History
- Which was the last to become a state of the USA? Bonus point for year.
- Who was the longest serving Prime Minister of Australia? Bonus point for how long he served.
- What year did the Berlin Wall come down?
- What did Victoria celebrate 100 years of in 2008?
- How old is the University of Melbourne?
- US Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day. What was it?
a) Thanksgiving
b) 4th of July
c) Washington’s birthday - In 1492, who “sailed the ocean blue”?
- What were reported as the famous last words of bushranger Ned Kelly?
- True or false: Mud throwing was an official event at the 1904 Olympics.
- In Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire, he sings “England’s got a new queen.” To which queen does he refer?
Lit
- Who is the only Australian author to have the Booker prize twice? Bonus points for the books that won
- Name a novel that has sold more than 10,000,000 copies worldwide.
- Of all the words Dr Seuss coined, which is the only one to remain in the English dictionary?
- What were the titles of the two so-called autobiographies Oprah championed in her book club, only to discover they were, in fact, works of fiction?
- What position does (or did) the author who won the first Australian PM’s award for fiction last year hold at the University of Melbourne?
- What is Mark Twain’s real name?
- Which fictional character was famously ‘outed’ by their author in 2007, despite a significant lack of evidence about this sexuality in the books?
- Which television series is thought to have inspired the first so-called fan fiction?
- Fill in the blanks in this quote from the Twilight books: “And so the _ _ _ _ fell in love with the _ _ _ _.” (bonus point if you can name the book this quote is from)
- Who are the 3 characters at the tea party Alice joins in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland?
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JAG
7 comments:
The Lit questions-
No.7- Is it Dumbledore? I think not, but..
And oh, Cheshire Cat, the March Hare, the Mad Hatter :D
Miss you *sighs*
oo ooo I know some of the lit ones No. 1 Its Peter Carey with Jack Maggs and The True History of the Kelly Gang
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
7. Was it Dumbledore?
8. Star Treck?
9. Lion and Lamb
10. The Mad Hatter, The Mad March Hare and the Doormouse
The others are hard :(
That Twilight avatar is only too accurate.
History answers:
1. Hawaii, 1959
2. No one cares
3. 1989
4. No one cares
5. No one cares
6. 4th of July! Also, they had this rivalry of sorts to see who could live longer and they both died thinking the other had won.
7. Seriously?
8. Something clever
9. I really hope that's true
10. I don't listen to Billy Joel
MARK TWAIN'S REAL NAME WAS SAMUEL LONGHORN CLEMMENS. 'Mark twain' means the river is two fathoms deep.
God, I feel like I'm on QI.
01. no idea
02. no idea
03. 9th November 89 checkpoints are opened, 10th November 89 germans start tearing down wall (we study reunification in german)
04. no idea
05. seriously no idea
06. b? *shrugs*
07. I'm gonna say Columbus...the only name I know
08. I think I'm dying??
09. true (I actually think it is. I watched qi yesterday and it said it was, between the "uncivilised tribes". I think.
10. elizabeth 2?
01. no idea
02. harry potter. surely. I'm gonna go with the seventh. and to kill a mockingbird. the bible too (except it's not really a novel)
03. no idea
04. ummmm...
05. *sigh*
06. samuel clemens
07. dumbledore
08. umm, biffy? who knows these answers?!?!
09. lion. lamb. first one, ie twilight. This is my most hated line in the english language. It's absolutely awful.
10. march hare, mad hatter, dormouse.
wow, I did APPALLINGLY!
not looking at others peoples comments...my guesses are:
LIT
1. Bryce Courtenay
2. bible
3.
4. a million little pieces by james frey and his other book, my friend leonard?
5. lecturer no idea
6. no idea
7.dumbledore!
8. star trek
9. lion, lamb...probs the first book
10. mad hatter, hare and someone else...
HISTORY
1. california 1879? lol
2. should know this....ummm bob hawke...like 7 or 8 years?
3. in the 80s
4. no ideaaaa :( i should know this stuff!!!!
5. 140 years old?
6. c
7. magellan
8. such is life
9. true
10. elizabeth 2
i am appalled at my lack of knowledge about aussie history....i hang my head in shame lol
Answers!
History:
1. Hawaii, 1959.
2. Menzies, 16 years.
3. 1989
4. Women's vote.
5. 156 years old
6. b)
7. Columbus
8. "Such is life."
9. True
10. Queen Liz II
Lit:
1. Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda and The True History of the Kelly Gang2. Any one of:
* Bach, Richard. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
* Blatty, William. The Exorcist
* Benchley, Peter. Jaws
* Caldwell, Erskine. God's Little Acre
* Heller, Joseph. Catch-22
* Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird
* McCullough, Colleen. The Thorn Birds
* Metalious, Grace. Peyton Place
* Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind
* Orwell, George. 1984, Animal Farm
* Puzo, Mario. The Godfather
* Robbins, Harold. The Carepetbaggers
* Salinger, J.D. Catcher in the Rye
3. Grinch
4. A Million Little Pieces and Angel at the Fence5. Deputy Principal of Medley College
6. Samuel Clemens
7. Dumbledore!
8. Star Trek
9. Lion, lamb
10. Dormouse, March Hare and Mad Hatter
Well done everyone! =)
x
JAG
I just thought I should let you know that I was watching QI and the thing about mud throwing was brought up.
Also, you forgot the "Longhorn" in "Samuel Longhorn Clemens".
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