ugly American' was by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer

14) Moore/Gray

Stupid White Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

15) Kerouac/Boyle

On the Road to Wellville

The last five questions are about books that became songs. Please
supply the name of the well known band or solo artiste that recorded
the following. Bonus point for the album on which the song first
appeared. Album in parentheses.

16) Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Iron Maiden (Powerslave)

17) Lord of the Flies (two possible answers - one point for each)

Iron Maiden (The X Factor)
Nosferatu (Lord of the Flies)

Sorry, can't accept Tasavallan Presidentti. Too obscure.

18) Tom Sawyer

Rush (Moving Pictures)

Dan Blum and Erland got this. Bonus point to Erland for the album title.

19) Bell Jar

The Bangles (Everything)

Nobody got this

20) All Quiet on the Western Front

Elton John (Jump Up)

Nobody got this.


Dan Blum
Mark Dashevsky
Peter Smyth
Mark Brader
Erland
Dan Tilque
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So we have a three-way tie between Dan Blum, Marc and Mark. If I've got
this right Mark was the only one to answer Q9 and Marc the only one to
get Q12. As Marc posted first I declare Marc Dashevsky the winner. If,
in the highly likely event of a mistake on my part, feel free to
complain. Otherwise over to Marc.

Joe

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Mar 26, 2018, 4:14:49 PM3/26/18
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On 2018-03-26 20:10:55 +0000, Joe said:

> On 2018-03-21 08:08:30 +0000, Joe said:
>

Damn, that didn't come out as planned.

Mark Brader

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Mar 26, 2018, 5:42:56 PM3/26/18
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John Masters:
> Damn, that didn't come out as planned.

I think you meant:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TOTALS

Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Mark Brader 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Dan Blum 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Dan Tilque 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Peter Smyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 1 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

With Marc winning, as you say, on the second tiebreaker. Well done, Marc!
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Marc Dashevsky

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Mar 26, 2018, 6:25:10 PM3/26/18
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In article <XYudnUktE5TG9CTH...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
>
> John Masters:
> > Damn, that didn't come out as planned.
>
> I think you meant:
>
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TOTALS
>
> Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
> Mark Brader 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
> Dan Blum 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
> Dan Tilque 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
> Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
> Peter Smyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
>
> 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 1 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
>
> With Marc winning, as you say, on the second tiebreaker. Well done, Marc!

Let's see what I can come up with in a day or to.

Joe

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Mar 27, 2018, 2:44:22 AM3/27/18
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On 2018-03-26 21:42:51 +0000, Mark Brader said:

> John Masters:
>> Damn, that didn't come out as planned.
>
> I think you meant:
>
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TOTALS
>
> Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
> Mark Brader 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
> Dan Blum 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
> Dan Tilque 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
> Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
> Peter Smyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
>
> 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 1 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
>
> With Marc winning, as you say, on the second tiebreaker. Well done, Marc!

Thanks Mark.
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