Your answers for the Trivia Quiz -- SPOILERS! [ Edited ]

[Bill_T]

Hey everyone -- since some of us will want to post our guesses for the trivia quiz right away, I've created this thread for that purpose. That way, people coming to the quiz won't accidentally see other people's guesses while they're still figuring them out.

So, post your guesses here, if you like. But if you're still working out your answers, READ NO FURTHER!

Message Edited by Bill_T on 04-06-2007 12:35 PM

[LizzieAnn]

Aaaahhh! LOL. Tell me did you do internet research for these questions?

There's only a handful.

1 - T.S. Elliot's "The Waste Land"

4 - "April in Paris"

10 - Alfred, Lord Tennyson


I'm stumped on the rest. Especially a 14th century poem?

[Bill_T]

Some of these I knew (I've been thinking about this quiz for a little while)...but absolutely -- some represent fun facts I found on our site or in other places.

Keep thinking about those stumpers!

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LizzieAnn wrote:
Aaaahhh! LOL. Tell me did you do internet research for these questions?

There's only a handful.

1 - T.S. Elliot's "The Waste Land"

4 - "April in Paris"

10 - Alfred, Lord Tennyson


I'm stumped on the rest. Especially a 14th century poem?

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[LizzieAnn]

I definitely will. However, I will not rest until I figure out the 14th century poem. I'll have to research it for my own info, if not for the quiz!

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Bill_T wrote:
Some of these I knew (I've been thinking about this quiz for a little while)...but absolutely -- some represent fun facts I found on our site or in other places.

Keep thinking about those stumpers!

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LizzieAnn wrote:
Aaaahhh! LOL. Tell me did you do internet research for these questions?

There's only a handful.

1 - T.S. Elliot's "The Waste Land"

4 - "April in Paris"

10 - Alfred, Lord Tennyson


I'm stumped on the rest. Especially a 14th century poem?

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[Everyman]

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LizzieAnn wrote:
I'm stumped on the rest. Especially a 14th century poem?

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EDIT: CAUTION, LIZZIE, I POSTED THE ANSWER BEFORE YOU POSTED YOUR COMMENT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, DON'T READ ON!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!



Chaucer's Canterbury tales. "Whan that Aprill with his shoures sote..." But I have always though of April more as a she than a he because of its nurturing, life-bringing aspects.

But perhaps you had to be educated before 1960 to read Chaucer.

Message Edited by Everyman on 04-06-200701:01 PM

[Melissa_W Moderator]

Here's my go:

TEN BOOKISH QUESTIONS FOR SPRING

1. The Waste Land (?)

2. Silent Spring

3. My House in Umbria (??? - I have no idea if it was a book or not, good movie tho)

4. ???????

5. Willa Cather

6. Not a clue - this didn't even make it into The English Reader ed. by Diane Ravitch - that book starts with Queen Elizabeth I's speech to the Army on the eve of the Spanish Armada invasion (which didn't happen)

7. PD Wodehouse - Jeeves

8. William Blake (very appropriate to our PL discussion)

9. Clive Cussler - Raise the Titanic

10. ??????

[Laurel]

Okay. Here goes:


1. What famous poem begins "April is the cruellest month..."

T.S Eliot, "The Waste Land"

2. What book, first published in 1962, is often credited with launching the environmental movement?

Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring." I remember reading it when it first came out (though I was still very young then!

3. What 1922 novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim about four women vacationing in Italy was adapted for the big screen in 1992?

"The Enchanted April." It is so very beautiful, and Michael Kitchen was perfect for the film. Someone has called the book "The 'Secret Garden' for grown-ups."

4. Michael Wallner's recent novel about the French resistance in World War II borrows its title from a 1932 song with lyrics about "chestnuts in blossom" and "holiday tables under the trees." What is the title of the song -- and the novel?

April In Paris

by Freddy Martin

April in Paris,
Chestnuts in blossom,
Holiday tables,
Under the trees.
April in Paris,
This is a feeling,
No one can ever reprise.

