I got 1, 3, 6, 7, 8. That's five. But this week was a hard one. ;) Yes, and taking the lead from Dick, we give thanks to our wonderful Anuty for putting these together. I enjoy them :)
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I got 1, 3, 6, 7, 8. That's five. But this week was a hard one. ;) Yes, and taking the lead from Dick, we give thanks to our wonderful Anuty for putting these together. I enjoy them :)
The Deep Freeze
Some of the questions are slushily easy; others stiff as the ice on an Adirondack lake. Either way, this week’s quiz will leave you cold. All of the questions and/or answers have something to do with the first month of winter and the final month of the year.
1. Not only does the name of this American poet fit the category, so does his most famous work, “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Who is he?
2. What is the 1982 Saul Bellow novel about a college administrator facing a mid-life crisis in two cities: Chicago and Bucharest?
3. Name the 1983 Lawrence Kasdan movie about aging baby boomers gathering after the suicide of a member of their college crowd. It starred Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, and Kevin Costner as the corpse.
4. Which 1940 play by Eugene O’Neill sets takes place entirely within Harry Hope’s saloon?
5. What was the nickname Austrians gave Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden because “he was kept together by the cold, but would melt and disappear as he approached a warmer soil” ?
6. We’re told a “sad” story is best for this time a year in Shakespeare’s 1611 play featuring King Leontes and Queen Hermione and the romantic pair of Florizel and Perdita. What’s the title?
7. What was the title of both the Richard Condon novel and the 1979 movie starring Jeff Bridges and John Houston about the effects of a Presidential assassination upon the victim’s brother fifteen years after the tragedy?
8. Name Maxwell Anderson’s acclaimed verse drama based on the Sacco-Vanzetti case.
9. Which Hemingway short story features a burnt-out writer named Harry, a safari, and a vision of a legendary gigantic leopard?
10. And finally, according to Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind,” if Winter’s here, can (what?) be far behind?
Answers
1. Robert Frost 2. The Dean’s December
3. The Big Chill 4. The Iceman Cometh
5. The Snow King 6. A Winter’s Tale
7. Winter Kills 8. Winterset
9. "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" 10. Spring
Thanks for making the quiz, Auntie. I would have hated to go two weeks without one so I’m ecstatic that you put this one out after your hard-earned Thanksgiving reprieve.
I got numbers 1, 4, 6, 9, and 10 completely right.
On Question 2, I didn’t know what the novel was that dealt with a mid-life crisis in Chicago and Bucharest, but my mother’s parents came over from Bucharest and wound up in Chicago back in 1903 so I hope you’ll give me partial credit for this one even though I really don’t deserve any and maybe you should even take off a few points for my using a run-on sentence like this one. Maybe I'll get a copy of that book from the library.
P.S. Maybe I should confess that I only knew number 9 from having seen the movie, because I never read the actual book. Since you wouldn't have known that without my mentioning it, I'm still claiming full credit for this answer. Please don't tell anyone else that I only saw the movie.
I got 1, 4, 6, and 10. better than the last few rounds i did. :(
One and ten. Terrible. :sick:
1, 3, 4, 6, 9, and 10.
I got 1, 4, 6, 9, 10. I guess that's about average.
this is my first time at this I got 1 4 5 6 7 and 9
Oh, you people are so wonderful! I'm gratified that you've been giving my little quizzzzes a shot. You should have seen my dismal results for the cluster of quizzes I just took on the MSNBC website. It was an exercise in humility, I'll tell ya.
Are you kidding? I love these quizes and look forwward to them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AuntShecky
Party Patter
‘Tis the season. . .to suffer through another one of those office parties, especially the cheaper, “scaled back” fare offered this year with the economy having become a latter-
day Scrooge. But you can brighten up the joint by sparkling with some witty repartee.
This week’s quiz-zzz offers some quips you can use. All you have to is identify the original speaker of the line. (Even if you forget to give credit where credit is due, though, no one will sue you. All of these people have since gone to the Great Soiree in the Sky. So if you think you see any of these folks at a party, that might be a good time to switch to plain ginger ale.)
1. “Fasten your seatbelts – it’s going to be a bumpy night.” (She won awards for saying that, as well as other lines, in a movie.)
