Love, Literarily Trivia Quiz

Answer: Love in the Time of Cholera

"Love in the Time of Cholera" begins, "It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love." The novel was translated into English in 1988 and filmed in 2007. Author Márquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.

Answer: Eat, Pray, Love

"Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" is slated to become a movie for Paramount (starring Julia Roberts and produced by Brad Pitt) in 2010. The reviews of the book were generally positive, though some found the memoir too New Agey.

Answer: Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe was one of the leading playwrights of the Elizabethan age, and was a big influence on William Shakespeare. He wrote "The Jew of Malta", "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" and "The Massacre of Paris", various verses, and translations of Ovid.

He was murdered by Ingram Frizer in 1593, and conspiracy theories have swirled around his death ever since--was he killed because he was an atheist? Because he was a spy? Or was it simply a drunken quarrel gone deadly?

Answer: Geek Love

The Binewski parents create their own freaks for their carnival by dosing mother Crystal Lil with radioactive isotopes and various drugs whenever she gets pregnant. Eventually she produces Chick, who has telekinetic powers. The story of this family is bizarre, repellent--and very, very good.

Answer: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Tom Gordon was a relief pitcher for King's beloved Boston Red Sox in 1999, and had a habit of pointing toward the sky whenever he struck someone out. At the end of the novel, that gesture makes a very satisfying appearance. In 2004, a pop-up edition of the book was released for children.

Answer: Love Story

The book was originally written in script form, but Paramount Pictures asked Segal to novelize it so as to create interest for the upcoming movie. The plan worked--the book was a massive bestseller and the movie (starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw) was a blockbuster, scoring seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Actor and Best Actress for its two leads, and Best Picture). Author Segal wrote a sequel called "Oliver's Story".

Answer: Women in Love

Lawrence's previous book (to which "Women in Love" was a sequel) was "The Rainbow", and the United Kingdom prohibited it from being sold, due to its sexuality, for eleven years. Lawrence's reputation while alive was generally negative--he was thought of as a purveyor of pornography--but since his death in 1930 he's attained status as a great artist and his works (including "Lady Chatterly's Lover") have become classics.

Answer: Red, red rose

The final stanza of this romantic verse is "And fare thee weel, my only Luve/ And fare thee weel, a while!/ And I will come again, my Luve,/ Tho' it were ten thousand mile." The song was written in 1794.

Answer: The Lovely Bones

The book sold over a million copies and stayed on the "New York Times" list for over a year in hardcover. In December of 2009, the film version (directed by "The Lord of the Rings" auteur Peter Jackson) was released and garnered mixed reviews, though actor Stanley Tucci received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in his role as rapist and murderer George Harvey.

Answer: Beloved

"Beloved" is both the name of the novel and the name of the mysterious woman who may be the reincarnation of Sethe's oldest daughter, whom the slave woman murdered to keep from falling into the hands of her former master. The book is incredibly powerful and in 2006 a panel of writers and critics named it the best American novel of the previous 25 years, beating out "Underworld" and "Blood Meridian".