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61. Who was the inspiration for the book's title?

From Quiz Don't Sweat The Small Stuff

Answer: Wayne Dyer

Richard Carlson was attempting to get an endorsement for his book, "You Can Feel Good Again", from Dr. Wayne Dyer. Dr. Dyer is a best-selling author of many books ranging from psychology to self-help to spirituality. Dr. Dyer had endorsed one of his previous books, but this time, he could not contact him and finally gave up. Dr. Carlson told the publisher not to use his name and was both shocked and dismayed when the book was released and had Wayne Dyer's earlier endorsement on the cover. He immediately wrote Wayne Dyer an apology letter, as he was worried about the implications and consequences of using an endorsement without permission. A few weeks later, he received a letter from Wayne Dyer that said the following: "Richard. There are two rules for living in harmony. #1) Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" and #2) It's all small stuff. Let the quote stand. Love, Wayne." Subsequently, this became the title and sub-title of this book! This information can be found in the book's introduction.

From Quiz "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler

Answer: Doghouse Reilly

From the very beginning Marlowe is wary of this girl with the "sharp predatory teeth". Later it seems that every time he meets her he is irritated by her giggle that begins to make him feel edgy. Her habit of sucking her thumb like a baby is another aspect of her behaviour that puts him on his guard.

From Quiz Czerneda's The Trade Pact Universe Trilogy 1

Answer: Jason

Sira's beloved Chosen, the human Jason Morgan.

From Quiz The Hours

Answer: yellow roses

Clarissa is buying yellow roses for Richard's big party celebrating his winning of a very distinguished literary award.

From Quiz The Little Quiz of Wrong Shui

Answer: light

Self-explanatory.

From Quiz Gingerbread

Answer: showed her her harem dance

Sugar Pie thought it was disgusting.

From Quiz "Diary of a Teenage Girl"

Answer: pretty

Jenny wanted to be friends with Caitlin, but Caitlin couldn't figure out why.

From Quiz Laptop of the Gods

Answer: Roman

Jupiter and Juno were the Roman equivalents of Zeus and Hera.

From Quiz 'Sleepers' by Lorenzo Carcaterra

Answer: Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen is in Manhattan.

From Quiz Books Written by Margaret Clark

Answer: Lisa Trelaw

Lisa Trelaw is a teenage model trying to make the big time.

From Quiz The Prince of Tides

Answer: because of Savannah

Tom went to New York to help his sister Savannah, who had tried to commit suicide.

From Quiz Father Brown

Answer: The Blue Cross

Brown's debut, in 1911.

From Quiz Papillon, The Man And The Book

Answer: Henri Charriere

This is his birth name. He was known as Papillon in the underworld and was called that for many years to follow.

From Quiz Justin Cartwright's Greatest Novel

Answer: Richard Chua

Zwetters was Miles' boss in {London;} Leeson was a real-life rogue {trader;} I made up Henry Loh.

From Quiz The Most Dangerous Quiz

Answer: Collier's

"Collier's" magazine began publication in 1886. The other three choices do not usually publish fictional stories. Richard Connell (1893-1949) worked as a journalist and also wrote a handful novelist. His enduring legacy, however, is as a short story writer. His over 300 published short stories appeared in popular magazines of the day such as "The Saturday Evening Post". His most famous story, "The Most Dangerous Game", originally appeared in "Collier's" in January 1924. It has also been published with the title "The Hounds of Zaroff". He was also a graduate of Harvard University and served in the US Army during World War One.

From Quiz "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch

Answer: Walking home from the store

Jason goes out to meet up with an old friend named Ryan who is having a celebratory party for a prize he won for his research in neuroscience. Jason meets up with Ryan, has a drink, and is walking home after picking up ice cream for the family. He is enjoying the cool fall air when he hears footsteps behind him and is abducted by a masked assailant with a gun. He is taken to a dilapidated old building where he is told to change his clothes before being drugged.

From Quiz The Poetry of Billy Collins

Answer: Winter Syntax

Syntax is a term that refers to the arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences. In this poem, it is used as a metaphor for making sense of the world, and the metaphor is sustained throughout the poem. "Every lake is a vowel," for instance, "every island a noun." William James (Billy) Collins was born March 22, 1941 in New York City.

From Quiz The Manchurian Candidate

Answer: Solitaire

Ray had multiple "keys" that had to be used in a specific sequence to activate him. The first key was saying, "Why don't you play a little solitaire?" Ray would seek out a deck of playing cards, and prepare himself for the second key.

