Authors T-Z: 'W' Trivia

1. What is the name of Molesworth's curly-haired best friend and partner in crime?

From Quiz Making Plans for Nigel

Answer: Peason

Peason - thought to be a corruption of 'Pearson' - is Molesworth's 'grate frend', and a budding inventor. The two have something of a love-hate relationship; they will often argue and smoke behind the potting shed (though smoking actually makes them feel sick) before going on to beat up younger boys. Peason regularly features in Molesworth's daydreams during class. It is implied that his first name is Timothy, 'darling Timothy' being listed as one of his nicknames.

From Quiz A Shilling's Worth of Trouble in "Farthing"

Answer: 1949

The date of 1949 is mentioned at several points in the story. The divergence from our timeline occurred several years earlier in 1940-41 when the US remains uninvolved in World War II and far less supportive of Great Britain. The British government signs a peace treaty with Nazi Germany. Britain is at peace and not occupied but much of Continental Europe remains under German occupation. In Britain itself, significant numbers in the government and the population at large are sympathetic to the Nazi government in Berlin.

From Quiz Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!"

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

An extended metaphor is a metaphor (a direct comparison between two things not using the terms "like" or "as") that is sustained and developed in some detail throughout all or part of a work. Walt Whitman's poem is an extended metaphor for the assassination of the sixteenth U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln. While Whitman never met Lincoln in person, he admired him deeply and was profoundly affected by his assassination. This is actually one of four poems Walt Whitman wrote about the death of Abraham Lincoln. The others are "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", "Hush'd Be the Camps To-day", and "This Dust was Once the Man".

From Quiz A Survey of Walt Whitman's Poetry

Answer: Free verse

Born on May 31, 1819, the American poet Walt Whitman was a humanist who incorporated both realism and transcendentalism into his works. He is sometimes called the "Father of Free Verse" according to David S. Reynolds in his "Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography". Free verse is a type of poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter. Blank verse does not rhyme but is typically written in iambic pentameter.

From Quiz A Survey of William Wordsworth's Poetry

Answer: Lyrical Ballads

"Lyrical Ballads", which bore neither of the poets' names when published, was a central work in the Romantic movement. The collection contains a preface in which Wordsworth discusses the elements of the type of verse that would later come to be called Romantic poetry. It employs the type of language "really used by men" instead of the neo-classical, poetic diction of the verse in fashion in the 18th century. Wordsworth's "Poems, in Two Volumes" was published in 1807. "The Excursion" was published in 1814.

From Quiz 'The Devil Wears Prada': Book/Film Differences

Answer: Alex, a teacher

In the book, Andy's boyfriend is a teacher called Alex Fineman. He works with disadvantaged children in a rough inner city school, and also does tutoring on the side.

From Quiz History of the Kings and Queens of England

Answer: Edward the Confessor

Around 1051 William, then only Duke of Normandy, visited England where his kinsman Edward the Confessor was King. The idea of him succeeding Edward occurred to William during the visit. But it was Harold Godwinson who succeeded Edward as King of England and after his death was his son Edgar who was never crowned. William then invaded, conquered and was crowned King of England.

From Quiz The "Duchess of Malfi" Code

Answer: Her brothers have forbidden her remarriage

The Duchess marries Antonio over her brother's strict express ban on her remarrying. Her brothers' motivations for banning her marriage are several and all quite terrifying.

From Quiz "The Caine Mutiny" by Herman Wouk

Answer: Nightclub piano player

Willie's biggest hit was "If You Knew What the Gnu Knew". He also showed talent at improvising ditties based on people's names.

From Quiz "The Way of the Shadows" - Brent Weeks

Answer: one week

Durzo Blint gave Azoth one week to kill Rat. After five days, he still had not done this, and Rat cut up Dollgirl's face. After that, Azoth only needed three hours to kill Rat.

From Quiz "Dead Beautiful" by Yvonne Woon

Answer: Latin

Undeads were fluent in Latin. They were expert in it as it was their native language.

From Quiz The Effects of Soy Sauce on American Males

Answer: Ship of Theseus

The Ship of Theseus posits that if one part of a ship is replaced, the ship is still the same ship. If, one by one, every part of the ship is replaced, does it remain the same ship, or has it become a different ship, and if so, at which point did it become a different ship? The riddle in the prologue states this much more concisely, asking about an axe that has had both its head and handle replaced.

From Quiz "Camp X" by Eric Walters

Answer: Braun

Jack and George Braun fight many battles and go through many tough situations together in Camp X. They almost die a couple of times and have many thrilling adventures. The "Camp X" series is full of all these adventures.

From Quiz "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" Quiz

Answer: He was attacked by a shark.

He was attacked by a hammerhead shark and in his last moments, wrote his "will" in the sand for his son John to take care of his wife and three daughters. Unfortunately, John's wife Fanny has other plans for them.

