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The Beagle Book Club! Trivia Quiz

Beagles might not be generally known for their interest in literature, so the Regal Beagles decided to put the myth to rest by offering a selection of our favorite books in quiz-form. We hope you enjoy our quiz as much as we enjoyed reading the books!

A multiple-choice quiz by Team The Regal Beagles. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
strudi74

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
330,244

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
386

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In "The Brothers Karamazov", which brother was considered the intellectual? Hint

Mitya

Smerdyakov

Alyosha

Ivan

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the book "The Caine Mutiny" by Herman Wouk, what is the nickname the officers of The Caine give to Captain Queeg? Hint

Steamboat Queeg

Old Yellowstain

Blood and Butts

Scuttlebutt Francis

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Question 3 of 10

3. In Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49", what is the lot in the title? Hint

A piece of property in New York City

A movie studio

A bolt of fabric

A collection of postage stamps

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "Wonder Boys" by Michael Chabon, what celebrity marriage is head of the English Department Walter Gaskell obsessed with? Hint

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio

Prince Charles and Princess Diana

Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the book "Flyy Girl" by Omar Tyree, what is the name of Tracy Ellis' main love interest? Hint

Carl

Victor

Keith

Jason

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Question 6 of 10

6. Martin Cruz Smith introduced us to Cold War Russia through investigator Arkady Renko's eyes in "Gorky Park", then promptly had Renko sent to a factory ship in which follow-up novel? Hint

Havana Bay

Rose

Red Square

Polar Star

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers, who was the central character that all the others talked to about their troubles? Hint

John Singer, a deaf-mute

Benedict Copeland, an African-American doctor

Mick Kelly, a teen aged girl

Biff Brannon, a widowed restaurant owner

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Question 8 of 10

8. The David Halberstam book, "October 1964", is about which of the following? Hint

The World Series between St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees

Martin Luther King Jr. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

The Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan

The 35th anniversary of the stock market crash

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the book "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth, the Jackal had to hide his rifle in a certain place. Where was this? Hint

He did not use a rifle

Under his coat

It was already in the room

His crutches

10. The 1980 Stephen King novel "Firestarter" deals with an 8 year old girl who possesses the ability of pyrokinesis, or starting fires by thinking about it. This was the genetic result of an experiment. What ability did her father possess? Hint

Telekinesis

Telepathy

Mental Domination

Mind Over Matter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In "The Brothers Karamazov", which brother was considered the intellectual?

Answer: Ivan

Ivan is similar in some respects to another one of Dostoevsky's great characters-Raskolnikov. Ivan sinks into madness as the book progresses. He feels guilt over his father's death, and how he planted the idea of murder into Smerdyakov's head.

Contributed by mlipo.

2. In the book "The Caine Mutiny" by Herman Wouk, what is the nickname the officers of The Caine give to Captain Queeg?

Answer: Old Yellowstain

Queeg is given the nickname after, instead of guiding a flotilla of landing craft to an assault on a beach, he simply drops a yellow dye marker for them to follow and runs for cover. The book is a brilliant study on the pressure that war can cause on the mind.

Contributed by Yarabokin.

3. In Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49", what is the lot in the title?

Answer: A collection of postage stamps

An auctioneer's patter is sometimes called a "cry." In the very last pages of the book, a set of very mysterious postage stamps (lot number 49) comes up at auction. The book ends before this lot is "cried," so the quest of Oedipa Maas, the protagonist, is never resolved.

Contributed by Satchelpooch.

4. In "Wonder Boys" by Michael Chabon, what celebrity marriage is head of the English Department Walter Gaskell obsessed with?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio

Walter's obsession with the short marriage of Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe is a major focus of the book. He owns all sorts of memorabilia, including the jacket that Marilyn wore the day she married Joe. Walter's fascination led him to write a book about the two which he called "The Last American Marriage."

Contributed by foxbarking.

5. In the book "Flyy Girl" by Omar Tyree, what is the name of Tracy Ellis' main love interest?

Answer: Victor

"Flyy Girl" is based in the 1980s and deals with the growing pains the main character and her friends encounter.

Tyree also published a sequel called "For the Love of Money" which follows Tracy, now in her late 20s and a successful author.

Contributed by KATde.

6. Martin Cruz Smith introduced us to Cold War Russia through investigator Arkady Renko's eyes in "Gorky Park", then promptly had Renko sent to a factory ship in which follow-up novel?

Answer: Polar Star

In "Polar Star" Arkady has to work aboard a factory ship partly as a punishment but also as a means to escape the KGB, who is out to murder him as a result of his investigative instincts. When a crew member is murdered, Renko is forced to investigate and is once again caught in a situation from which it seems there is no way out.

Contributed by strudi74.

7. In "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers, who was the central character that all the others talked to about their troubles?

Answer: John Singer, a deaf-mute

The novel's original title was "The Mute", and portrays several lonely people in a small southern U.S. town in the late 1930s. Brannon, Copeland, Kelly, and also Jake Blount, a blustery radical, all confide in John Singer. Although he can neither hear them, nor can he offer words of advice and solace, they all seem to find comfort in the one-sided conversations.

Carson McCullers' insights into the human soul, at a young age (she was 23 when she wrote this, her first novel), are considered remarkable by many critics.

Contributed by postcards2go.

8. The David Halberstam book, "October 1964", is about which of the following?

Answer: The World Series between St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees

"October 1964" recounts the changing baseball environment in the midst of the civil rights movement, focusing on the two teams that would meet in the World Series: the status quo Yankees and the racially diverse Cardinals. St. Louis won the series behind MVP Bob Gibson, 4 games to 3.

Contributed by Juggernaut314.

9. In the book "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth, the Jackal had to hide his rifle in a certain place. Where was this?

Answer: His crutches

"The Day of the Jackal" is a thriller written by Frederick Forsyth, and was rumoured to be based on an actual plot to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle.

The book was followed by an excellent film adaptation starring Edward Fox.

Contributed by Prefdoors.

Answer: Mental Domination

The central characters of the novel are young Charlie McGee and her father Andrew. Andrew and his wife were subjected to the "Lot 6" tests in a project by an unknown government entity known as "The Shop." They took part to earn money, as both were college students who could use money. After getting married, they had a daughter who became the subject of an intense manhunt in search of glory and fame.

Contributed by TallKool1.

Source: Author strudi74

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