Trivia Tuesday with Prestwick House

June 26
2018

Scientists took the word quark from one of what authors works?

James Joyce

June 19
2018

The earliest known paper written in Latin is a woman's what?

Invitation to a party

June 12
2018

The thought police first appeared in what novel in 1949?

1984 by George Orwell

June 5
2018

In what book would you find the man servant Pas Partout?

Around the World in 80 Days

May 29
2018

Whose used the pseudonym Alisa Rosenbaum?

Ayn Rand

May 22
2018

What is Kurt Vonnegut’s first published book?

Player Piano

May 15
2018

Who led the mutiny aboard the Hispanola in Treasure Island?

Long John Silver

May 8
2018

The authors of which country have won the most Nobel Prizes?

France

May 1
2018

What is significant about a book called Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies?

It is the first book Amazon.com sold.

April 24
2018

What Stephen King book is primarily set in the Overlook Hotel?

The Shining

April 17
2018

What actually happened to the original manuscript for Of Mice and Men?

Steinbeck’s dog ate it.

April 10
2018

What do And Then There Were None, Don Quixote, A Tale of Two Cities, and Alice in Wonderland have in common?

They have all sold more than 100 million copies. Don Quixote has sold over 500 million.

April 3
2018

What book was sold for thirty-five million dollars in 2017?

The Book of Mormon

March 27
2018

What famous author died after being struck by a car on Peachtree Rd. in Atlanta?

Margaret Mitchell

March 20
2018

What was the famous error on the dust jacket of the First Edition of The Great Gatsby?

Jay Gatsby’s name was spelled "jay Gatsby," and had the lower case j changed to upper case J by hand.

March 13
2018

How many different ways did Shakespeare sign his name?

5. Shakp, Shaksper, Shakspe, Shakspere, and Shakspeare

March 6
2018

Which Greek god does Cronus not eat?

Zeus

February 27
2018

What Shakespearean character has the most lines in one play?

Hamlet

February 20
2018

What actual place did Gulliver visit after Glubbdubdrib in his Travels?

Japan

February 13
2018

Who wrote The Gambler, The Double, The Possessed, and The Idiot?

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

February 6
2018

What do The Man of Law, The Shipman, and The Reeve have in common?

They are all characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

January 30
2018

Where does the phrase see the "handwriting on the wall" come from?

The Bible

January 23
2018

What did the Greek artisan Epeios supervise the making of?

The Trojan Horse

January 16
2018

With what celestial event is Mark Twain associated?

Halley’s Comet

January 9
2018

Who wrote A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty?

Washington Irving

December 12
2017

What author has written books for 9 out of the 10 main categories of a library’s Dewey Decimal System?

Isaac Asimov

December 5
2017

In what book does the made-up word “Grok” play an important part?

Stranger in a Strange Land

November 28
2017

What pseudonym does J.K. Rowling use for her crime novels?

Robert Galbraith

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

November 21
2017

What do the following books have in common: Go Ask Alice, The Education of Little Tree, and The Autobiography of Howard Hughes?

All three were originally published as works of nonfiction, but subsequently have been shown to be fictional accounts.

Go Ask Alice

The Education of Little Tree

November 14
2017

Can you guess the stage names of these famous rappers?

Shawn Corey Carter
Andre Romelle Young
Curtis James Jackson III
Christopher George Latore Wallace
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.
O’Shea Jackson
Christopher Brian Bridges

A) Jay-Z, B) Dr. Dre, C) 50 Cent, D) The Notorious B.I.G, E) Snoop Dogg, F) Ice Cube, G) Ludacris

Vocabulary in Context: The History of Hip-Hop

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Hip-Hop Poetry and the Classics for the Classroom

November 7
2017

Which two hip-hop artists have two albums each in the list of top ten best-selling rap records of all time?

Tupac Shakur (All Eyez On Me and 2Pac Greatest Hits) and Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show)

Vocabulary in Context: The History of Hip-Hop

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Hip-Hop Poetry and the Classics for the Classroom

October 24
2017

The band They Might Be Giants took its name from a line spoken by what title character in a 1605 novel?

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

Adventures of Don Quixote

Common Core Literature Pack

October 17
2017

What famous person wrote The Story of My Life and has a statue of her at seven years old in the US National Statuary Hall Collection?

