The Trivia Thread

[Blitzkrieg]

Gone with the Wind?

Nope

 

[Spur's Addiction]

Nope X 2.  (the answer shocked me)

Some random cheesy book like Beach Music?

 

[Swayin]

WAG: One of the Harry Potter books?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Some random cheesy book like Beach Music?

Ha ha...I read that book when I was deployed to Bosnia in 1997.  The best thing about it was all of the local references and it was long, 800 + pages IIRC.  Nope.  

 

[Blitzkrieg]

WAG: One of the Harry Potter books?

Nope, one of them is third on the list though.

 

[Swayin]

I finally gave in and looked it up ... shocked as well!

 

[STS]

who wrote it?

 

[Swayin]

Well let's just say it's not 50 Shades of Gray but it ain't exactly War and Peace either...

 

[markymark550]

I'm stumped.

Is my thought process at least on the right track?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I'm stumped.

Is my thought process at least on the right track?

It's definitely old.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

who wrote it?

That would almost certainly give it away.

 

[Spur's Addiction]

It's definitely old.

Had to go back a nd look at the question. I'm pretty sure the bible is the worlds best selling book. But the question says Novel. I have no idea. 

 

[STS]

That would almost certainly give it away.

so it must be a big book for the author and most likely taught in schools to keep numbers high...so I'll guess two I had to read:

Don Quixote 

Tale of Two Cities

Beyond that I have nothing lol...I mean is the Iliad a novel?  

 

[FurmanCock]

so it must be a big book for the author and most likely taught in schools to keep numbers high...so I'll guess two I had to read:

Don Quixote 

Tale of Two Cities

Beyond that I have nothing lol...I mean is the Iliad a novel?  

You had to read Cervantes?  I am impressed...now if you tell me you had to read it in the original Spanish...mind blown.  I also had to read Tale of Two Cities -- which I actually liked.  The best book assignment; however, was The Hobbit for 9th grade English.

 

[STS]

You had to read Cervantes?  I am impressed...now if you tell me you had to read it in the original Spanish...mind blown.  I also had to read Tale of Two Cities -- which I actually liked.  The best book assignment; however, was The Hobbit for 9th grade English.

I had to read the translated version at Furman in humanities (they combined western civ, English 11 and English 12 as an integrated class)...it was not easy at all for me to wade through!  I also had to read the Iliad at one point at Furman as well

Hobbit is a good answer as well!  

 

[Swayin]

The best book assignment; however, was The Hobbit for 9th grade English.

Mine as well. I still remember the day my third-grade teacher Mr. Suggs read aloud the "The Bridge of Khazad-Dum" chapter of Fellowship of the Ring to our class. I was transfixed and transported ... just blown away by those books, and still am to this day.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

so it must be a big book for the author and most likely taught in schools to keep numbers high...so I'll guess two I had to read:

Don Quixote 

Tale of Two Cities

Beyond that I have nothing lol...I mean is the Iliad a novel?  

Donnie Q it is!

 

[Swayin]

excellent question!

 

[STS]

Donnie Q it is!

wow...great question man!  I had no idea lol but that was a tough read for me but with its age it makes sense

 

[STS]

who wrote the lyrics for "A boy named Sue"?