2. “If you can’t say anything good about someone, come sit by me.”(A daughter of a former U. S. president.)
3. “A woman drove me to drink,and I never had the courtesy to thank her.”
(Comic actor, radio star and legendary toper.)
4. “Let’s make this one Christmas program where nobody sings ‘Silent Night.’ “ (Playwright and Broadway critic. As a panelist on a tv show, he got fired for saying this line.)
5. “I never met a man I didn’t like, but in your case I’ll make an exception.” (Film star, early television legend.)
6. (After a woman told him he was drunk): “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning I will be sober." (Statesman, orator, author.)
7. “An alcoholic is someone you don’t like who drinks as much as you.”
(Welsh poet whose first name became the last name for an American music legend.)
8. “I’m going to memorize your name and throw my head away.” (Outstanding concert pianist, occasional movie star, and frequent guest on Jack Paar’s television show.)
9. “It’s not the men in my life that count. It’s the life in my men.” (Curvaceous celeb for whom a life preserver was named.)
10. “Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people just once a year.” (Concert pianist and comedian.)
Answers:
1. Bette Davis 2. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
3. W. C. Fields 4. George S. Kaufman
5. Groucho Marx 6. Winston Churchill
7. Dylan Thomas 8. Oscar Levant
9. Mae West 10. Victor Borge
2,3,5,6,9, 10. Not bad this round! :p:lol:
Thanks as usual for the quiz, Auntie. I got numbers 1, 6, 7, and 9 right.
However, I have to admit that I only got number 7 because of your hint and wouldn’t have known it otherwise.
I’m disappointed that I didn’t know number 10, because I was a big fan of Victor Borge, and treasure the fact that I once had the opportunity to meet him. I even got to trade some jokes with him, sitting alongside the swimming pool at a hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico sometime in the mid-1960s. His jokes were much funnier than mine.
I only got 1 and 9
Only got four this time. 1, 3, 6, and 7.
I got only three for this one. My favorite is number nine (yes that was one of the ones I got right)
3,5,9,and 10 Not so hot this time.
I got zilch!
Holiday Hits and Myth(es)
Hope “yule” like this last snore-fest of Ought Eight – right in time for a “long winter’s nap.” The questions below examine some of the facts and misconceptions about year-end celebrations.
1. What is the name of the spinning toy with which children play during Hanukkah?
2. Last week an Australian astronomer revealed his findings about the heavens above the Holy Land circa the time of Christ’s birth. He not only believes that The First Christmas fell on June 17 in the year 3, but he also states that the Christmas Star was not a star at all
but a rare conjunction of what?
3. Which ancient Roman festival began on December 19 and lasted for seven days full of – according to Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, “ freedom from
restraint, merrymaking, and often riot and debauchery” ?
4. In one of the opening staves of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, two fund-raisers try to hit Scrooge up for a contribution for the poor. What was his reply?
5. In a “very special episode” of the television series, Seinfeld, George Costanza’s father celebrated a completely fabricated “holiday” called what?
6. In “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” what classical literary device did Clement C. Moore employ in these lines: “As dry leaves before a hurricane fly/ When they meet with
obstacle, mount to the sky,/So up to the house-top the coursers they flew. . .”?
7. She may or may not be a parasite, and her kisses may or may not be poisonous, but this holiday plant is both, though the Druids considered it to be sacred. What's its name?
8. Three red, three green, and one black candle symbolize seven community principles commemorated between December 26 and 31. What is the name of this celebration?
9. A traditional carol doesn’t refer to Christmas, but it does mention snow, the feast of St. Stephen, and noble acts of charity. By what title is it known?
10. The opening passages of a magnificent medieval poem occurs at a New Year’s Eve celebration that gets a little out of hand, mainly because the festivities are marred by
the beheading of an uninvited guest. Despite the seemingly-mortal attack, the victim speaks! He forces the poem’s hero to promise to appear at a far-off place
in a “year and a day” so this victim/villain can return the favor, so to speak.
We don’t know the name of the poet who wrote it, but we do know the title of the poem.
What is it?
11. What is the literary term defined as “a sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of a thing” and which, when capitalized, refers to the Feast of the Adoration of the Magi?