From Quiz "The Passage" by Justin Cronin

Answer: Death row prisoners

Wolgast has been tasked with finding prisoners who are sentenced to death to take part in a secret government testing project. All of them say yes, considering the other option is certain death. A cover story is devised for each prisoner.

From Quiz "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Answer: Grand Isle

Grand Isle was a vacation spot for the wealthy families from New Orleans. It was on the Gulf of Mexico, and the families rented cottages there. They would go up to the main house to have meals together with the other vacationing families. Additionally, each family had a bath-house on the beach for them to use when they went swimming. The place was run by Madame Lebrun.

From Quiz Morbid Fantasy

Answer: Beauty and the Beast

Beauty's dad was driving home in a storm when his car broke down. He walked to a nearby house with a mysterious owner. The owner insisted on being called Beast. Well, he did have paws and roared like a lion. After being invited to dinner, Beauty stayed at the Beast's house for a time and the two fell in love.

From Quiz "Wild Storm" by Richard Castle

Answer: CIA

He wasn't an official operative, but instead worked freelance on cases where official employees weren't able to go. When he answered his phone he always answered it "Storm Investigations", a nod to his previous life as a small time private investigator.

From Quiz "The Demon King" by Cinda Williams Chima

Answer: Hunts Alone

Han is fostered each summer by the clans at Marisa Pines Camp, and here he is named Hunts Alone. Each clan member's name changes periodically to reflect their traits and activities, and Han is given a clan name although he is not of the people. He is very close with Fire Dancer and his mother Willo, lodging with them when visiting. Han finds it calming in Marisa Pines, a welcome break from the stresses of his life at home, where he struggles to make enough money to feed his family now that he has quit the Raggers. He begins to become worried when it seems that Fire Dancer is ill, but no one will give him an explanation.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Anton Chekhov

Answer: doctor

Chekhov paid for his medical studies by working as a tutor and writing sketches. He became a qualified doctor in 1884 and worked at this profession throughout his life, often treating the poor without asking for payment.

From Quiz Oh No You Don't!

Answer: Italian

After his wife and first four children had died of illness, Dain's 42 year old father married Lucia Usignuolo (17), of a Florentine family.

From Quiz Ready Player One

Answer: 2045

The book is filled with references to 1980s pop culture, because that is when James Halliday grew up. He forced people to research his own favorite things from childhood in order to solve the mysteries he left behind. The book was set in the not-so-distant future, a future where the world is mostly in poverty and life is lived mostly online.

From Quiz The Troop

Answer: To earn a merit badge

The next morning, the five boys are told to go on a trek around the island to earn a merit badge while Tim stays in with the sick man. He doesn't let on that in the night he, too, started experiencing symptoms, becoming weirdly hungry. He gives them the walkie-talkie and sends them off. The boys take a trail around the island and make a fire, returning after dark to find Tim waiting outside, warning them not to go near the cabin or enter under any circumstances since the man inside must be quarantined. He doesn't tell them that the man woke up mid-day, somehow changed, and tried to eat the couch. All he can say for sure is that the man is sick...he just doesn't know with what.

From Quiz Caleb Carr's "The Alienist"

Answer: John Schuyler Moore

John Moore wins a leave of absence from the Times after promising he will give them first publication rights to the case he is working on. He knows that the Times will never choose to run a story about gruesome murders.

From Quiz "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane

Answer: The soldiers were fed and admired by people along the way

"On the way to Washington, the regiment was fed and caressed at station after station, until the youth believed that he must be a hero". Everyone, from girls to old men, smiled and encouraged the soldiers.

From Quiz The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

Answer: A white rose

In this story, Beauty's father drives back from his lawyer's and his car breaks down on the side of the road. In the hope that he may find someone with a phone, he stumbles into a courtyard and makes his way into a castle marked with a gold lion knocker. After settling in and being led around the house by a King Charles Spaniel, he uses the phone and calls for help; a truck arrives in an hour to take care of his vehicle. As he leaves, however, the owner of the castle, the beastly Mr. Lyon, catches Beauty's father stealing a white rose for his daughter and insists that he bring the girl to the mansion. Beauty heads to the castle and enjoys dinner with her rugged, mysterious beast-man and after several days comes to realize that he is an odd fellow. When her father's money issues are solved she's called to London, but promises the beast she'll be back before winter's end. She forgets. As spring dawns, Beauty is visited by the Spaniel who, apparently, has run all the way to retrieve her. When she reaches the Beast he seems emaciated and no longer like his former self. When she promises that she has returned for him he takes on an almost human appearance. The two of them wed shortly after, residing in the castle.

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