Helen Keller

The Story of My Life

The Miracle Worker

Teaching Unit

October 3
2017

Which two of these classic horror stories were written in the same year?

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Invisible Man
Murders in the Rue Morgue

Dracula and The Invisible Man

Dracula

The Invisible Man

September 26
2017

How much money did Edgar Allan Poe earn for publication of “The Raven”?

$15

The Raven Poster

Teaching Unit

The Best of Poe

September 19
2017

To whom did T.S. Eliot dedicate “The Waste Land”?

Ezra Pound

The Waste Land

AP Teaching Unit

Murder in the Cathedral

September 12
2017

What do these writers’ initials stand for?

F. Scott Fitzgerald
W. W. Jacobs
J.D. Salinger
A. A. Milne
S. E. Hinton
C. S. Lewis
H. G. Wells
J. R. R. Tolkien
George R. R. Martin

A) Francis, B) William Wymark, C) Jerome David, D) Alan Alexander, E) Susan Eloise, F) Clive Staples, G) Herbert George, H) John Ronald Reuel, I) Raymond Richard

The Great Gatsby

The Catcher in the Rye

The Outsiders

September 5
2017

In what country are the most Shakespeare plays set?

Italy

Hamlet

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

August 29
2017

Which role did Shakespeare supposedly play in Hamlet?

The Ghost

Hamlet

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

August 22
2017

Decipher these Ray Bradbury titles: Pictures on an Individual, Stories of Red Canals, Flower Alcohol, Evil Is Approaching

The Illustrated Man, The Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes

Author Speak Poster

The Martian Chronicles

Dandelion Wine

August 15
2017

What book has characters named Kiowa, Timmy, Jimmy Cross, and Ted Lavender?

The Things They Carried

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

AP Teaching Unit

August 8
2017

What American author and statesman used all of the following pseudonyms: Alice Addertongue, Anthony Afterwit, Benevelous, Caelia Shortface, Martha Careful, Polly Baker, Richard Saunders, Silence Dogood

Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography

...and Other Writings

Poor Richard's Almanac

August 1
2017

In honor of Sue Monk Kidd's birthday this Friday, here's a question from her novel, The Secret Life of Bees What book is August reading?

Jane Eyre

The Secret Life of Bees

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

July 25
2017

Offred’s real name is

Janine.
Mary Anne.
Serena Joy.
never revealed.
Abby.

D) never revealed.

The Handmaid's Tale

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

July 18
2017

What color is worn by "The Marthas?"

Green

The Handmaid's Tale

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

July 11
2017

At first, what is the only written word that Offred has access to?

Love
Faith
Hope
Duty
Blessing

B) Faith

The Handmaid's Tale

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

July 4
2017

From what story is the Biblical justification for the Handmaids derived?

David and Bathsheba
Mary and Joseph
Rachel and Bilhah
Ruth and Boaz
Esau and Ada

C) Rachel and Bilhah

The Handmaid's Tale

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

June 27
2017

What is significant about the names of the handmaids in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale?

They all contain the name of a man.

The Handmaid's Tale

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

June 20
2017

Famous last lines in literature. Name the book.

“Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?”
He loved Big Brother.
Ah humanity! - Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
‘It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.’

A) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, B) 1984 by George Orwell, C) Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, D) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The Sun Also Rises

1984

Classic American Short Stories

June 13
2017

What book has this subtitle: The Weaver of Raveloe?

Silas Marner

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

May 23
2017

Before Albom published Tuesdays With Morrie, what was his occupation?

He was a journalist, writing about sports and other subjects.

Tuesdays with Morrie

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

May 16
2017

Name the five books in Gary Paulson’s Hatchet series?

Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, Brian’s Return, Brian’s Hunt

Hatchet

Teaching Unit

Activity Pack

May 9
2017

What do books by Mitch Albom, John Steinbeck, and E.L. Konisburg have in common?

They mention a day of the week in their titles (Tuesdays With Morrie, Sweet Thursday, and The View from Saturday).

Tuesdays with Morrie

The View from Saturday

May 2
2017

What famous author worked only three hours a day on his writing, gave a lecture in 1956 to nearly 14,000 people in a stadium, was related to three US Presidents, and corresponded with Groucho Marx for a few years?

T.S. Eliot