Silliness Quiz - Page 447

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

5: CS Lewis (one of the Narnia books but not sure which)

Actually, as I think back it's Prince Caspian...

You're correct on the author, and it is indeed one of the Narnia books. Not Prince Caspian, though.

"Star" is itself a clue to which book.

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 04:21 PM

1. "Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?"

2. "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?" Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Issybird

3. "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - Poohbear

4. "When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole."

5. "We are never told what would have happened." The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - title from Bookpossum, author from PeterT

6. "No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato.... " Villette by Charlotte Bronte - Issybird

7. "I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours." Three men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome - Poohbear

8. "She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else." The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte - title from Bookpossum, author from Orlok

9. "A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes." - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - Poohbear

10. "How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am heart-burned an hour after." Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare - Issybird

Bookpossum · 04-09-2012, 05:52 PM

5. "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"?

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

5. "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"?

Correct!

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 05:57 PM

Current scores:
Issybird and Poohbear, six points each.
Bookpossum, two points.
Orlok and PeterT, one point each.

Bookpossum · 04-09-2012, 05:57 PM

I only guessed it because of your clue!

And is 8. "Agnes Grey"?

I haven't read it but I think it's about a governess who would tend to be ignored by most people. It doesn't sound like "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 06:01 PM

No, not Agnes Grey. So it's...

Bookpossum · 04-09-2012, 06:02 PM

"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 06:10 PM

Well done.

It's about one of the secondary characters - she's overlooked by most people, but Gilbert notices that she's one of the few people Helen trusts to look after her little boy.

Now two points to Bookpossum.

Bookpossum · 04-09-2012, 06:18 PM

Ah, I see. Nothing like being pushed over the line by the umpire!

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 06:30 PM

Four points still available, with Issy and Pooh neck-and-neck.

1. "Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?"

- By an English writer, partly set in England, partly set elsewhere. This quote is from an "elsewhere" section.

4. "When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole."

- From a very well-known title by an American writer.

Bookpossum · 04-09-2012, 06:33 PM

4. Edith Wharton?

I should know 1. but can't place it.

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 06:38 PM

No, not Edith Wharton. And I expect you do know both.

Bookpossum · 04-09-2012, 06:48 PM

"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell?

(I'm trying to think of really well-known titles.)

Shayne Parkinson · 04-09-2012, 06:51 PM

No. Published earlier than that.

04-09-2012, 04:21 PM	#6692
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	1. "Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?" 2. "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?" Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Issybird 3. "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - Poohbear 4. "When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole." 5. "We are never told what would have happened." The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - title from Bookpossum, author from PeterT 6. "No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato.... " Villette by Charlotte Bronte - Issybird 7. "I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours." Three men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome - Poohbear 8. "She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else." The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte - title from Bookpossum, author from Orlok 9. "A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes." - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - Poohbear 10. "How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am heart-burned an hour after." Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare - Issybird Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 04-09-2012 at 06:13 PM.

04-09-2012, 05:57 PM	#6695
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Current scores: Issybird and Poohbear, six points each. Bookpossum, two points. Orlok and PeterT, one point each. Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 04-09-2012 at 06:14 PM.

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04-09-2012, 05:52 PM	#6693
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	5. "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"?

04-09-2012, 05:57 PM	#6696
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	I only guessed it because of your clue! And is 8. "Agnes Grey"? I haven't read it but I think it's about a governess who would tend to be ignored by most people. It doesn't sound like "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".

04-09-2012, 06:01 PM	#6697
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	No, not Agnes Grey. So it's...

04-09-2012, 06:02 PM	#6698
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".

04-09-2012, 06:10 PM	#6699
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Well done. It's about one of the secondary characters - she's overlooked by most people, but Gilbert notices that she's one of the few people Helen trusts to look after her little boy. Now two points to Bookpossum.

04-09-2012, 06:18 PM	#6700
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Ah, I see. Nothing like being pushed over the line by the umpire!

04-09-2012, 06:30 PM	#6701
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Four points still available, with Issy and Pooh neck-and-neck. 1. "Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?" - By an English writer, partly set in England, partly set elsewhere. This quote is from an "elsewhere" section. 4. "When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole." - From a very well-known title by an American writer.

04-09-2012, 06:33 PM	#6702
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	4. Edith Wharton? I should know 1. but can't place it.

04-09-2012, 06:38 PM	#6703
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	No, not Edith Wharton. And I expect you do know both.

04-09-2012, 06:48 PM	#6704
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell? (I'm trying to think of really well-known titles.)

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04-09-2012, 06:51 PM	#6705
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	No. Published earlier than that.