Trivia Quiz 151

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Trivia Quiz 151
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Posted by: golddust

I apologize folks. Today is a US holiday, so I will start the Quiz tomorrow.

For those who celebrate, enjoy the day off.

Posted by: clifton

Ah, that explains why there are so few members online

Posted by: forwardone

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Originally Posted by clifton

Ah, that explains why there are so few members online

Yes, been fairly quiet all around the forums from what I`ve seen.

Posted by: forwardone

I should also add it`s a Public Holiday here in the UK today.

Posted by: clifton

What's the reason, I mean what do you celebrate?

Posted by: forwardone

I think in the US they call it Memorial Day, but that`s not related as far as I know to the one here in the UK, which is Spring Bank Holiday and is always the last Monday in May.

Here`s the full list..

http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/ba...days/index.html

Posted by: golddust

I didn't know there were back to back holidays, but I'll go ahead and start the quiz.
Maybe those in the UK have nothing better to do (???)

Clue # 1

I am a book.

Posted by: forwardone

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Originally Posted by golddust

I didn't know there were back to back holidays, but I'll go ahead and start the quiz.
Maybe those in the UK have nothing better to do (???)

Clue # 1

I am a book.

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Maybe those in the UK have nothing better to do (???)

We`re still playing catchup to much of the rest of Europe which generally has more public holidays than here in the UK. Many of their`s are religious ones.

The book - War & Peace

Posted by: jojomataketa

The Good Earth

Posted by: golddust

Still seems like a pretty quiet day around the forums.

Sorry forwardone and Jojo, not the Title I'm looking for.

Clue # 2- Though fiction, this novel intertwines real and fictional events.

Posted by: NelsonN

A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket?

Posted by: jojomataketa

THE ODESSA FILE

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images...DHL._SS500_.jpg

Posted by: golddust

Sorry NelsonN and Jojo, not the title I am looking for.

Clue #3 - It was first published in periodical form over a 2 year period, but the complete version was in book form.

Posted by: clifton

Da Vinci Code?

Posted by: Old_Cat

Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) - the novell by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.

Posted by: golddust

Old_Cat you are CORRECT!http://img26.exs.cx/img26/2245/thumbsup8de.gif So few clues, very good!

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Widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction, Tolstoy considered this book his first true novel. The character of Anna was likely inspired, in part, by Maria Hartung (1832–1919), the elder daughter of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Soon after meeting her at dinner, Tolstoy started reading Pushkin's prose and once had a fleeting daydream of "a bare exquisite aristocratic elbow", which proved to be the first intimation of Anna's character.

Although most Russian critics panned the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life", Fyodor Dostoevsky declared it to be "flawless as a work of art".

The novel, set among the highest circles of Russian society, is generally thought by the casual reader to be nothing more than the story of a tragic romance. However, Tolstoy was both a moralist and severe critic of the excesses of his aristocratic peers, and Anna Karenina is often interpreted overall as a parable on the difficulty of being honest to oneself when the rest of society accepts falseness.

Trivia

Karenin's name is derived from the Ancient Greek word for "head", thus illustrating his pervasive rationality.
The novel became a best-seller in the United States in 2004 after a recommendation by TV personality Oprah Winfrey. (ISBN 0-14-303500-2)
Anna Karenina is mentioned in the song "Lust In The Movies" by The Long Blondes.

http://img.tfd.com/thumb/a/a2/LeoTo...nnaKarenina.jpg

Posted by: clifton

Wohoo, Old Cat, you're genius! That was fast, congratulations!

Posted by: bigwoo

Congrats Old Cat!!!!

Posted by: forwardone

Very well done, Old_Cat.

I got the right author, just the wrong title.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...-LeoTolstoy.jpg

Posted by: NelsonN

And I wasn't even close.

Congrats!

Posted by: Old_Cat

Thanks to ALL.

Paul.

Posted by: jojomataketa

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Originally Posted by Old_Cat

Thanks to ALL.

Paul.

Well done, old tiger.

I have read War and Peace and a number of his short stories, but not anna karenina. Who has? Is it cool?