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Opun Library - Still Ticking! Trivia Quiz

Charles still has the slightly strange teachers asking him to find books (from Apt Titles Perhaps and the other Opun Library quizzes) and those books still have slightly twisted titles! Can you help him out once more?

A multiple-choice quiz by collect. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
collect

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
222,211

Updated
Oct 09 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
695

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Charles' English teacher must have been feeling hungry when he asked Charles to get this long work by Tolstoy. Hint

The Brothers Carrotmazov

War and Peas

Beef Stroganof

Swan Lunch

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Question 2 of 10

2. Ouch! Charles has just been sent out to find Poe's poem about an expert. Can you help? Hint

The Maven

Elegy in a Country Schoolyard

Lorelei Leak

The Pit and the Pundit

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Question 3 of 10

3. It is now Hallowe'en -- and Charles has been sent off to get an appropriate book by Nathaniel Hawthorne (or so his teacher thinks). Can you pick it out for him? Hint

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

History of Salem

The House of the Seven Goblins

Leatherstocking

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Question 4 of 10

4. Modern Lit -- and the teacher has asked for a Maya Angelou book! The only problem is, the teacher thinks it is about athletics! Can you help? Hint

Gym and I

Maya and the King of Siam

The Octathletes

I Know Why the Caged Bird Swings

5. Charles' Science teacher is about as bad as the other teachers when it comes to titles. He thought he was asking Charles to get a book about a winter character who was a sundial! What did he ask for? Hint

Watch on the Rhine

Frosty the Gnomon

Seiko the Whale

The Timex of Our Lives

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Question 6 of 10

6. Charles' Art teacher liked an old Sinatra film -- but he thought it was about Vincent van Gogh! What did he send Charles out to find? Hint

The Thin Red Lion

From Ear to Eternity

The Noes of Kilimanjaro

The Old Man and the Ski

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ugh! English Literature time -- and Charles has to find Kipling's poem about a person who not only carried water, but entire meals! I wonder just what mixed up title the teacher wants? Hint

Rikki Tivi Lake

Gunga Dinner

Hiawater

The Wild Lunch

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Question 8 of 10

8. Charles had a class on Sinclair Lewis today -- but his teacher must be a Stephen King fan instead! What book did she ask Charles to get? Hint

Maine Street

Elmer Gangtry

Doddsworth

Petroleum Sematery

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Question 9 of 10

9. Charles' History teacher seems to secretly sympathize with the Confederacy -- so he asked Charles to get a book by Shepherd Mead which was later made into a major movie musical starring Robert Morse. How did he mangle the title? Hint

Mr. Chipser By the Dozen

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to War

How to Secede in Business Without Really Trying

Okay-lahoma

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Question 10 of 10

10. Charles' art teacher is pretty sure Michaelangelo had major skin problems when he painted the Sistine Chapel, so he asked him to get this book. Hint

The Acne Ceiling

The Agony and the Eczema

Sistine Tons

A Vatican of Aloe

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Charles' English teacher must have been feeling hungry when he asked Charles to get this long work by Tolstoy.

Answer: War and Peas

Count Leo Tolstoy is best known for his epic "War and Peace" set in the Napoleonic Wars.

2. Ouch! Charles has just been sent out to find Poe's poem about an expert. Can you help?

Answer: The Maven

While Poe did write a short story "The Pit And the Pendulum", the poem for which he is best known is "The Raven," and "maven" is a word meaning "expert".

3. It is now Hallowe'en -- and Charles has been sent off to get an appropriate book by Nathaniel Hawthorne (or so his teacher thinks). Can you pick it out for him?

Answer: The House of the Seven Goblins

Hawthorne is famed for "The House of the Seven Gables". Washington Irving wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" which is an actual correct title, just not the correct answer since Hawthorne had nothing to do with it.

4. Modern Lit -- and the teacher has asked for a Maya Angelou book! The only problem is, the teacher thinks it is about athletics! Can you help?

Answer: I Know Why the Caged Bird Swings

Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is autobographical, and was nominated for a National Book Award in 1970.

Answer: Frosty the Gnomon

The "gnomon" is the angled stick on a sundial! And you probably do remember "Frosty the Snowman"!

6. Charles' Art teacher liked an old Sinatra film -- but he thought it was about Vincent van Gogh! What did he send Charles out to find?

Answer: From Ear to Eternity

Frank Sinatra starred in "From Here to Eternity", based on James Jones' work about Army life in WW II Hawaii. Vincent van Gogh was the famous artist known for having cut off his own ear.

7. Ugh! English Literature time -- and Charles has to find Kipling's poem about a person who not only carried water, but entire meals! I wonder just what mixed up title the teacher wants?

Answer: Gunga Dinner

"Gunga Din" was Kipling's famous poem about a native water carrier in India. "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"

8. Charles had a class on Sinclair Lewis today -- but his teacher must be a Stephen King fan instead! What book did she ask Charles to get?

Answer: Maine Street

"Main Street" was Sinclair Lewis' first commercial success. He later was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith" and later the Nobel Prize for Literature. Stephen King happens to live in Maine.

Answer: How to Secede in Business Without Really Trying

Shepherd Mead was the author of a small satirical novel "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" which was loosely the basis for the Broadway musical and movie.

10. Charles' art teacher is pretty sure Michaelangelo had major skin problems when he painted the Sistine Chapel, so he asked him to get this book.

Answer: The Agony and the Eczema

"The Agony and the Ecstasy" was originally a novel by Irving Stone, then later a movie starring Charlton Heston, and centered around the painting of the Sistine Chapel.

Source: Author collect

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