Book Triva Game!

[Darkseid Sr.]

Since Comic Books has it, why not real books?

I'll start:

What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' brother?

[AlienFlanders]

Mycroft Holmes

[DocDoom187]

Google is your friend. ;)

[VelvetGuru9]

In the hood, the brother would be "Yo, Holmes" ;)

[Darkseid Sr.]

Mycroft Holmes

Correct, from The Greek Interpreter

[CustomCreator]

Great idea for a thread, Darkseid! I'm in!

[AlienFlanders]

Okay, from the Dark Tower series.

what is the name of The Gunslinger?

[Darkseid Sr.]

I haven't read any Stephen King since, like, Pet Cemetary.

[AlienFlanders]

Find a copy of The Gunslinger, the first book of the Dark Tower series, it is very small, a quick read, when I read the first part (published in an SF magazine) It never occurred to me that it was that King fellow.

[Drunky]

It's Roland, who hasn't forgot the name of his father.

[AlienFlanders]

And his fathers last name?

[Drunky]

Well, unlike Roland, I forgot :p.

It's been too long I've read it...

[Boosnickerty]

Deschain. One of my favorite King books, The Gunslinger, not Deschain.

[Boosnickerty]

Don't know if it is ok to post a question, but I will go ahead anyway. 4 characters always appear in Alice In Wonderland movies, but were never actually in the Alice in Wonderland book, can you name them?

[AlienFlanders]

You are correct Boosnickerty.

[Boosnickerty]

Thanks AlienFlanders, also on my question, I'll give anybody credit if they just get 2 of the 4.

[CustomCreator]

It's been a long time since I read the book, but I can't recall any characters who show up in the movies who weren't in the book. Taking a totally wild guess I'll say Humpty Dumpty and the King of Hearts.

[Boosnickerty]

You got one of them right. They did show up in Through the Looking Glass, but that was a seperate book. They did not show up in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I know alot of people think of these as girls books and they were written for girls, but if you ever actually read them, you'll find that they are pretty dark and not what you would expect. Disney and other movies prettied them up and took out all of the dark aspects.

[CustomCreator]

Oh, I see. Tweedledum and Tweedledee, perhaps?

[AlienFlanders]

The Walrus and the Carpenter maybe?

[MattPetersen]

I KNOW The Jabberwock is one of them for a definite!! (neat little tidbit....Jabberwock was set to appear in Disney's Alice but was cut. You can still see him in the Golden Book version of the story though :))

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum were also in the 2nd book.

That should be all 4 counting Humpty Dumpty.

[Boosnickerty]

Congratulations to MattPeterson and CustomCreator. Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Humpty Dumpty and the Jabberwock were the 4. I'll leave it up to you guys to see who gets to leave the next question.:p

[CustomCreator]

Matt can have it; he knew more of them than I did.

[MattPetersen]

Who is the giant baby who appeared one foggy morning after a horrible storm up on the Northern Coast of the U.S. ? He later became grew up to become a great sailor.

[charlesx]

Who is the giant baby who appeared one foggy morning after a horrible storm up on the Northern Coast of the U.S. ? He later became grew up to become a great sailor.

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, aka Cap'n Stormalong, is the answer.

[Boosnickerty]

Wow, what book was that from?

[MattPetersen]

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, aka Cap'n Stormalong, is the answer.

Awesome! You are correct!
I was just teaching Tall Tales in class today and this was one of the ones that we covered!

[readyeddy?]

Awesome! You are correct!
I was just teaching Tall Tales in class today and this was one of the ones that we covered!
So that's the book it came from?

[MattPetersen]

So that's the book it came from?

It came from American Tall Tales and Legends.

[CustomCreator]

It came from American Tall Tales and Legends.

There's gotta be something about honest car salesmen in there somewhere...

[MattPetersen]

There's gotta be something about honest car salesmen in there somewhere...

and an entire chapter on Honest Lawyers..........:rolleyes:

[CustomCreator]

and an entire chapter on Honest Lawyers..........:rolleyes:

Brother, they get their own book.

[Boosnickerty]

I love books and I like this thread, but we need more questions. I may be stepping out of line here, but here is another one for you guys. Who is Aaron Wolfe better known as? Good luck.

