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Quiz about Published Junkies
Quiz about Published Junkies

Published Junkies Trivia Quiz


Drugs and booze have fueled some fantastic writers. This quiz is dedicated to their lives and works.

A multiple-choice quiz by coldmachine45. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
352,480
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed he was inspired to write "Kubla Khan" after reading about Xanadu and partaking of which substance? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. There is no evidence to suggest Walt Whitman took drugs. However, this man who cited Whitman as a major influence did. He is famous for seeing "the best minds of [his] generation destroyed by madness ..." Who is he? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Do androids dream of electric sheep? Only if they are taking Semoxydrine. Name this sci-fi author who often had drug fueled hallucinogenic episodes between 1963-64. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Some people take the train, others take mescalin. Aldous Huxley preferred the latter. In what book did Huxley champion a better world through drugs? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Prose and cocaine - Robert Louis Stevenson did both well. What Stevenson novel involved drugs and a bad case of multiple personality disorder? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This gonzo journalist and "drug researcher" knew how to live. In "Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the 80's" he wrote, "sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested." Who is he? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This Alqonquin Round Table alcoholic was well known for her dry wit and morbid humor. After several failed suicide attempts she developed a unique perspective on life and self termination which is immortalized by her famous quote, "Razors pain you; rivers are damp; acids stain you; and drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful; you might as well live." Who is she ? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Charles Bukowski was fond of women and drink though they seemed not to agree with him. However, it was those failures that made him a masterful student of the human condition. This is evidenced by his 1977 collection of poetry in which he writes, "our educational system tells us that we can all be ... winners. It hasn't told us about the gutters or the suicides or the terror of one person aching in one place alone, untouched, unspoken to watering a plant." What is the name of this collection ? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This hard imbibing Welsh author died at 39 due to pneumonia and fatty liver disease. His most famous work urged the dying to not "go gentle into that goodnight" and yet he passed away quietly after lingering in a short coma. Who is he? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. New York poet Jim Carroll excelled at hoops, heroin and poetry. At the tender age of 16 he published his first collection of poems and within penned memorable lines such as, "like an army of mothers mobilizing in their pregnant selves, we are nearer to death than love." What is the title of Caroll's freshman work? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed he was inspired to write "Kubla Khan" after reading about Xanadu and partaking of which substance?

Answer: Opium

Coleridge's most famous poem, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," was first published in a joint book of poems which contained work by William Wordsworth. The collection was titled "Lyrical Ballads" (1798).
2. There is no evidence to suggest Walt Whitman took drugs. However, this man who cited Whitman as a major influence did. He is famous for seeing "the best minds of [his] generation destroyed by madness ..." Who is he?

Answer: Allen Ginsberg

Ginsberg's blatant references to homosexuality and drug use in this seminal work of American poetry led to a 1957 obscenity trial. Ultimately, the California Supreme Court held that the work was of "redeeming social importance."
3. Do androids dream of electric sheep? Only if they are taking Semoxydrine. Name this sci-fi author who often had drug fueled hallucinogenic episodes between 1963-64.

Answer: Philip K. Dick

The film "Blade Runner," is based on Dick's 1968 novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
4. Some people take the train, others take mescalin. Aldous Huxley preferred the latter. In what book did Huxley champion a better world through drugs?

Answer: Doors of Perception

Jim Morrison named the Doors after the Aldous Huxley book, "Doors of Perception."

"There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception."
5. Prose and cocaine - Robert Louis Stevenson did both well. What Stevenson novel involved drugs and a bad case of multiple personality disorder?

Answer: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

It was a sickly Stevenson that wrote the first draft of "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" in 1885. After receiving feedback from his wife, he tossed this draft into the fire. He rewrote the entire novel in less than a week and it was finally published in 1886.
6. This gonzo journalist and "drug researcher" knew how to live. In "Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the 80's" he wrote, "sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested." Who is he?

Answer: Hunter S. Thompson

Being the ever law abiding citizen, Thompson ran for sheriff of a Colorado county on the "Freak Power" ticket. Surprisingly, he lost.
7. This Alqonquin Round Table alcoholic was well known for her dry wit and morbid humor. After several failed suicide attempts she developed a unique perspective on life and self termination which is immortalized by her famous quote, "Razors pain you; rivers are damp; acids stain you; and drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful; you might as well live." Who is she ?

Answer: Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker bequeathed her entire estate to Martin Luther King Jr. When he died the estate passed to the NAACP.
8. Charles Bukowski was fond of women and drink though they seemed not to agree with him. However, it was those failures that made him a masterful student of the human condition. This is evidenced by his 1977 collection of poetry in which he writes, "our educational system tells us that we can all be ... winners. It hasn't told us about the gutters or the suicides or the terror of one person aching in one place alone, untouched, unspoken to watering a plant." What is the name of this collection ?

Answer: Love is a Dog from Hell

Charles stopped writing for ten years after becoming disillusioned with the publishing process. He would later go on to refer to this period as the "ten year drunk."
9. This hard imbibing Welsh author died at 39 due to pneumonia and fatty liver disease. His most famous work urged the dying to not "go gentle into that goodnight" and yet he passed away quietly after lingering in a short coma. Who is he?

Answer: Dylan Thomas

When Dylan arrived at the hospital he was initially treated for alcohol poisoning after admitting he had consumed 18 glasses of whiskey.
10. New York poet Jim Carroll excelled at hoops, heroin and poetry. At the tender age of 16 he published his first collection of poems and within penned memorable lines such as, "like an army of mothers mobilizing in their pregnant selves, we are nearer to death than love." What is the title of Caroll's freshman work?

Answer: Organic Trains

In 2009, despite his heavy drug use, Caroll died at 60 of an unremarkable, non drug related heart attack.
Source: Author coldmachine45

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