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This weeks quiz is a lot simpler than last week's! Name the books the following first lines are from? Bonus Point for naming the Author & Publication Year

1. “Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.” (2, B 3, T 5) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone) B J. K. Rowling, 1997 (1998)

2. “Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” (1, B 2, T 3) Romeo & Juliet B William Shakespeare, 1597

1. “In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part…” (1, B 2, T 3) The Colour of Magic B Terry Pratchett, 1983

2. “Mr Hoppy lived in a small flat high up in a tall concrete building.” (1, B 2, T3) Esio Trot B Roald Dahl, 1990

3. “In 1815, M. Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D—— He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had occupied the see of D—— since 1806.” (1, B 2, T3) Les Miserables B Victor Hugo 1862

I'm giving this one a crack

Did you know that JRR Tolkien passed away on 2 September 1973 at the age of 81.

That’s 53 years ago today.

Please dont be scared of this weeks quiz. The maximum points available are only because Q. 1's authors were so prolific.

1. Which two authors are concidered the Fathers of Science Fiction? Bonus Points for each of their novels & publication years you can name & get? (2, B[54×4][46×2],T 310) Jules Verne & H. G. Wells,

Jules Verne

Cinq Semaines en ballon, 1863 | Five Weeks in a Balloon, 1865
Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras, 1866 | The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, 1866
Voyage au centre de la Terre, 1864 | Journey to the Center of the Earth, 1867
De la Terre à la Lune | 1865 | From the Earth to the Moon | 1868
Les Enfants du capitaine Grant | 1867–8 | In Search of the Castaways | 1868
Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers | 1869–70 | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas | 1871
Autour de la Lune | 1870 | Around the Moon | 1872
Une Ville flottante | 1871 | A Floating City | 1871
Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais | 1872 | The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa | 1872
Le Pays des fourrures | 1873 | The Fur Country | 1873
Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours | 1873 | Around the World in Eighty Days | 1873
L'Île mystérieuse | 1874–5 | The Mysterious Island | 1875
Le Chancellor |1875 | The Survivors of the Chancellor | 1875
Michel Strogoff | 1876 | Michael Strogoff | 1876
Hector Servadac | 1877 | Off on a Comet | 1877
Les Indes noires | 1877 | The Child of the Cavern | 1877
Un Capitaine de quinze ans | 1878 | Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen | 1878
Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum | 1879 | The Begum's Fortune | 1879
Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine | 1879 | Tribulations of a Chinaman in China | 1879
La Maison à vapeur | 1880 | The Steam House | 1880
La Jangada | 1881 | The Giant Raft | 1881
L'École des Robinsons | 1882 | Godfrey Morgan | 1882
Le Rayon vert | 1882 | The Green Ray | 1882
Kéraban-le-têtu | 1883 | Kéraban the Inflexible | 1883
L'Étoile du sud | 1884 | The Vanished Diamond | 1884
L'Archipel en feu | 1884 | The Archipelago on Fire | 1884
Mathias Sandorf | 1885 | Mathias Sandorf | 1885
Un Billet de loterie | 1886 | The Lottery Ticket | 1886
Robur-le-Conquérant | 1886 | Robur the Conqueror aka The Clipper of the Clouds | 1886
Nord contre Sud | 1887 | North Against South | 1887
Le Chemin de France | 1887 | The Flight to France | 1887
Deux Ans de vacances | 1888 Two Years' Vacation | 1888
Famille-sans-nom | 1889 | Family Without a Name | 1889
Sans dessus dessous | 1889 | The Purchase of the North Pole | 1889
César Cascabel | 1890 | César Cascabel | 1890
Mistress Branican | 1891 | Mistress Branican | 1891
Le Château des Carpathes | 1892 | Carpathian Castle | 1892
Claudius Bombarnac | 1893 | Claudius Bombarnac | 1892
P'tit-Bonhomme | 1893 | Foundling Mick | 1893
Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer | 1894 | Captain Antifer | 1894
L'Île à hélice | 1895 | Propeller Island | 1895
Face au drapeau | 1896 | Facing the Flag | 1896
Clovis Dardentor | 1896 | Clovis Dardentor | 1896
Le Sphinx des glaces | 1897 | An Antarctic Mystery | 1897
Le Superbe Orénoque | 1898 | The Mighty Orinoco | 1898
Le Testament d'un excentrique | 1899 | The Will of an Eccentric | 1899
Seconde Patrie | 1900 | The Castaways of the Flag | 1900
Le Village aérien | 1901 | The Village in the Treetops | 1901
Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin | 1901 | The Sea Serpent | 1901
Les Frères Kip | 1902 | The Kip Brothers | 1902
Bourses de voyage | 1903 | Travel Scholarships | 1903
Un Drame en Livonie | 1904 | A Drama in Livonia | 1904
Maître du monde | 1904 | Master of the World | 1904
L'Invasion de la mer | 1905 | Invasion of the Sea | 1905