[charlesx]

I love books and I like this thread, but we need more questions. I may be stepping out of line here, but here is another one for you guys. Who is Aaron Wolfe better known as? Good luck.

Dean Koontz. Can I ask my question, now? :p

[charlesx]

From which ancient Greek noble house is Paul Muad'Dib (of the Dune series by Frank Herbert) a descendant of, and what is the name of one of his famous ancestors of that same line?

[MattPetersen]

From which ancient Greek noble house is Paul Muad'Dib (of the Dune series by Frank Herbert) a descendant of, and what is the name of one of his famous ancestors of that same line?

Oh goody....A DUNE question :cool:
The Greek House of Atreus. Agamemnon being the second half of the needed answer.
My wife is looking over my shoulder and calling me a nerd (I actually went to look for a book to answer this).

[CustomCreator]

I think the fact that you have a wife discounts the "nerd" appellation. True nerds live in their parents' basements and cower in fear at the thought of actually speaking to a woman.

No offense, JTR.

[readyeddy?]

I think the fact that you have a wife discounts the "nerd" appellation. True nerds live in their parents' basements and cower in fear at the thought of actually speaking to a woman.

No offense, JTR.
What about when your wife makes you cower in fear?

[CustomCreator]

What about when your wife makes you cower in fear?

Around my house, we call that "Thursday".

[theanalogkid]

Around my house, we call that "Thursday".

You're lucky. Around my house we call it "every day".:)

[charlesx]

Oh goody....A DUNE question :cool:
The Greek House of Atreus. Agamemnon being the second half of the needed answer.
My wife is looking over my shoulder and calling me a nerd (I actually went to look for a book to answer this).

Bingo! You have the correct answers! :cool: (Menelaus and Elektra would also have been correct answers for the "famous ancestors" part of the question...)

[MattPetersen]

OK, I know someone will probably google this or something but I'll ask it anyways.

Phillip K. Dick has written NUMEROUS stories during his career. Many of them were made into TV episodes or movies. Unfortunately, the original titles of his stories were changed for the movies.
Name 3 MOVIES that were originally stories of his and give the ORIGINAL title of each story.

[CustomCreator]

Well, I refuse to look up answers to trivia questions, I consider that cheating.

The only one I can think of is the one almost everyone knows, the Harrison Ford one.

[readyeddy?]

Which is Blade Runner (movie) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (novel). A Scanner Darkly was made into a movie starring Keanu Reeves but I don't think it was named differently from the novel. Minority Report (I think) with Tom Cruise was one but I don't know the novel's name. there's another one that came out before M. R. but I can't even think of the movie name.

[MattPetersen]

Which is Blade Runner (movie) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (novel). A Scanner Darkly was made into a movie starring Keanu Reeves but I don't think it was named differently from the novel. Minority Report (I think) with Tom Cruise was one but I don't know the novel's name. there's another one that came out before M. R. but I can't even think of the movie name.

You got Blade Runner - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep


A Scanner Darkly and Minority Report are both works of Phllip K. Dick but NOT the answers I was looking for due to the fact that their titles were not changed. Good Work! Keep Trying. ;)

Here is a hint, One of these movies just came out last year, 2007.
The other movie came out AFTER Blade Runner and starred another well known action film star.

[Boosnickerty]

Last years was Next based on the Golden Man, which I haven't got around to reading yet, but I will and the other one was Total Recall which I think was based on a story called We Can Remember It For You or something like that. We Remember maybe?

[CustomCreator]

Hey MattPetersen: your inbox is full.

[Darkseid Sr.]

Okay, isn't Next based on the Golden Man?

[Drunky]

I have another one: Screamers (original title was Second Variety, IIRC). Great low budget movie, BTW.

[MattPetersen]

Last years was Next based on the Golden Man, which I haven't got around to reading yet, but I will and the other one was Total Recall which I think was based on a story called We Can Remember It For You or something like that. We Remember maybe?

Yep
Next is titled The Golden Man

Total Recall is the the third. The title however is incorrect, you ALMOST have it!!! ;)

[MattPetersen]

I have another one: Screamers (original title was Second Variety, IIRC). Great low budget movie, BTW.