12. In a lengthy carol, what did “my true love give to me” on the first day of Christmas?
Answers:
1. Dreidel
2. Planets
3. Saturnalia
4. Scrooge asks the men if the prisons and workhouses are still in operation.
5. “Festivus– for the rest of us.”
6. Homeric simile
7. mistletoe 8. Kwanzaa
9. Good King Wenceslaus
10. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
11. Epiphany
12. A partridge in a pear tree ( I was going to ask what the
gifts were on the twelfth day of Christmas, but I didn’t want to do all that typing!)
Note: This will be my last quiz of Ought Eight. If Pong II, yours truly, and the world all make it to Ought Nine, the next quiz will be on or around New Year’s Day. There may be a short story or two by yours truly before then.
In the meantime, please consider posting an entry in the Subject Poem Contest and the Form Poetry Contest in the “Poetry Contests and Games” forum on this LitNet.
The form for current round of the latter contest is a parody, due by January 2.
Happy Holidays!
Auntie
Thanks, Auntie, for another great quiz. I will really miss your quizzes during the holidays. I once tried to pinch hit when you didn't post the weekly quiz because you were off doing something important, but I didn't do a very good job at it. My questions were nothing like yours, so I don't think I'll try to pinch hit again. I'll think about it.
For this one, I only got numbers 1, 2, 5, and 12 right. And I wouldn't have gotten number 12 if you had stuck with your initial intention.
I thought I was pretty close on number 3, but Bacchanlia is spelled somewhat differently than Saturnalia. And I thought I had number 4 with "Bah, humbug" but I was wrong again.
And I have now learned that Homer could smile, which I never knew before.
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year. And I hope there will be a Guy Lombardo special on television this New Year's Eve because I can't take these new folks.
2, 7, 4 11 and 12 this time. I love this thread.
doh! 1,5,9 this time. I don't seem to be doing any better.
Alright Auntie, another quiz!! :) :)
Thank God you had extra in this one, because I needed the last two to get a good score. I got seven: 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12. I should have known festivus but it just wouldn't come to me.
You didn't get a partridge in a pear tree? :lol: How many times have you heard that one?Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
oh yeah, I got that one too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
:lol:
Got 1.2.5.7.8.12 Did a mental coin flip on 9 and lost. Fell into the same traps as DickZ for 3 and 4.
Do love this thread though.
Pinch Hitting for Quizzzmistress - 26 December 2008
Trying to compose a quizzz in Aunt Shecky’s place (because she’s busy celebrating the holidays) gives one a clearer understanding of just how hard Auntie works in coming up with her gems. Here’s my sad excuse of a substitute quiz, but before you write it off as a pathetic failure, try to make up one yourself. It’s not so easy.
In fact, I think everybody should try to put together at least one quiz in which all the questions have a common link, since that’s a restriction that Auntie always imposes upon herself. You certainly don’t have to post your quiz because it might be as bad as mine, but I think it would do us all a world of good just to go through the exercise of making one – or at least trying to.
Anyway, here goes:
1. The doctor in A Tale of Two Cities had a last name which matched the first name of the head cheerleader in my high school. What is that shared name?
2. The main lady in The Scarlett Letter had a first name that was identical to the last name of a college classmate of mine. What is that shared name?
3. Jonathan Harker’s fiancée in Dracula had a nickname as that was the same as the first name of one of my students back when I taught Sunday School during my college days. What is that shared name?
4. Jonathan Harker’s fiancée in Dracula had a girlfriend whose first name was the same as that of an early television comedy character, as well as one of my aunts, yielding what is sometimes called the triple concertina of coincidence. What is that shared name?
5. One of the powerful Greek warriors in The Iliad had the same first name as the cleanser in my kitchen. What is that shared name?
6. The main character of Robinson Crusoe found himself a trusty helper who had a first name that matched the last name of a Lost Angeles police sergeant who always caught bad guys on radio and television. What is that shared name?
7. The chief mate on the whaling ship Pequod in the great classic Moby Dick had a last name that matched the name of a coffeehouse near my apartment. What is that shared name?