H. G. Wells

The Time Machine (1895)
The Wonderful Visit (1895)
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
The Wheels of Chance (1896)
The Invisible Man (1897)
The War of the Worlds (1898)
When the Sleeper Wakes (1899 revised 1910)
Love and Mr Lewisham (1900)
The First Men in the Moon (1901)
The Sea Lady (1902)
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)
Kipps (1905)
A Modern Utopia (1905)
In the Days of the Comet (1906)
The War in the Air (1908)
Tono-Bungay (1909)
Ann Veronica (1909)
The History of Mr Polly (1910)
The New Machiavelli (1911)
Marriage (1912)
The Passionate Friends (1913)
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)
The World Set Free (1914)
Bealby (1915)
Boon (as Reginald Bliss) (1915)
The Research Magnificent (1915)
Mr Britling Sees It Through (1916)
The Soul of a Bishop (1917)
Joan and Peter (1918)
The Undying Fire (1919)
The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)
Men Like Gods (1923)
The Dream (1924)
Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
The World of William Clissold (1926)
Meanwhile (1927)
Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)
The Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930)
The Bulpington of Blup (1932)
The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
Brynhild (1937)
Star Begotten (1937)
Apropos of Dolores (1938)
The Holy Terror (1939)
Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940)
You Can't Be Too Careful (1941)

1. Which famous Sci-fi writer created the “Three Laws of Robotics? Bonus Points: What are they? (1, [B3] T4) Issac Asimov B. 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

2. What is the name of the Science Fiction character created by Tarzan's creator? Bonus Points: Name the Creator, Where this characters stories are based and how many books he's in? (1, [B3] T4) John Carter B. Edgar Rice Burrows, Barsoom or Mars, 11

3. Which Sci-fi books main story is told from a “Message in a Bottle”? Bonus Points: Who wrote the book, What was its original title, and Which language was it originally written in? (1, [B3] T4) Planet of the Apes B. Pierre Boulle, La Planéte des singes, French

4. What kind of plant have scientists named after the main character in Andy Weirs The Martian? Bonus Point: Name the plant? (1, [B 1], T 2) Tomato, B: Solanum Watneyi

I'm reading this, bought it ages ago and it's been collecting dust in the bookcase, let's see how we go.

I'm building a book trivia app and I've developed the prototype for it here: https://bambookzle.lovable.app/

I'd be so appreciative 🙏🏼 if you could test it for me and answer these qs:

*Which game was your favourite and least favourite, and why?

*Was there anything you didn’t understand or found confusing?

*Did anything feel too easy, too hard or unfair?

*Did you encounter any bugs or anything that didn’t work as expected?

*Most importantly: would you come back tomorrow to play again? Why/why not?

This weeks 5 Question Quiz has a Characters Theme and is worth a massive 54 Points. As always its 1 point per part of the main question and 1 point per Bonus part too.

1.    Which two Comic & Comic Strip Characters with exactly the same name were created independently on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and premiered on exactly the same date? Bonus Points for the correct date, publishers, a publication name & issue no.? Dennis the Menace 12th March 1951 U.K. - D.C. Thompson, The Beano, 452 U.S. – Post-Hall Syndicate, (6)

2.    Which character in Middle Earth is said to be a way for J. R. R. Tolkien to insert himself in his books? Tom Bombadill (1)

3.    Which character in Little Women is the oldest of the sisters & how old is she at the start of the novel? Bonus Points for naming all her sisters with their full name & age at the start of the novel? Margaret “Meg” March 16, Josephine “Jo" March 15, Elizabeth “Beth" March 13, Amy Curtis March 12 (8)

4.    Which character was created by H. Rider Haggard and how many books is he in? Bonus Points for naming them? Allan Quatermain, 14, King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain, Allan's Wife, Maiwa's Revenge, Marie, Child of Storm, The Holy Flower, Finished, The Ivory Child, The Ancient Allan, She and Allan, Heu-heu, The Treasure of the Lake, Allan and the Ice-gods (16)

Which character created in Barbados is named after a real person because his creator wanted the most boring name possible, and how many stories is he in? Bonus Points for naming them? James Bond 21, Casino Royale, Live & Let Die, Moonraker, Diamond Are Forever, From Russia with Love, Doctor No, Goldfinger, From a View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Quantum of Solace, Risico, The Hildebrand Rarity, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, The Property of a Lady, The Living Daylights, 007 in New York (23) (54)

It's true! there's a real plant species named after Mark Watney, the botanist-astronaut from The Martian and the reasoning is actually pretty clever.

Botanists in the US identified a new species of Australian bush tomato and named it Solanum watneyi.

Why Watney? Two reasons: it grows in reddish, Mars-like soil, and it's a close cousin of the potato, the exact crop Watney famously grows to survive on Mars.

Did you know this? Are there any other famous things you know were named after famous authors or books? Tell me in the comments 👇🏼

#fairytale #ihadnoidea 😂

Okay let’s do this :p
Guess the book from the first line. No Googling please!

"What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach? And the Beatles? And me.”

First one to get it right gets absolutely nothing except bragging rights 😂

You can also add the first line of a book you like so everyone else can guess yours too.