Yep Screamers is a 4th one. I was not going to count it because of the fact that it was low budget. Nice!!

[MattPetersen]

Hey MattPetersen: your inbox is full.

OK its fixed now!
I was getting a lot of mail the last few days :confused: :laugh:

[MattPetersen]

OK so to recap we have the following:

Blade Runner - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (ReadyEddy)

Next - The Golden Man (Boosnickerty)

Total Recall - We can Remember It ......? (title needs to be finished)

Screamers - Second Variety (Drunky)
Again Screamers was not one of the answers I was looking for BUT I'll accept it anyways. Its pretty low budget.

Someone finish the Total Recall title!! ;)

[Darkseid Sr.]

Total Recall - We can Remember It ......? (title needs to be finished)



For you wholesale (love the book, movie, meh)

[MattPetersen]

For you wholesale (love the book, movie, meh)

That's absolutely correct.
Total Recall - We Can Remember It for You Wholesale

I love the story too!!
Its probably THE MOVIE people don't realize was a book first!!


Ok Darkseid Sr., Boosnickerty, or Readyeddy? one of you can take it away now!!

[readyeddy?]

Name the Nine Princes in Roger Zelazny's Amber series. Bonus points if you can name the four sisters as well.

[Drunky]

Corwyn, Benedict (my favorite :grin:), Random, Brand, Eric, Julian, Caine, Bleys and Gérard. The only sister I remember is Fiona (the three others have kinda weird names IIRC).

[readyeddy?]

Corwyn, Benedict (my favorite :grin:), Random, Brand, Eric, Julian, Caine, Bleys and Gérard. The only sister I remember is Fiona (the three others have kinda weird names IIRC).You got it. The sisters names were Fiona, Deirdre, Flora and LLewella.

[Drunky]

According to "The Cold Six Thousand", who shot JFK?

[Drunky]

I don't wanna block the thread for too long; the guy's name was Chuck Rogers.

If anybody's got a good question, feel free to ask it.

[CustomCreator]

Name the seven major Incarnations described in Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series. (For bonus bragging rights, list them in order of the books they starred in.)

[CustomCreator]

By Asimov's beard gel, am I the only one who read this series?!?

[readyeddy?]

By Asimov's beard gel, am I the only one who read this series?!?
I have to confess that until he stops writing Xanth books I'm limiting my Piers Anthony intake.

[CustomCreator]

This is an older series; seven books published 1983-1990.

[readyeddy?]

Yeah but he's been writing Xanth books since 1979 or so and seems to feel he needs to put one out yearly since then. If I read too much stuff by him, I'll get sick of his style.

[CustomCreator]

Yes, well, if I could make that kind of money grinding the same thing out year after year, I would too.

[Boosnickerty]

Sorry, as for myself, I've never been into science fiction. Maybe a book or so here and there. I've always felt SF worked better as a visual medium, like the movies, than as books. I know not every one feels this way, just my opinion.

[CustomCreator]

Well, to each their own. I prefer the visual medium to be in my head, where I know I get it right, and I don't have to worry about the director or f/x man mucking it up.

[Boosnickerty]

Oh, I totally agree with you that they rarely do a good job of book to movie adaptations. Starship Troopers anyone? That might be a good thread to start, the best book to movie adaptations. I would nominate King's Misery. Easily one of the best out there.

[charlesx]

Answer:

On a Pale Horse - Death
Bearing an Hourglass - Father Time
With a Tangled Skein - Fate
Wielding a Red Sword - War
Being a Green Mother - Mother Nature
For Love of Evil - Evil
And Eternity - Good
Under a Velvet Cloak - Night

I have only read the first two novels in the series, however.

[lensnart]

Charles X - Please ask something that isn't fantasy or Sci-Fi, I have been lurking and waiting to play.

[charlesx]

Charles X - Please ask something that isn't fantasy or Sci-Fi, I have been lurking and waiting to play.

OK, you got it. Give me a moment....:cool:

[CustomCreator]

That might be a good thread to start, the best book to movie adaptations.

