The Big Quiz On Books 2006-2007
A fun quiz to test your knowledge on Books 2006-2007
- 1.In John Grisham's "An Innocent Man", what baseball team took Williamson in the 1971 Draft?
- A.
New York Yankees
- B.
St. Louis Cardinals
- C.
Oakland Athletics
- D.
Boston Red Sox
- 2.In "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan, what university does Florence teach philosophy at?
- A.
Stanford
- B.
Yale
- C.
Oxford
- D.
Harvard
- 3.What is the title of the children's book co-authored by funny man Dave Barry in 2006?
- A.
Peter And The Amazing Pirate Ship
- B.
Peter And The Star Catchers
- C.
Peter And The Bean Stalk
- D.
Peter And The Shadow Thieves
- 4.In Janet Evanovich's "Lean Mean Thirteen", with what does Simon Diggery scare Lula and Stephanie?
- A.
Rottweiler
- B.
Cats
- C.
Pit Bull
- D.
Python
- 5.In "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini, who is Mariam's husband that violently beats her?
- A.
Ali
- B.
Ramses
- C.
Rasheed
- D.
Muhammad
- 6.What is the profession of Danny Meyer, author of the 2006 book "Setting the Table"?
- A.
Sushi Chef
- B.
Restaurateur
- C.
Silverware Designer
- D.
Etiquette Expert
- 7.What supreme court decision did the authors of "Freakonomics" link with decreased crime rates?
- A.
Plessy V. Ferguson
- B.
Roe V. Wade
- C.
Dred Scott
- D.
Brown V. Board of Education
- 8.Who is the "Prince" in the J.K. Rowling book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"?
- A.
Albus Dumbledore
- B.
James Potter
- C.
Severus Snape
- D.
Lord Voldemort
- 9.In the book "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier", what country is the author/soldier from?
- A.
Iraq
- B.
The Congo
- C.
Sierra Leone
- D.
Rwanda
- 10.In "Water For Elephants" by Sara Gruen, what song is referred to as the Disaster March?
- A.
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
- B.
March Of The Beast
- C.
Gounod Waltz
- D.
Stars And Stripes Forever
- 11.What unpublished work of J.R.R. Tolkien's did his son Christopher Tolkien edit and publish?
- A.
The Hobbit
- B.
The Children Of Hurin
- C.
Menegroth
- D.
Silmarillion
- 12.What is the name of the literary club founded by J.R.R. Tolkien while in Oxford as a professor?
- A.
Hobbits
- B.
Two Towers
- C.
Coalbiters
- D.
Inklings
- 13.Jeffrey Deaver's "The Sleeping Doll" features Kathryn Dance, who first appeared in what book?
- A.
The Twelfth Card
- B.
The Vanished Man
- C.
Garden Of Beasts
- D.
The Cold Moon
- 14.What is Joyce Carol Oates' novel published in 2007 with a protagonist named Rebecca?
- A.
Broke Heart Blues
- B.
Foxfire
- C.
The Gravedigger's Daughter
- D.
The Tattooed Girl
- 15.Which book by J. R. R. Tolkien did not contain excerpts of the 2007 book "The Children of Hurin"?
- A.
Unfinished Tales
- B.
The Silmarillion
- C.
The Hobbit
- D.
The Lays Of Beleriand
- 16.What is the primary subject of the best-selling book "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne?
- A.
The War In Iraq
- B.
The Bible
- C.
The Law Of Attraction
- D.
Web 2.0
- 17.One author of "The Children of Hurin" is also the author of what other famous book?
- A.
The Da Vinci Code
- B.
The Wheel Of Time
- C.
The Lord Of The Rings
- D.
Perelandra
- 18."The Da Vinci Code" opens with a murder in which famous museum?
- A.
Natural History Museum, London
- B.
The Louvre
- C.
Smithsonian Institution
- D.
Uffizi Gallery
- 19.In Al Gore's "The Assault on Reason" what kind of politics does Gore believe are hurting the U.S.?
- A.
The Politics Of War
- B.
The Politics Of Fear
- C.
The Politics Of Ronald Reagan
- D.
The Politics Of The Democrats
- 20.Who are the names of the title characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Children of Hurin"?
- A.
Turin And Nienor
- B.
Morgoth And Nienor
- C.
Morgoth And Glaurung
- D.
Turin And Glaurung
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