Thursday, January 19, 2006

Multiple Choice #8 - Literature

Yes, contain what little excitement you have... It's Trivia Time again! This time the category is Literature... More than likely you have at least heard of most of these books, authors, or plays... Take some wild guesses if you don't know, but as always good luck and don't forget to e-mail me the answers. The date that you have to submit your answers by is January 27th.

1. Which Shakespeare play included the famous line, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse"?

A. Macbeth
B. King Lear
C. Richard III
D. Henry VII

2. In all of the Harry Potter books to date the name of Ron Weasley's rat has been mentioned, what was it?

A. Scratchy
B. Scabbers
C. Scrounger
D. Scrabby

3. Pip (Philip Pirrip), a boy that experiences the world one amazing moment at a time, and becomes an unlikely gentleman after receiving an inheritance from an unknown source. Which Charles Dickens novel does Pip appear in?

A. Modern Times
B. David Copperfield
C. Great Expectations
D. A Tale of Two Cities

4. In which John Grisham novel do all of these characters exist: Nicholas Easter, Lou Dell, Claire Clement, and Jacob Wood?

A. The Testament
B. The Runaway Jury
C. The Client
D. The Pelican Brief

5. What is the name of the ship from "Moby Dick"?

A. The Ahab
B. The Queequeg
C. The Melville
D. The Pequod

Bonus Question - What was the title of the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

A. The Hobbit
B. The Fellowship of the Ring
C. The Two Towers
D. The Return of the King

2 comments:

Gleezus said...
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Gleezus said...

Okay the results are in.
Here are the correct answers:

1. C - Richard III
2. B - Scabbers
3. C - Great Expectations
4. B - The Runaway Jury
5. D - The Pequod
Bonus - B - The Fellowship of the Ring

Here's the scoring

Grandpa - 4 points
Laura - 3 points and 1 bonus point
Jimmy - 2 points
Debbie - 1 point
Glen - 1 point (no one got #4 right)

Okay next quiz will be Technology and then a Miscellaneous after that. Good Luck and I'll update the scoreboard later today.