Silliness Quiz - Page 868

Kumabjorn · 03-10-2014, 05:48 PM

Exactly. Always read the first post. Shayne, take it away.

Bookpossum · 03-10-2014, 05:49 PM

Ah well, live and learn! If we are curious enough to look up the answer, we then bow out of the game and leave it to others who just might know.

Meantime, Shayne can cook up something for us.

Edit: Oops - sorry, I didn't realise you would be there Kumabjorn!

Shayne Parkinson · 03-10-2014, 06:03 PM

Thanks, Kumabjorn, a nice crop of questions!

I'll post a quiz later today. First I have to get my daily word count done.

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 12:09 AM

The following collection turned out more overwhelmingly negative than I'd planned! The excoriating reviews are easier to find.

--

Comments on various works of literature. One point each for the work and the commenter.

1. "One must have a heart of stone to read the death of [main character] without laughing."

2. "How to read [title]? Why, very quickly, to begin with, and perhaps also to make an end. Why read it? Presumably, if you cannot be persuaded to read anything better, [author] will have to do."

3. "In form no more than a glorified anecdote, and not too probable at that"

4. "It really won't do, you know! I mean to say: 'Nymphs and their Ways, The Love-Life of a Faun'. Doesn't he know what he's talking about?"

5. "One of the few English novels written for grown-up people"

6. "Juvenile trash"

7. "I would not have had that reference made to [the author]'s preposterous book (I have read it) for any money. I blush to join the Shameful lick-spittle Chorus."

8. "Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron; here is a book that will break your heart"

9. "An accurate daguerreotyped portrait of a common-place face; a carefully fenced, highly cultivated garden, with neat borders and delicate flowers—but no glance of a bright vivid physiognomy—no open country—no fresh air—no blue hill—no bonny beck."

10. "The work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.”

Kumabjorn · 03-11-2014, 02:47 AM

6. Harry Potter?

Bookpossum · 03-11-2014, 04:51 AM

1. Sounds as if it could have been written by Mark Twain. Is it about The Old Curiosity Shop?

5. About Middlemarch? Was it Virginia Woolf who said it?

Bilbo1967 · 03-11-2014, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

1. Sounds as if it could have been written by Mark Twain. Is it about The Old Curiosity Shop?

I remember reading this one (in a Bill Bryson book I think). It is the death of Little Nell, but I think it was Oscar Wilde that said it.

Billi · 03-11-2014, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

9. "An accurate daguerreotyped portrait of a common-place face; a carefully fenced, highly cultivated garden, with neat borders and delicate flowers—but no glance of a bright vivid physiognomy—no open country—no fresh air—no blue hill—no bonny beck."

If I remember it right this was Charlotte Bronte about Jane Austen.

Stitchawl · 03-11-2014, 09:03 AM

I'm going guess that #2 was about 'The DaVinci Code. As much as I enjoyed reading it, every reviewer seemed to pan it this way.

Stitchawl

orlok · 03-11-2014, 09:25 AM

I seem to remember 10 being about James Joyce - was it Ulysses?

pdurrant · 03-11-2014, 11:08 AM

Could 4 be The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? (Books on Mr Tumnus's bookshelves?)

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

6. Harry Potter?

No, something older.

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

1. Sounds as if it could have been written by Mark Twain. Is it about The Old Curiosity Shop?

It is indeed about The Old Curiosity Shop, but not from Twain.

Quote:

5. About Middlemarch? Was it Virginia Woolf who said it?

Correct on both counts.

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

I remember reading this one (in a Bill Bryson book I think). It is the death of Little Nell, but I think it was Oscar Wilde that said it.

It was indeed Wilde.

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billi

If I remember it right this was Charlotte Bronte about Jane Austen.

Yes, indeed! Quite right, Billi. Which particular novel was she referring to?

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03-10-2014, 05:48 PM	#13006
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Exactly. Always read the first post. Shayne, take it away.

03-10-2014, 05:49 PM	#13007
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Ah well, live and learn! If we are curious enough to look up the answer, we then bow out of the game and leave it to others who just might know. Meantime, Shayne can cook up something for us. Edit: Oops - sorry, I didn't realise you would be there Kumabjorn!

03-10-2014, 06:03 PM	#13008
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Thanks, Kumabjorn, a nice crop of questions! I'll post a quiz later today. First I have to get my daily word count done.

03-11-2014, 12:09 AM	#13009
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	The following collection turned out more overwhelmingly negative than I'd planned! The excoriating reviews are easier to find. -- Comments on various works of literature. One point each for the work and the commenter. 1. "One must have a heart of stone to read the death of [main character] without laughing." 2. "How to read [title]? Why, very quickly, to begin with, and perhaps also to make an end. Why read it? Presumably, if you cannot be persuaded to read anything better, [author] will have to do." 3. "In form no more than a glorified anecdote, and not too probable at that" 4. "It really won't do, you know! I mean to say: 'Nymphs and their Ways, The Love-Life of a Faun'. Doesn't he know what he's talking about?" 5. "One of the few English novels written for grown-up people" 6. "Juvenile trash" 7. "I would not have had that reference made to [the author]'s preposterous book (I have read it) for any money. I blush to join the Shameful lick-spittle Chorus." 8. "Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron; here is a book that will break your heart" 9. "An accurate daguerreotyped portrait of a common-place face; a carefully fenced, highly cultivated garden, with neat borders and delicate flowers—but no glance of a bright vivid physiognomy—no open country—no fresh air—no blue hill—no bonny beck." 10. "The work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.”

03-11-2014, 02:47 AM	#13010
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	6. Harry Potter?

03-11-2014, 04:51 AM	#13011
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	1. Sounds as if it could have been written by Mark Twain. Is it about The Old Curiosity Shop? 5. About Middlemarch? Was it Virginia Woolf who said it?

03-11-2014, 09:03 AM	#13014
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	I'm going guess that #2 was about 'The DaVinci Code. As much as I enjoyed reading it, every reviewer seemed to pan it this way. Stitchawl

03-11-2014, 09:25 AM	#13015
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	I seem to remember 10 being about James Joyce - was it Ulysses?

03-11-2014, 11:08 AM	#13016
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,504 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Could 4 be The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? (Books on Mr Tumnus's bookshelves?)

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