Silliness Quiz - Page 824

Stitchawl · 12-20-2013, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Painting on an Egyptian tomb wall?

The Chicken got it on the first try!
Yes, it was a painting of two fencers, complete with masks, on the inside of one of the Egyptian tombs!

Gives a good one, Pooh!

Bookpossum · 12-20-2013, 05:20 AM

Gosh Pooh, well done! I had thought the Egyptians were too early for it.

poohbear_nc · 12-20-2013, 04:22 PM

It was a completely wild guess! I too thought the answer was in the Odyssey/Iliad/Aeneid era.

I'm just leaving work now - will post a new question when I get home!

poohbear_nc · 12-20-2013, 06:03 PM

OK - I'm always complaining when someone posts a maths question in this thread (not that it does any good!

) - since I much prefer literature quizzes ....

So let's do a mash-up! A numerical literary quiz!

These authors have all written books with numbers in the titles - can you name the book (by the numbers?)

1. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude - Kumabjorn

2. Dodie Smith - 101 Dalmatians - Kumabjorn

3. Marquis de Sade - 120 Days of Sodom - Stitchawl

4. Arthur Schlesinger - The 1000 Days

5. Leon Uris - Trinity -Kumabjorn - and -Mila 18

6. John Buchan - The 39 Steps - Kumabjorn

7. James Frey - A 1,000,000 Little Pieces - Bookpossum

8. Thomas Pynchon - The 42nd Parallel

9. John Dos Passos - The 42nd Parallel, 3 Soldiers, Number 1 - Stitchawl

10. Helene Hanff - 84, Charing Cross Road - Shayne Parkinson

Score:
Kumabjorn: 4
Stitchawl: 5
Shayne: 1
Bookpossum: 1

Kumabjorn · 12-20-2013, 06:12 PM

1) 100 - One Hundres Years of Solitude
2) 100 - Hundred and One Dalmatians
6) 39 - The 39 Steps

Technically 1) and 2) could also use One I suppose

poohbear_nc · 12-20-2013, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

1) 100 - One Hundres Years of Solitude
2) 100 - Hundred and One Dalmatians
6) 39 - The 39 Steps

Technically 1) and 2) could also use One I suppose

Excellent start! All correct!

Kumabjorn · 12-20-2013, 06:51 PM

5) 3 - Trinity

I have a feeling that is stretching it though, in terms of numbers that is.

issybird · 12-20-2013, 06:55 PM

Are you giving two points for Uris?

(I'm not counting Trinity!)

Shayne Parkinson · 12-20-2013, 07:39 PM

10 - 84 Charing Cross Road.

poohbear_nc · 12-20-2013, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

5) 3 - Trinity

I have a feeling that is stretching it though, in terms of numbers that is.

Hmm ... didn't think of that one .... but sure!

poohbear_nc · 12-20-2013, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

Are you giving two points for Uris?

(I'm not counting Trinity!)

Sure - jump in with another title!

poohbear_nc · 12-20-2013, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

10 - 84 Charing Cross Road.

Right!
[one of my all time favorite books]

Stitchawl · 12-20-2013, 07:54 PM

DeSade;
"120 Days of Sodom"

John Dos Passos
"Three Soldiers"
"The 42nd Parallel"
"Number One"

Stitchawl

poohbear_nc · 12-20-2013, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

DeSade;
"120 Days of Sodom"

John Dos Passos
"Three Soldiers"
"The 42nd Parallel"
"Number One"

Stitchawl

Excellent!

Bookpossum · 12-20-2013, 10:35 PM

Wasn't James Frey one of those people who wrote what was supposed to be a memoir and was then exposed as a fake? Title something like A Thousand Tiny Pieces.

12-20-2013, 06:03 PM	#12349
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,682 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	OK - I'm always complaining when someone posts a maths question in this thread (not that it does any good! ) - since I much prefer literature quizzes .... So let's do a mash-up! A numerical literary quiz! These authors have all written books with numbers in the titles - can you name the book (by the numbers?) 1. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude - Kumabjorn 2. Dodie Smith - 101 Dalmatians - Kumabjorn 3. Marquis de Sade - 120 Days of Sodom - Stitchawl 4. Arthur Schlesinger - The 1000 Days 5. Leon Uris - Trinity -Kumabjorn - and -Mila 18 6. John Buchan - The 39 Steps - Kumabjorn 7. James Frey - A 1,000,000 Little Pieces - Bookpossum 8. Thomas Pynchon - The 42nd Parallel 9. John Dos Passos - The 42nd Parallel, 3 Soldiers, Number 1 - Stitchawl 10. Helene Hanff - 84, Charing Cross Road - Shayne Parkinson Score: Kumabjorn: 4 Stitchawl: 5 Shayne: 1 Bookpossum: 1 Last edited by poohbear_nc; 12-24-2013 at 02:07 PM.

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12-20-2013, 05:20 AM	#12347
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Gosh Pooh, well done! I had thought the Egyptians were too early for it.

12-20-2013, 04:22 PM	#12348
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,682 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	It was a completely wild guess! I too thought the answer was in the Odyssey/Iliad/Aeneid era. I'm just leaving work now - will post a new question when I get home!

12-20-2013, 06:12 PM	#12350
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	1) 100 - One Hundres Years of Solitude 2) 100 - Hundred and One Dalmatians 6) 39 - The 39 Steps Technically 1) and 2) could also use One I suppose

12-20-2013, 06:51 PM	#12352
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	5) 3 - Trinity I have a feeling that is stretching it though, in terms of numbers that is.

12-20-2013, 06:55 PM	#12353
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,352 Karma: 235166015 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Are you giving two points for Uris? (I'm not counting Trinity!)

12-20-2013, 07:39 PM	#12354
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	10 - 84 Charing Cross Road.

12-20-2013, 07:54 PM	#12358
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	DeSade; "120 Days of Sodom" John Dos Passos "Three Soldiers" "The 42nd Parallel" "Number One" Stitchawl

12-20-2013, 10:35 PM	#12360
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Wasn't James Frey one of those people who wrote what was supposed to be a memoir and was then exposed as a fake? Title something like A Thousand Tiny Pieces.