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#38683 - Sun Oct 29 2000 02:09 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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Errol Flynn

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#38684 - Sun Oct 29 2000 08:35 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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Right on Annie!!

Got a question for us??

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#38685 - Mon Oct 30 2000 07:17 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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Question 9: Jack Kerouac???
New one coming up soon...

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#38686 - Mon Oct 30 2000 07:21 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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Right...
What is the connection between Jane Austen, Priam and Apollo??

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#38687 - Mon Oct 30 2000 10:34 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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#9 It was not Kerouac....

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#38688 - Mon Oct 30 2000 10:42 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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cassandra- or cassie

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#38689 - Tue Oct 31 2000 06:56 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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Right Prof.... hmmm I have to look at Q9 again then

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#38690 - Thu Nov 02 2000 10:07 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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give, give, give...on #9!

I'm intrigued by ren's q, can't get the connection and am waiting anxiously for the hint/answer!

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#38691 - Thu Nov 02 2000 08:26 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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Answer to #9 was Nietzsche. What about another one?

Question 11- What was the oldest Egyptian tale called?


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#38692 - Thu Nov 02 2000 08:44 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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The answer to Ren's question was Cassanda- daughter to Priam and Hecuba , the sister of Jane Austen...and cursed by Apollo

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#38693 - Fri Nov 03 2000 08:15 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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Is it possibly the Birth of Amon Ra (or the Birth of Ra in some cultures) which tells about his death and the revenge his sister is willing to take on his destructor?

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#38694 - Sun Nov 05 2000 08:46 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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An answer Prof??

Here's another question to keep us moving...
Q #12

Who was King Lear's favorite daughter?

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#38695 - Sun Nov 05 2000 10:07 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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Q12 Cordelia...
another one soon; watch this space...
OK...
Q13 Whose first two names were John Boynton?
Name one of his works.

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#38696 - Mon Nov 06 2000 11:10 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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JB Priestley...his works include An Inspector Calls and The Linden Tree.
OK....

Q14: American short story writer William Sidney Porter wrote under the pseudonym......?

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#38697 - Tue Nov 07 2000 12:15 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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That would be O. Henry.

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#38698 - Tue Nov 07 2000 03:03 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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Right, Annie!

Your turn.

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#38699 - Tue Nov 07 2000 09:43 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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What book begins with this opening sentence:

He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream, and he had gone 84 days now without taking a fish.


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#38700 - Tue Nov 07 2000 11:55 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway?

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#38701 - Tue Nov 07 2000 02:29 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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That's it, Cohalen.

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#38702 - Tue Nov 07 2000 02:46 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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I Quess this would be Q16 (?):

What esseyist made this quote:
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesman and philosophers and divines.

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#38703 - Tue Nov 07 2000 03:01 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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What esseyist made this quote:
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesman and philosophers and divines


Was it Ralph Waldo Emerson....??

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If all the worlds wealth were divided between every man, woman & child
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$13 Million for every single Human....
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#38704 - Tue Nov 07 2000 05:10 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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That's correct, karmaloupster! The ol' Transendentalist himself!

(Ah, I'll take my 13 Mii. as a direct deposit, please!)

You Go, Girl!

[This message has been edited by Cohalen (edited 11-07-2000).]

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#38705 - Tue Nov 07 2000 09:55 PM Re: Book Trivia!
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Thanks Cohalen..


Here's another ..


Q17. In literature, what is a Maribunta?

BTW, i'm Mr Karamloupster....no drama Coh, it's happened more then once , just thought I'd let you know...

it must be the hair...

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If all the worlds wealth were divided between every man, woman & child
presently alive on the planet, we would all have $13 million a piece.
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$13 Million for every single Human....
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#38706 - Wed Nov 08 2000 02:25 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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LOL! Talk about "Karma". I stand corrected.

Yo! Dude! You Go, Guy!

(Eh, am I overcompensating?)

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Inside each and every one of us is our one true authentic swing.
Something we was born with. Something that's ours and ours alone.
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#38707 - Wed Nov 08 2000 10:33 AM Re: Book Trivia!
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No problem Cohalen,..."What about those Bears huh?"...really it just gives me further fuel next time I stand accused of not Being Sensitive New Age Guyish enough (almost always..unfairly ha) by my better half (see..) ...i've done it plenty of times..i nearly did it in this post...lol..when in doubt i go for "they" .
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If all the worlds wealth were divided between every man, woman & child
presently alive on the planet, we would all have $13 million a piece.
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$13 Million for every single Human....
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[This message has been edited by karmaloupster (edited 11-08-2000).]


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