I never knew the charm of Spring,
Never met it face to face,
I never knew my heart could sing,
Never missed a warm embrace,
"Til April in Paris,
Whom can I turn to?
What have you done to my heart?

(I cheated on this one.)

5. In 1903, what award-winning novelist -- famous for portraying life in the Midwest -- made her publishing debut with the collection of poems titled "April Twilights?"

Willa Cather. I love her novels and short stories!

6. What 14th-century poem begins by describing April showers?

"The Canterbury Tales"

7. The author of Uncle Fred in the Springtime is more famous for creating what fictional English servant?

Just a guess--Jeeves? (P.G.Wodehouse)

8. Finn Coren's 1997 album Spring sets to music the words of a famous English poet born in 1757, including his works "The Tyger" and "London" -- who is the poet?

William Blake, Blake, who also wrote about the other end of March, "The Lamb."

9. In April of 1912, the Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic. What author had his first bestselling novel with a 1980 story about efforts to bring the wreck to the surface?

Hmmm....dunno. Clive Cussler?

10. Who wrote "In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love"?

One of my favorite poets, Tennyson.

Message Edited by Laurel on 04-06-200712:13 PM

[LizzieAnn]

You saved me the trouble so thank you! I never would have thought of Chaucer so it might haven taken me quite a while.

As usual, I was out of my element.

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Everyman wrote:

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LizzieAnn wrote:
I'm stumped on the rest. Especially a 14th century poem?

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EDIT: CAUTION, LIZZIE, I POSTED THE ANSWER BEFORE YOU POSTED YOUR COMMENT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, DON'T READ ON!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!



Chaucer's Canterbury tales. "Whan that Aprill with his shoures sote..." But I have always though of April more as a she than a he because of its nurturing, life-bringing aspects.

But perhaps you had to be educated before 1960 to read Chaucer.

Message Edited by Everyman on 04-06-200701:01 PM

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Message Edited by LizzieAnn on 04-06-200703:31 PM

[Bill_T]

Because I promised to post the answer key today, I'm going to reveal these here. Maybe next time we'll let it go a little longer before giving the answers. Laurel's pretty much beaten me to the punch, but here they are, officially:

1. What famous poem begins "April is the cruellest month..."

Answer: T.S. Eliot's 1922 masterpiece "The Waste Land"


2. What book, first published in 1962, is often credited with launching the environmental movement?

Answer: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring


3. What 1922 novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim about four women vacationing in Italy was adapted for the big screen in 1992?

Answer: The Enchanted April.


4. Michael Wallner's recent novel about the French resistance in World War II borrows its title from a 1932 song with lyrics about "chestnuts in blossom" and "holiday tables under the trees." What is the title of the song -- and the novel?

Answer: April in Paris. (My favorite version of the song is Ella Fitzgerald's rendition on this record.)


5. In 1903, what award-winning novelist -- famous for portraying life in the Midwest -- made her publishing debut with the collection of poems titled "April Twilights?"

Answer: Willa Cather


6. What 14th-century poem begins by describing April showers?

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales


7. The author of Uncle Fred in the Springtime is more famous for creating what fictional English servant?

Answer: P.G. Wodehouse, the creator of Jeeves


8. Finn Coren's 1997 album Spring sets to music the words of a famous English poet born in 1757, including his works "The Tyger" and "London" -- who is the poet?

Answer: William Blake


9. In April of 1912, the Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic. What author had his first bestselling novel with a 1980 story about efforts to bring the wreck to the surface?

Answer: Clive Cussler with Raise the Titanic


10. Who wrote "In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love"?

Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (in the poem "Locksley Hall")


Thanks much to all who played along --hope you all enjoyed it! We'll try another one of these next week.

[Everyman]

Thanks much to all who played along --hope you all enjoyed it! We'll try another one of these next week.

Well, there goes another fifteen minutes a week of my computer time! [g]