8. The lady who told all those stories in the Book of One Thousand and One Nights (also called Arabian Nights) had a name that was identical to the lady about whom the great Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov wrote a symphonic suite, and on top of all that, she had a name that matches the name of one of our esteemed moderators, thereby yielding another triple concertina of coincidence. What is that shared name?
9. The young boy who goes off to all those adventures on Treasure Island has the same first name as the Lord about whom Joseph Conrad wrote in an entirely separate piece of fiction that had no connection with Treasure Island. What is that shared name?
10. In the great American classic Huckleberry Finn, Huck goes down the Mississippi River on a vehicle that matches the last name of an American movie star whose first name was George and who frequently played the role of a tough gangster. What is that shared name?
Answers:
1. Manette
2. Hester
3. Mina
4. Lucy
5. Ajax
6. Friday
7. Starbuck
8. Scheherezade
9. Jim
10. Raft
Great try in pitch hitting Dick. I definitely enjoyed it. But I don't think yours was as difficult as Auntie's typically are. I got seven right: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
I hope someday Auntie will let me take a swing at the plate. ;)
I got three - 2,5,8.
Yay, Auntie's given me permission to also pinch hit for her. :banana:Now I know this comes on the hells of Dick's quiz. So if you haven't taken Dick's pinch hit quiz up in post #67 do so, but here is another for you to try. You get two back to back within the same week. :)
The subject of my quiz is blood. :D Yes I've had a bloody week; you might even consider it a bloody year. Read about it if you're so interested in my blog here: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=7049.
So the quiz will center on the nature of blood, mostly in literature. Here you go:
1. What Shakespeare character did not think that “all of Neptune’s ocean” could wash his bloody hands clean?
2. In what state of the United States was Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood set?
3. Which English author came up with the concept of blood consciousness, where certain knowledge is inherent to the blood, the author who happens to be on which I wrote my Master’s thesis?
4. In what William Faulkner novel is the character Joe Christmas castrated and as his blood drains from his body feels his life ebb out of his body?
5. Bela Lugosi is the actor best known for playing Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the greatest of the blood sucking vampires, in the movies; from what country was Lugosi from?
6. Who was the author of a short story where the narrator kills an old man, chops up his body, hides the pieces under the floor boards, and then realizes he hears the dead man’s beating heart?
7. Ann Rice created a series of vampire novels, the first made into a movie with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt; what was the name of that movie?
8. Which two great characters were blood brothers, a ritual of sharing blood from a wound, made famous by the American author Mark Twain?
9. Based on Christ’s last supper, the notion that bread and wine at a Roman Catholic (and some other denominations as well) mass is converted to the body and blood of Christ is call what?
10. In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus sacrifices the male and female version of which animal and uses the blood to attract the dead spirits in the underworld?
I have to echo Dick's words here. This does take a bit of time to put together. Now I really appreciate all the work Aunt Shecky does here. Thank you for let me put this out Auntie and thank you for all the work you do in putting these quizes out. :)
1. MacBeth (Act II, scene ii)
2. Kansas
3. DH Lawrence
4. Light In August
5. Hungary/Romania chose either
6. Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart”
7. Interview With A Vampire
8. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
9. Transubstantiation
10. Sheep
Blah I got 5: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
You didn't get who I did my master's thesis on? I would have thought you would have gotten that one. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
Wow Virgil that was something else I got 6 this time 1,2,4,5,7,6
Thanks, Virgil, for putting out your quiz.
I got 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8.
I have to get around to reading some of Faulkner's works, as I never have, and lots of people really like him. Then maybe I'll be able to answer #4. But by then someone will say my answer comes too late.
Have a Happy New Year, Virgil, and everybody else for that matter. I won't be back on the internet until 2009.
Does your t-shirt that you're wearing in your blog say BOSTON? Are you a Red Sox fan, too?
Yes I did, that was # 3 which I said I got.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Sorry if you misunderstood me. I said I got 5 questions right, and the ones I got right were
1, 3, 5, 6, 7
Nice quiz, Uncle Virgil. I got all except 4 and 5
Oh yes, I misunderstood. I thought you said you only got number 5 correct. Now I understand. :) Five is not bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
I got 6 correct!! - 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, and 9.
Virgil, 1,5,7,9. Oh well. :sick:
Dick, I got all but 1,5,7. Not Bad! :)