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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
LOL! If it was, I wouldn't have put "1" in place of "2!" I never heard of Weir of Hermiston but certainly knew (and read) The Mystery of Edwin Drood... 
I said "2" to myself when answering, and wrote down "1." Even looking at it afterwards didn't spark any idea that I'd screwed up. That's the story of my Numbers life! Oh well... I didn't have a good question ready anyway! 
Stitchawl |
Yes, and you had two answers numbered 5. I think I can give you the benefit of the doubt on that, as the answers were right for numbers 4 and 5, and no-one else got 4. So the first correct answers received are:
1. Robert Louis Stevenson (pdurrant)
2. Charles Dickens (pdurrant)
3. Jane Austen (Billi)
4. Henry James (Stitchawl as his first number 5)
5. Elizabeth Gaskell (Stitchawl)
6. William Makepeace Thackeray (Shayne)
7. Raymond Chandler (Stitchawl)
8. Charlotte Bronte (Shayne)
9. Flann O'Brien (Issybird)
10. Lord Macaulay (Issybird)
So the scores are:
3 Stitchawl
2 pdurrant
2 Shayne
2 Issybird
1 Billi
A special mention for pdurrant for suggesting D H Lawrence for "Wives and Daughters" - a prequel to "Sons and Lovers"?
And an elephant stamp for Issy for getting the last two, which I think were the toughest ones.
So you did win after all, Stitchy! But if you want someone else to go in your place, over to Paul, Shayne or Issy.