From Quiz The Castle of Otranto

Answer: Conrad

The tale opens on the wedding day of Conrad, the prized son of Manfred, who would be marrying a princess, Isabella. While many of the guests are already in the church waiting for the ceremony to begin, a villager informs the party that Conrad has been killed in the most peculiar way: crushed to death under an obscurely large helmet covered in black plumes. An ancient prophecy foreshadows the fact that Manfred's lineage may lose the throne in Otranto, and the death of his treasured son on this day shows his true feelings in the matter. It is later revealed that the murder weapon, an obscurely large helmet taken from the statue of a past prince, was taken from its resting place. No one man could have performed the murder on his own. Manfred retires to his room to mourn, instructing that no one enter. Later that day, Manfred's sole daughter and descendant, Matilda, dares to check on her father and she is soon told to leave. Instead, Manfred calls upon Isabella, the bride of the wedding. He tells her that he plans to give her a much older, experienced husband, unlike his frail, once-celebrated son. When he vows to marry her instead, Isabella worries and flees when he tries to force himself upon her. She only escapes when Manfred is distracted by a picture on the wall. Inevitably, he discovers that this moving picture is the spectre of his grandfather who leads him down the path he must take.

From Quiz Daddy-Long-Legs

Answer: John Grier Home

Judy spent all her childhood in the orphan asylum. However, she always dreamt of having a normal home.

From Quiz "All the King's Men" Quotations Chapters 6-10

Answer: Jack Burden

At this point in the novel, Anne Stanton has asked Jack to meet her at Slade's in order to ask him to further persuade her brother, Adam, to take the job as administrator for the Boss's new hospital. When Anne walks in, Jack pretends to not know her, merely as a little joke. The few moments of joking provide great juxtaposition to the serious moments that ensue in the conversation between the two former lovers.

From Quiz "All the King's Men" Quotations

Answer: Slade

Slade is serving beer to Jack Burden, Tiny Duffy, and Alex Michel during Prohibition in this flashback to 1922. Willie Stark's wife Lucy does not approve of drinking, so he takes an orange pop. It is in this flashback that Jack Burden, the main character, is introduced to Willie Stark, then a county treasurer, through their mutual friend, Alex Michel, who serves no purpose for the remainder of the story.

From Quiz The Shepherd of the Hills

Answer: The Matthews' house

This is in the introduction of the book entitled "The Two Trails."

From Quiz ABC's of Woolf's "To the Lighthouse"

Answer: Lily Briscoe

Lily Briscoe was a character of "To The Lighthouse" who was extremely interested in new art forms. Woolf's friend, Roger Frye, was responsible for introducing the public to Post-Impressionist art. By the time of this novel, Picasso, Gris, and other Post-Impressionists had begun to experiment with Cubism, Vorticism, and other new forms. So, for Lily Briscoe, it was very important to know how to begin a painting and to figure out the relationship between her subject and what went on canvas.

From Quiz Lady Jady Grey "Innocent Traitor" ?

Answer: Henry Grey

Henry Grey, Marques of Dorset, later Duke of Suffolk, was born January 17th 1515. He married Frances Brandon. They had three daughters Jane, Katherine and Mary. He made the mistake of participating in the Thomas Wyatt Revolt causing him to lose his head on February 23, 1554.

From Quiz Joseph Wambaugh's 'Hollywood Station'

Answer: Los Angeles

Hollywood is a Division of the Los Angeles Police Department.

From Quiz The Book of the Dun Cow

Answer: Someone crying outside

"In the middle of the night, somebody began to cry outside Chauntecleer's Coop. If it had been but a few sprinkled tears with nothing more than a moan or two, Chauntecleer would probably not have minded." Walter Wangerin's "The Book of the Dun Cow" was published in 1978. It won the National Book Award and NY Times "Best Children's Book of the Year" award.

From Quiz The Bonfire Of The Vanities

Answer: "Master Of The Universe"

The first chapter of the novel is entitled "The Master of the Universe," and Sherman McCoy uses that term to refer to himself and his fellow bond traders literally dozens of times throughout the book.

From Quiz Connie Willis - Short and Long Stories.

Answer: Lincoln's Dream

Mrs Willis won the John W. Campbell Award for this, her first novel. "Water Witch" was co-authored with Cynthia Felice.

From Quiz Lamb & Pickles - Tim Winton's "Cloudstreet"

Answer: World War II

Despite being set in World War II, the relative simplicity of life for Australian children of that era is highlighted in the early stages of the book, where there is little mention of the war but the children are "chucking bombies" off the jetty in a carefree manner.

From Quiz Miss Silver (By Patricia Wentworth) - General

Answer: Knitting

Miss Silver is always knitting something for great-nieces and nephews! Miss Silver is very much in the style and era of Miss Marple, whose great hobby was gardening. Sherlock Holmes, of course, retired temporarily to keep bees, and Agatha Christie's other great detective, Hercule Poirot, did the same to grow marrows.

From Quiz 'Leaves Of Grass'

Answer: 1855

On July 4, 1855, Walt Whitman had a book of poetry titled 'Leaves Of Grass' published. The poetry was criticized because of his usage of sex and the human body.

From Quiz "The Devil Wears Prada" - the book

Answer: Madeline

Her French Bulldog had just been fixed and was in considerable amount of pain. Andrea had to pick up the pooch in Miranda's Porsche, which she had a hard time navigating with the stick-shift. Andrea dropped Madeline off at Miranda's apartment, only to be told later that Miranda wanted the dog to be brought to the office.

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