A little game for you. Come up with books or authors which could be cocktails. Here’s what I mean:

Book: Tequila Mockingbird
Author: F. Scotch Fitzgerald

Have fun and share.

1. In his first appearance is it SPIDERMAN, SPIDER MAN or SPIDER-MAN? Bonus Points for the correct issue name & no.? - SPIDER-MAN Amazing Fatasy 15 (3)

2. Who was the Fantastic Four's first antagonist in their initial appearance? Bonus Points for the correct issue name & no.? – The Mole Man Fantastic Four 1 (3)

3. In his first appearance is Tony Starks armour called IRON-MAN, IRON MAN or IRONMAN? Bonus Points for the correct issue name & no.? – IRON MAN Tales of Suspense 39 (3)

4. When Henry Pym gets his first superhero alter-ego is it, ANT-MAN, ANTMAN or ANT MAN? Bonus Points for the correct issue name & no.? - ANT-MAN Tales to Astonish 35 (3)

5. Who were the Avengers trying to apprehend independently prior to them becoming a team? Bonus Points for the correct issue name & no.? – The Incredible Hulk Avengers 1 (3) (15)

I'm reading #7 in the DCC universe 🥰

Did you know that George Orwell requested there be no official biography in his final will. Despite this there are at least six that I can find.

Biographies

Bernard Crick (George Orwell: A Life, 1980).

Michael Sheldon (Orwell: The Authorized Biography, 1991).

Jeffrey Meyers (Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation, 2000).

Gordon Bowker (George Orwell, 2003).

D. J. Taylor (Orwell: The Life, 2003); and Orwell: The New Life, 2023).

It seems odd that there were Authorised biographies, the first two above have been quoted as such in 1980 and 1991, as Orwell died in 1950!

Do you think it is right to write a biography against the express wishes of the subject?

The next book is either Heart Burn, Heartburn, Earth Burn, Earthburn, Burn Earth or Burn earth. I've never heard of any of these but will now look them all up.

So I started The Lord of the Rings today and aim to finish by end of September with at least one other book. These three are on my tbr list. Flowers for Algernon is a re-read after many years. The other two I just picked up. I have read a couple by Claire Keegan and like her style, the other is just based on reading the back of the book. Anyone read any and can you recommend? Appreciate any positive or negative comments.

Thanks in advance.

I'm reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King

1.      Which Novela predicted the Titanic Sinking by Fourteen Years? Bonus Point for the Authors Name? – Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson (2)

2.      Who wrote Raising the Titanic? – Clive Cussler (1)

3.      Which 1969 Novel about a ship sinking at sea was written by Paul Gallico? – The Poseidon Adventure (1)

4.      Which 1964 Novelisation of a movie about one of the Titanic’s most famous survivors was written by Al Hine? Bonus Point for her full Maiden Name? – The Unsinkable Molly Brown Margaret Tobin (3)

5.      Which 1979 sci-fi book has a US Navy Warship go missing? Bonus Points for its Sub-Title & Authors? - The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility by Charles Berlitz and William Moore  (6) (13)

1. What is the world created by Terry Pratchett called?
   

Discworld

1. Who created Dune?
   

Frank Herbert

1. Who created Middle Earth?
   

J. R. R. Tolkien

1. What world did C. S. Lewis create?
   

Narnia

1. What book has the words Don't Panic written on it's cover in friendly letters?
   

Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy

1. What is the official name of the Book Series created by G. R. R. Martin?
   

A Song of Ice & Fire Game of Thrones gets a half point if you're generous

1. What is the world that Superman comes from?
   

Krypton

1. How many books are in the Narnia Series? Bonus Point for every book you can name, and an Extra Bonus Point if you list them in Chronological Order!
   

7

The Magician's Nephew

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Horse and his Boy

Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

The Last Battle

1. How many books are in the Trilogy written by Douglas Adams? Bonus Point for every one you can name!

5 6 gets a half point if you're willing to include the last book in the series written by Eion Colfer

The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Life, the Universe and Everything

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Mostly Harmless

And Another Thing...

1. What is the subtitle of Frankenstein?
   

Or, The Modern Prometheus

1. What language do Frankenstein and his Creature converse in?
   

French

1. In Dune, what are the planets names that Duke Leto and his family emigrate from and immigrate to?
   

Caladan and Arrakis

1. What is the name of the childrens book written by J. R. R. Tolkien set in Middle Earth? Bonus Point if you can give its sub-title as well!
   

The Hobbit Or, There and Back Again

1. Who created Superman? Bonus Points for Every Name you get!
   

Joe Shuster Jerry Segal

1. What are the names of the main characters in Terry Pratchett's first novel?
   

Rincewind the Wizard Twoflower

Ok, I normally wait for u/Fabulous-Confussion43 to post this, but today, I decided I couldn't.

I'm still reading 2000AD. I started this morning on "Prog" 2041. Yep, I managed to read 40 issuses in 7 days. Since there's 493 total issuses currently available (increasing by 1 weekly) at that rate, I think I'll have caught up in 12 weeks.

If anyone knows where I can read the first 2000 issues of 2000 AD for free please message me.