Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Question > Literature

More back to school Trivia:

What novel features the History and Civics lessons of teacher Mr. Dubois?

UPDATE: Answer: Starship Troopers

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Question > Literature

What author has written books which have been turned into movies starring John Cusack and Hugh Grant?

UPDATE: Answer: Nick Hornby (author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, respectively)

Friday, February 09, 2007

Question > Literature

In what book would you find the characters John Nike, Billy NRA, and Buy Mitsui?

UPDATE: Answer: Jennifer Government by Max Barry

The dystopian near future satire features a capitalistic culture pervaded so totally by corporations that people adopt the last name of their employer.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Question > Literature

What short story writer and novelist passed his time in 1996 writing speeches for presidential candidate Bob Dole?

UPDATE: Answer: Mike Helprin

Friday, February 02, 2007

Question > Literature

What author's short story collection includes several about Michigan man, Nicholas Adams?

UPDATE: Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Question > Literature

Who were the main members of the Inklings?

UPDATE: Answer: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield
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Although it is true that the Inklings began with other original members, including an undergrad founder, as well as additional members throughout the years of it's regular formation, these four members are most recognized as the primary members of the group.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Question > Literature

From what poem comes the line: "Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to do and die."?

UPDATE: Answer: The Charge of the Light Brigade, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson