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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8
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9
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11
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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.