| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 09 09:17PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > like this interpretation of this concerto, don't blame me, > blame Gould" > 6. By the way, who originally commissioned the Goldberg variations? Goldberg > * Game 2, Round 6 - Literature > 1. According to some sources, the best-selling novel of all time > has sold over 500,000,000 copies. What is it? the Bible > 2. Which one of her own characters did Agatha Christie call "a > detestable, bombastic, tiresome, egocentric little creep"? Hercule Poirot > 3. What word did Robert A. Heinlein introduce into the English > language in "Stranger in a Strange Land"? grok > 4. The U2 song "Shadows and Tall Trees" is taken from a chapter > title in what famous book? Lord of the Rings > was given to an author who wrote primarily in *what language*? > 9. In 1857, Thomas Hughes published what novel about life at the > British public school Rugby? Tom Brown's School Days > 10. Which country's authors have won more Nobel literature prizes > than any other, even the US? Germany > (And apparently someone had trouble counting to 10 questions, so...) > 11. Which English baron held the position of Poet Laureate longer > than anyone else, from 1850 to 1892? Tennyson -- Dan Tilque |
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