1939 Of Mice And Men, with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr.

[CustomCreator]

Answer:

On a Pale Horse - Death
Bearing an Hourglass - Father Time
With a Tangled Skein - Fate
Wielding a Red Sword - War
Being a Green Mother - Mother Nature
For Love of Evil - Evil
And Eternity - Good
Under a Velvet Cloak - Night

I have only read the first two novels in the series, however.

Definitely got the seven I was looking for, but I had never heard of the last one!! Scuse me while I check my library webpage....

[charlesx]

Definitely got the seven I was looking for, but I had never heard of the last one!! Scuse me while I check my library webpage....

That last one is from the latest book in the series, published last month, I believe.

Change of genre to Horror.

In Stephen King's "The Stand", what is the colloquial name given to the plague that wipes out a large part of the world's population due to its infectious and virulent nature?

[CustomCreator]

That last one is from the latest book in the series, published last month, I believe.

Just goes to show you, never say never. I can recall asking Mr. Anthony, at a convention in 1992, if there would be any more Incarnations novels, and being brushed off with a bruqsue "I think seven is enough." I guess he was in a bad mood that day; of course, it was Atlanta.

[lensnart]

Horror is just the evil brother of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, that's it I'm taking my english degree and going home.

[charlesx]

Horror is just the evil brother of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, that's it I'm taking my english degree and going home.

LOL - well, hey, if you wanted the classics you should've said so! OK, here's one just for you, Len.

What is the name of the maiden for whom the narrator pines in the lines of the poem by Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven"?

[CustomCreator]

That rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore!

Only this, and nothing more.

And hey, LenSnooty, I have an English degree too. So there.

[charlesx]

That rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore!

Only this, and nothing more.

And hey, LenSnooty, I have an English degree too. So there.

Qouth the Raven, "Eat my shorts."

;)

OK, CC - the answer is correct. Gives us a non-sci-fi, non-fantasy, non-horror question. How about something from Jane Austen or Nathaniel Hawthorne??? :p

[Boosnickerty]

That last one is from the latest book in the series, published last month, I believe.

Change of genre to Horror.

In Stephen King's "The Stand", what is the colloquial name given to the plague that wipes out a large part of the world's population due to its infectious and virulent nature?
Captain Trips-One of the best King novels. CustomCreator just beat me to the Lenore anwser. I love Poe.

[CustomCreator]

In Of Mice And Men, what was the name of the old farmhand who offered to contribute his savings to George and Lenny's new ranch?

[lensnart]

That rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore!

Only this, and nothing more.

And hey, LenSnooty, I have an English degree too. So there.

I'm not saying I'm too good for the genre's, trust me there is very little that I am too good for, just that they don't tickle my proverbial fancy. I just tend to go more for the Eggers, Foer, Chabon style of current Lit.

[charlesx]

Captain Trips-One of the best King novels. CustomCreator just beat me to the Lenore anwser. I love Poe.

For the record, your answer to the Stephen King question is correct as well. :cool:

[lensnart]

I believe that the answer is Candy.

[CustomCreator]

I believe that the answer is Candy.

Candy is indeed correct. Your go, good Captain.

[lensnart]

Who did Lenny Bruce impersonate to make money in How To Talk Dirty and Influence People?

[CustomCreator]

Judging from the title, I would guess Dale Carnegie.

[lensnart]

Nope. Just the title is a play on Carnegie. The book itself is one of the most insane autobiographical tales this side of Hunter S. Thompson.

[readyeddy?]

I'm not saying I'm too good for the genre's, trust me there is very little that I am too good for, just that they don't tickle my proverbial fancy. I just tend to go more for the Eggers, Foer, Chabon style of current Lit.
Wait, you read and enjoy comics right? How can you like that and not enjoy fantasy and science fiction?

[lensnart]

Wait, you read and enjoy comics right? How can you like that and not enjoy fantasy and science fiction?

I guess I must get my fill from comics. I have tried to get into sci-fi and fantasy and some is great (Stuff like, Clarke, Tolkein, Gaiman, Vonnegut, Adams, Ellison and Robert Rankin), but most of it just doesn't appeal to me. Partly it is due to a lot of overly descriptive writers, and partly it is just because I would rather read 10 completely diferent books, by 10 completely different authors then get involved in reading an epic series.

