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Quiz about First Lines of Recent Bestsellers

First Lines of Recent Bestsellers Quiz

Do you read all the latest bestsellers? All these books were published between 2000 and 2004 and spent some time on a bestseller list. Match the first lines with the book they came from.

A multiple-choice quiz by clg18057. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
clg18057

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
199,364

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Renowned curator Jacques Sauni�re staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"Angels & Demons" (Dan Brown)

"The Da Vinci Code" (Dan Brown)

"Deception Point" (Dan Brown)

"Digital Fortress" (Dan Brown)

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Question 2 of 10

2. "It's midnight now. The house is dark. I am not sure how this will turn out. The kids are all desperately sick, throwing up. I can hear my son and daughter retching in separate bathrooms. I went in to check on them a few minutes ago, to see what was coming up. I'm worried about the baby, but I had to make her sick, too. It was her only hope."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"Cold Fire" (Dean Koontz)

"The Amateur Marriage" (Anne Tyler)

"Prey" (Michael Crichton)

"To Die For" (Linda Howard)

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Question 3 of 10

3. "On the afternoon of October 12, 1990, my twin brother Thomas entered the Three Rivers, Connecticut Public Library, retreated to one of the rear study carrels, and prayed to God that the sacrifice he was about to commit would be deemed acceptable."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"My Sunshine" (Catherine Anderson)

"Crown Jewel" (Fern Michaels)

"I Know This Much is True" (Wally Lamb)

"Dance With Me" (Luanne Rice)

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Question 4 of 10

4. "OK. Don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?"

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"Retreat, Hell!" (W.E.B. Griffin)

"Confessions of a Shopaholic" (Sophie Kinsella)

"The Bride's Necklace" (Kat Martin)

"Bridget Jones' Diary" (Helen Fielding)

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Question 5 of 10

5. "My suffering left me sad and gloomy. Academic study and the steady, mindful practice of religion slowly brought me back to life."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"The Lovely Bones" (Alice Sebold)

"The Other Boleyn Girl" (Philippa Gregory)

"The Poisonwood Bible" (Barbara Kingsolver)

"Life of Pi" (Yann Martel)

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Question 6 of 10

6. "I was born twice: first as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"Three Junes" (Julia Glass)

"Bel Canto" (Ann Patchett)

"The Secret Life of Bees" (Sue Monk Kidd)

"Middlesex" (Jeffrey Eugenides)

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Question 7 of 10

7. "The African-American marine in the gray Mercedes will soon die of bites from Naja siamensis, but we don't know that yet, Pichai and I (the future is impenetrable, says the Buddha)."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"To Die For" (Linda Howard)

"Siam or the Woman Who Shot A Man" (Lily Tuck)

"Memorial Day" (Vince Flynn)

"Bangkok 8" (John Burdett)

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Clare: It's hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he's okay. It's hard to be the one who stays."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"The Amateur Marriage" (Anne Tyler)

"Reunion" (Nora Roberts)

"Much Ado About You" (Eloisa James)

"The Time Traveler's Wife" (Audrey Niffenegger)

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Theodore is in the ground. The words as I write them make as little sense as did the sight of his coffin descending into a patch of sandy soil near Sagamore Hill, the place he loved more than any other on earth."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"The Wife" (Meg Wolitz)

"The Alienist" (Caleb Carr)

"The Great Pretender" (Millenia Black)

"The Last Juror" (John Grisham)

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Anyone in the neighborhood could tell you how Michael and Pauline first met."

This is the first line of which of these books? Hint

"The Amateur Marriage" (Anne Tyler)

"I Know This Much is True" (Wally Lamb)

"Islands" (Anne Rivers Siddons)

"Northern Lights" (Nora Roberts)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Renowned curator Jacques Sauni�re staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery." This is the first line of which of these books?

Answer: "The Da Vinci Code" (Dan Brown)

"The Da Vinci Code" is a fast paced thriller beginning with the death of Jacques Sauni�re, curator of the Louvre museum in Paris, who manages to leave clues at the scene of his murder that his cryptographer granddaughter and Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor and famed symbologist, must solve before the killer does.

Answer: "Prey" (Michael Crichton)

By the author of "Jurassic Park", "Prey" is a technothriller about a swarm of microscopic nanomachines that have escaped into the surrounding desert. They are intent on killing their creators trapped in the lab facilities, and anything else that gets in their path.

Answer: "I Know This Much is True" (Wally Lamb)

"I Know This Much Is True" is the story of Dominick Birdsey, a 40 year old housepainter, who is attempting to work through the problems in his life, with his family, and with having a schizophrenic twin brother.

4. "OK. Don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?" This is the first line of which of these books?

Answer: "Confessions of a Shopaholic" (Sophie Kinsella)

"Confessions of a Shopaholic" is the comedic story of Becky, a finance writer, who is anything but successful at saving money. She has a great apartment in London, a closet full of designer clothes, and a drawer full of maxed out credit cards. Hounded by creditors, she must face her demons and try to live on a budget.

5. "My suffering left me sad and gloomy. Academic study and the steady, mindful practice of religion slowly brought me back to life." This is the first line of which of these books?

Answer: "Life of Pi" (Yann Martel)

"Life of Pi" is the story of 16-year-old Pi, who, after the cargo ship he was on sinks, is adrift on a lifeboat with a menagerie of animals, including a Royal Bengal tiger.

Answer: "Middlesex" (Jeffrey Eugenides)

"Middlesex" is the story of Cal Stephanides and three generations of his Greek-American family. Raised as Calliope, a girl, Cal has uncovered a secret his family had tried to keep hidden.

Answer: "Bangkok 8" (John Burdett)

"Bangkok 8" is a crime thriller set in exotic Bangkok. Moments after Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep and his partner witness the murder of a Marine sergeant, his partner suffers a gruesome death. Paired now with a beautiful FBI agent, Sonchai must find the killer and avenge his partner's death.

8. "Clare: It's hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he's okay. It's hard to be the one who stays." This is the first line of which of these books?

Answer: "The Time Traveler's Wife" (Audrey Niffenegger)

"The Time Traveler's Wife" is an untraditional love story about Clare and Henry, a man who cannot control his jumps through time. Clare first sees Henry as a young girl, who meets him from time to time in the field behind her house and brings him her father's old clothes to wear, while Henry does not meet Clare until years later when they are both in their twenties.

Answer: "The Alienist" (Caleb Carr)

"The Alienist" is an intelligent crime thriller set in 1896. A serial killer is on the loose, preying on young boys prostituting themselves in the slums of New York City, and Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt asks an alienist (who would later come to be called a psychologist) and a newspaper reporter to help with the investigation.

10. "Anyone in the neighborhood could tell you how Michael and Pauline first met." This is the first line of which of these books?

Answer: "The Amateur Marriage" (Anne Tyler)

"The Amateur Marriage" is a realistic and sad look at a hasty marriage between two teenagers that takes place during WWII, and the development (or rather lack thereof) of their relationship over the next 50 years.

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