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People Rhymes 7 Trivia Quiz

You are given the first or last name of a poet. Rhyme it with a word that meets the definition given with the name. e.g. Shakespeare's pens = Will's quills. Don't forget the apostrophe.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
minch

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
115,979

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1145

Question 1 of 10

1. N.B. This is an old Funtrivia quiz written when punctuation was allowed in Fill in the Blank answers. Please use an apostrophe where it's needed.

Keats' water birds

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Question 2 of 10

2. Burns' spare time pursuits

Answer: (Two Words R h)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Ginsberg's claws

Answer: (Two Words A t)

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4. Fears of Hughes

Answer: (Two Words T d)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Kilmer's sounds

Answer: (Two Words J v or J n)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Sandburg's growls

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7. Whitman's shortcomings

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Question 8 of 10

8. Thomas's rogues

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Question 9 of 10

9. Percy's desserts

Answer: (Two words S j)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Ogden's skirmishes

Answer: (Two words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. N.B. This is an old Funtrivia quiz written when punctuation was allowed in Fill in the Blank answers. Please use an apostrophe where it's needed. Keats' water birds

Answer: John's swans

John Keats, 1795-1821, was an English poet who was especially noted for his odes: "Ode to a Nightingale", "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode to Melancholy". He died in Rome at the age of twenty-six.

2. Burns' spare time pursuits

Answer: Robbie's hobbies

Robert (Robbie) Burns, 1759 - 1796 was a Scottish poet and writer of Scottish folk songs. "To a Mouse" is his best known poem. "Auld Lang Syne" is his best known song.

3. Ginsberg's claws

Answer: Allen's talons

American poet, Allen Ginsberg, 1926-1997) was a member of the Beat Generation. "Howl" and "Kaddish" are two of his volumes of poetry.

4. Fears of Hughes

Answer: Ted's dreads

Ted Hughes, 1930 - 1998, was an English poet laureate. He was married to Sylvia Plath.

5. Kilmer's sounds

Answer: Joyce's voices

American poet Joycer Kilmer is probably best known for his poem "Trees".

6. Sandburg's growls

Answer: Carl's snarls

Carl Sandburg,1878 - 1967, an American Pulitzer prize winner, is known for his biography of Abraham Lincoln as well as for his books of poetry.

7. Whitman's shortcomings

Answer: Walt's faults

1819 - 1892. This American poet's best known work is a collection of poem "Leaves of Grass".

8. Thomas's rogues

Answer: Dylan's villains

Dylan Thomas,1914 - 1953, a Welsh poet, is best known for his radio play "Under Milk Wood".

9. Percy's desserts

Answer: Shelley's jellies

Percy Bysshe Shelley,1792 -1822, like Keats belonged to the Romanticism movement. He wrote an elegy to Keats "Adonais". Like Keats he died before he was thirty.

10. Ogden's skirmishes

Answer: Nash's clashes

American Ogden Nash, 1902 - 1971, wrote comic verse.

Source: Author minch

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