[MattPetersen]

I guess I must get my fill from comics. I have tried to get into sci-fi and fantasy and some is great (Stuff like, Clarke, Tolkein, Gaiman, Vonnegut, Adams, Ellison and Robert Rankin), but most of it just doesn't appeal to me. Partly it is due to a lot of overly descriptive writers, and partly it is just because I would rather read 10 completely diferent books, by 10 completely different authors then get involved in reading an epic series.

I feel like that sometimes.
I get in moods where I don't want to read a novel, but a bunch of short stories will suit me fine. So I go and find an interesting Sci Fi or Fantasy anthology and I am good to go.
As a side, I have become VERY addicted to Young Adult literature (mostly fantasy and Sci Fi). Some of the novels and themes in those books are really good and I can read them quickly! Of course it helps that I am a 4th grade teacher so I can get my hands on a variety of them very easily.
Spiderwick Chronicles, Fablehaven, The Last Apprentice, The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy (fun humorous book about kid superheroes), Tiffany Aching Discworld series by Terry Pratchett are all wonderful.

[lensnart]

I get the feeling that my question has ground this game to a halt so I will swich it up.

New Question:
Name at least three of JD Salinger's Glass children.

[readyeddy?]

Wait you're switching questions without telling the answer to the first one?

[lensnart]

the answer was a priest. Lenny Bruce stole a priest outfit and went door to door to make money, he justified it by giving half of the money back to the church.

[charlesx]

the answer was a priest. Lenny Bruce stole a priest outfit and went door to door to make money, he justified it by giving half of the money back to the church.

Wow. I never knew that. Oh, that Lenny Bruce! :p

[AlienFlanders]

Almost time for another switch up. :grin:

[Boosnickerty]

I get the feeling that my question has ground this game to a halt so I will swich it up.

New Question:
Name at least three of JD Salinger's Glass children.
Franny, Zooey and Seymour. I have to admit though, that I am not much of a fan of Salinger's work, but I will pretty much give anything a try.

[lensnart]

You are correct.

Your question boosnickerty.

[Boosnickerty]

In William Golding's novel, The Lord of the Flies, what is "the Beast" that scares the children on the island?

[MattPetersen]

Is it BOAR, or WILD PIG?

[Boosnickerty]

Is it BOAR, or WILD PIG?
No, that was the animal they hunted for food and then stuck on a stick to represent the Hunters tribe. The answer is very specific.

[Darkseid Sr.]

No, that was the animal they hunted for food and then stuck on a stick to represent the Hunters tribe. The answer is very specific.

I believe the Beast is evil in mankind.

[Boosnickerty]

Part of it yes, Simon sees the evil in mankind as a beast, but I'm really looking for the thing that was on the island with them that is the real answer.

[Darkseid Sr.]

Part of it yes, Simon sees the evil in mankind as a beast, but I'm really looking for the thing that was on the island with them that is the real answer.

...Do you mean that pilot's corpse?

[Boosnickerty]

...Do you mean that pilot's corpse?
Yes, you are correct. Simon finds the pilot and returns to tell the rest of the kids. The others are in the middle of a frenzy and before he can even speak they tear him apart. I've always felt that anytime a teenager asks his parents why they have to follow the rules, they should be given a copy of this book. One of my top 10 books ever.

[Darkseid Sr.]

Okay, then.

In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, who does Katie Nolan shoot?

[readyeddy?]

So it's been a month, maybe you should give the answer and throw out a different question.

[CustomCreator]

Since it has been so long, I'm going to take the initiative and ask a new question.

What was the name of Travis McGee's boat?

[Darkseid Sr.]

Ye ol' Busted Flush

[CustomCreator]

The Busted Flush it was indeed, from a couple dozen colorful novels by John D. MacDonald. Your go.

[Darkseid Sr.]

Name the profeesion of Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451.

[CustomCreator]

He was a fireman, whose job it was to burn books.

[Darkseid Sr.]

Correct, your go.