Pop Quiz!

"Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant."   Victor Hugo

It's back to school time. What are the two words that inspire the most fear in students? Substitute teacher? Cafeteria lunch? Gym class? For me, the two words were pop quiz, especially in math class. 

No need for any anxiety today...have fun browsing the questions. 

No peeking at the answers at the end of the quiz!

Good luck!

1) This Pulitzer Prize winner, for 1957's A Death in the Family, worked mainly as a screenwriter. Two of his biggest film successes are African Queen & Night of the Hunter.

2) According to the NY Times, transcendentalism blossomed in the US in the early 1800s. True or False: Ralph Waldo Emerson was part of this movement.

3) Author of Great Gatsby.

4) Author of Sun Also Rises.

5) The bestselling novel of all time is________.

6) Who is the wealthiest (worldwide) author today?

7) It's a tie! Who are the bestselling English-language authors of all time? A_______________ B__________________

8) In 2010, what were the top three most-borrowed titles in American libraries?

9) What book is the most commonly found in libraries around the world?

10) What is the largest library in the US? 

11) As of Sept 1, 2012, what was the NY Times' #1 fiction bestseller?                          Hint: I mentioned this book in an earlier post.

12) As of Sept. 1, 2012, what was the NY Times' #1 nonfiction bestseller?

13) This author has recently revealed herself to be the mysterious "Dear Sugar," an online advice column (therumpus.net). Her new book is a compilation of those columns. Hint: Her previous book is still on the NY Times' bestseller list.

14) These authors both died on November 22, 1963. 

15) Peggy Parish's lovable character has made early readers laugh for many years. Who is the too-literal kooky character? 

Answers

1)  James Agee 1909-1955
2)  True
3)  F. Scott Fitzgerald
4)  Ernest Hemingway
5)  Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities
6)  J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter series
7)  Agatha Christie & William Shakespeare
8)  A. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
     B. Women, Food & God by Geneen Roth
     C. Big Short in the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
9)  Bible
10) Library of Congress - 32,124,001 books
11) NY Times fiction - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
12) NY Times nonfiction - Paterno by Joe Posnanski
13) Cheryl Strayed
14) Aldous Huxley, C. S. Lewis
15) Amelia Bedelia