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Book Dedications Trivia Quiz

Here's a quiz about the dedications writers put in their books.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
40,396

Updated
Feb 25 22

# Qns
10

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Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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751

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Question 1 of 10

1. What author dedicated his greatest work to Nathaniel Hawthorne and two other novels to the Bunker Hill Monument and Greylock, highest mountain in the Bay State? Hint

Herman Melville

Henry David Thoreau

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who dedicated a novel 'Once Again To Zelda'? Hint

Ernest Hemingway

Nelson Algren

William Faulkner

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who dedicated his first novel to screenwriter Vincent Lawrence? Hint

James M. Cain

Dashiell Hammett

Raymond Chandler

Erle Stanley Gardner

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Question 4 of 10

4. What pulp novelist dedicated two books to a typewriter and a hotel room? Hint

Cornell Woolrich

Chester Himes

Jim Thompson

Horace McCoy

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Question 5 of 10

5. What novel bears this dedication: 'TO MY WIFE AND MY COUSIN: Because there I was with an empty gun and you, Roy, supplied the ammunition and you, Anne, directed my aim.'?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What Irish author dedicated his book 'To N.P. FOR HELPING A LAME DOG OVER A STILE'? Hint

Liam O'Flaherty

Rearden Conner

F.J. Green

James Joyce

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Question 7 of 10

7. What horror writer dedicated his masterpiece to his close friend 'Hommy-Beg'? Hint

Bram Stoker

Oliver Onions

J. Sheridan LeFanu

Arthur Machen

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Question 8 of 10

8. What book was dedicated 'to babs with babs knows what and babs knows why'?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who dedicated his best-known book to 'the worse manuscript typists in New York, V.V. and Mme. A.'? Hint

P.G. Wodehouse

Patrick Dennis

Max Shulman

Peter DeVries

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Question 10 of 10

10. What author dedicated a sequel to actress Cybill Shepherd?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What author dedicated his greatest work to Nathaniel Hawthorne and two other novels to the Bunker Hill Monument and Greylock, highest mountain in the Bay State?

Answer: Herman Melville

Melville dedicated 'Moby Dick' to his friend {Hawthorne;} 'Israel Potter' was dedicated to the Monument and 'Pierre' to Graylock, which Melville could see from his Pittsfield home 'Arrowhead'.

2. Who dedicated a novel 'Once Again To Zelda'?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald dedicated his masterpiece 'The Great Gatsby' to his wife Zelda Sayre.

3. Who dedicated his first novel to screenwriter Vincent Lawrence?

Answer: James M. Cain

Lawrence was not only a friend of Cain's when the latter was a strugling (and ultimately unsuccessful) screenwriter, he also inspired the memorable title.

4. What pulp novelist dedicated two books to a typewriter and a hotel room?

Answer: Cornell Woolrich

Woolrich (best known for 'Rear Window', the basis for the Hitchcock classic) dedicated 'The Bride Wore Black' to 'Remington Portable No. NC69411' and 'Phantom Lady' to 'Apartment 605, Hotel M-- in unmitigated thankfulness(at not being in it any more) (!)

5. What novel bears this dedication: 'TO MY WIFE AND MY COUSIN: Because there I was with an empty gun and you, Roy, supplied the ammunition and you, Anne, directed my aim.'?

Answer: Thieves Like Us

By Edward Anderson, who never wrote again after {it;} it was filmed by Nicholas Ray and Robert Altman.

6. What Irish author dedicated his book 'To N.P. FOR HELPING A LAME DOG OVER A STILE'?

Answer: Rearden Conner

In Conner's 'Shake Hands With The Devil' about the Irish Rebellion(as was O'Flaherty's 'Informer' and Green's 'Odd Man Out'), filmed with James Cagney in the lead.

7. What horror writer dedicated his masterpiece to his close friend 'Hommy-Beg'?

Answer: Bram Stoker

The 'Hommy-Beg' Stoker dedicated 'Dracula' to is Manx novelist Hall {Caine;} it was Caine's childhood nickname.

8. What book was dedicated 'to babs with babs knows what and babs knows why'?

Answer: archy and mehitabel

Don Marquis created the cat and the cockroach in {1916;} archy couldn't make capital letters on the typewriter so he wrote in lower case.

9. Who dedicated his best-known book to 'the worse manuscript typists in New York, V.V. and Mme. A.'?

Answer: Patrick Dennis

Born Edward Tanner, Dennis gave the world 'Auntie Mame', which took stage and screen by storm. Eric Myers' bio 'Uncle Mame' is recommended.

10. What author dedicated a sequel to actress Cybill Shepherd?

Answer: Larry McMurtry

Shepherd starred in the film of McMurtry's 'The Last Picture Show' so McMurtry dedicated his sequel 'Texasville' to her. Of course, she also starred in the film version of 'Texasville'!

Source: Author tjoebigham

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