Silliness Quiz - Page 869

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

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

A good guess, but not a correct one.

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by orlok

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

Yes, it is indeed about Ulysses

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

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

I thought you'd know this one.

Yes, it's The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 02:38 PM

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 Little Nell without laughing." Oscar Wilde on The Old Curiosity Shop. Bookpossum, Bilbo 1 point each.

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". ? on The Great Gatsby. Poohbear, 1 point.

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?" ? on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. pdurrant, 1 point.

5. "One of the few English novels written for grown-up people." Virginia Woolf on Middlemarch. Bookpossum, 2 points.

6. "Juvenile trash". ? on The Fellowship of the Ring. Glorfindel, 1 point.

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." Charlotte Bronte on ? Billi, 1 point.

10. "The work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.” ? on Ulysses. Orlok, 1 point.

Glorfindel · 03-11-2014, 05:48 PM

6. is it LotR by chance?

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glorfindel

6. is it LotR by chance?

It is indeed! FOTR, to be specific. A point to you, Elf-lord.

poohbear_nc · 03-11-2014, 05:58 PM

2. A review of Harry Potter?

poohbear_nc · 03-11-2014, 05:59 PM

3. Review of The Great Gatsby?

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

2. A review of Harry Potter?

Very good! I need to be firm and ask which one, though.

poohbear_nc · 03-11-2014, 06:00 PM

7. Sounds like Mark Twain reviewing/trashing a lady author ...

[Thank you Shayne for a literary quiz!]

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

3. Review of The Great Gatsby?

You're on a roll. The Great Gatsby indeed.

poohbear_nc · 03-11-2014, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Very good! I need to be firm and ask which one, though.

I don't know the individual titles!

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

7. Sounds like Mark Twain reviewing/trashing a lady author ...

It does indeed, but it isn't Twain. Definitely talking about a lady, though.

Quote:

[Thank you Shayne for a literary quiz!]

You're most welcome.

Shayne Parkinson · 03-11-2014, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I don't know the individual titles!

A number will do.

poohbear_nc · 03-11-2014, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

It does indeed, but it isn't Twain. Definitely talking about a lady, though.

You're most welcome.

Ambrose Bierce?

03-11-2014, 02:38 PM	#13024
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	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 Little Nell without laughing." Oscar Wilde on The Old Curiosity Shop. Bookpossum, Bilbo 1 point each. 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". ? on The Great Gatsby. Poohbear, 1 point. 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?" ? on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. pdurrant, 1 point. 5. "One of the few English novels written for grown-up people." Virginia Woolf on Middlemarch. Bookpossum, 2 points. 6. "Juvenile trash". ? on The Fellowship of the Ring. Glorfindel, 1 point. 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." Charlotte Bronte on ? Billi, 1 point. 10. "The work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.” ? on Ulysses. Orlok, 1 point. Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 03-11-2014 at 06:02 PM.

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03-11-2014, 05:48 PM	#13025
Glorfindel Force-Aware Elf Posts: 4,762 Karma: 11557898 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Valinor Device: Kindle 4 w/SO	6. is it LotR by chance?

03-11-2014, 05:58 PM	#13027
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,713 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	2. A review of Harry Potter?

03-11-2014, 05:59 PM	#13028
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,713 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	3. Review of The Great Gatsby?

03-11-2014, 06:00 PM	#13030
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,713 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	7. Sounds like Mark Twain reviewing/trashing a lady author ... [Thank you Shayne for a literary quiz!]