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My New Quiz: Collected Literary Oddities Vol. 2

A new quiz of mine has been placed online!  It is in the Writers & Authors category, in People.  Click on the link below to play it, and feel free to leave comments!

 

    Collected Literary Oddities Vol. 2 (10 questions)
    Writers it seems have as many quirks and foibles as the rest of us. See if you can identify the writers from my clues.


Literary Oddities

I have had a few notes from Quizzers wondering about the identity of the upper class lady who was a friend of T.E. Lawrence.

 

I saw this in the Sunday Times Book Review which inspired me:

 

Daughter Of The Desert
The Extraordinary Life Of Gertrude
Bell
Howell,
Georgina

At a time when women were still largely excluded from both education and the workplace, Gertrude Bell was an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer and mountaineer, but until the Iraq War of 2003 few people had heard her name.

Format: Hardback, 356, 234 X 153, 16 B&w Halftones

Publish Date 18/08/2006

 

My New Quiz: Collected Literary Oddities

A new quiz of mine has been placed online!  It is in the Writers & Authors category, in People.  Click on the link below to play it, and feel free to leave comments!

 

    Collected Literary Oddities (10 questions)
    This quiz investigates some quirks and oddities of the writers, authors, poets and playwrights who have contributed to the literature I have enjoyed so much. I invite you to share them with me.


My New Quiz: My World Cup Literary Eleven

A new quiz of mine has been placed online!  It is in the Mixed Literature category, in Literature.  Click on the link below to play it, and feel free to leave comments!

 

    My World Cup Literary Eleven (10 questions)
    So I thought, why not see what sort of Soccer team I could put together from the characters in the novels, history books, plays and poems on my bookshelf. See if you can identify the players I've selected for Bracklaman's World Cup Literary Eleven?


My New Quiz: Books and Stories We Used to Enjoy as

A new quiz of mine has been placed online!  It is in the Children's Literature category, in Literature.  Click on the link below to play it, and feel free to leave comments!

 

    Books and Stories We Used to Enjoy as Children (10 questions)
    The Royal Society of Literature asked several of their Fellows what they thought young people in twenty-first century Britain should be encouraged to read. So I asked my family to nominate their top ten books. Help me identify them?


My New Quiz: Writers From Wales

A new quiz of mine has been placed online!  It is in the British Literature category, in Literature.  Click on the link below to play it, and feel free to leave comments!

 

    Writers From Wales (10 questions)
    Wales is a small country which has produced its share of well-known writers, poets and playwrights. Your challenge is to identify them from my clues.


My New Quiz: British Scoundrels, Villains and Ecce

A new quiz of mine has been placed online!  It is in the U.K. People category, in People.  Click on the link below to play it, and feel free to leave comments!

 


My New Quiz: Did They Really Say That?

A new quiz of mine has been placed online!  It is in the Did They Say That?! category, in People.  Click on the link below to play it, and feel free to leave comments!

 

    Did They Really Say That? (10 questions)
    Throughout history some military leaders, politicians, scientists and philosophers have made statements later disproved or discredited or that were just plain daft. Your challenge is to identify who made the remarks.