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Trivia Quiz # 115

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Posted by: golddust

.... will begin SOON!








golddust


Posted by: golddust

Clue #1:

I am a fictional character.


Posted by: jmrenterprises

lets get the ball rolling
sherlock holmes


Posted by: golddust

Sorry John,

Not Sherlock.


Posted by: moremoe

Puck (midsummer night's dream)?


Posted by: golddust

No moremoe, not Puck. Interesting guess.


Posted by: golddust

Clue #2:

I am a character from a book....


Posted by: jmrenterprises

hercule poirot

him of the little grey cells


Posted by: golddust

No John, not Hercule Poirot.


Posted by: golddust

Clue # 3:

I am one of 8 characters in the book, including the narrator.


Posted by: golddust

Clue #4:

I am a child.


Posted by: bigwoo

Harry Potter ???





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Posted by: golddust

Sorry Big Woo, not Harry P. (Too many characters in the book too).


Posted by: golddust

Clue #5:

I travel to different places and learn the peculiarities of grown-ups.


Posted by: Old_Cat

Alice
Quote:
Alice is a fictional character in the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which were written by Charles Dodgson under the pen name Lewis Carroll.



Posted by: golddust

No Old_Cat, it's not Alice.


Posted by: moremoe

Peter Pan!


Posted by: golddust

Sorry Moremoe, not Peter.


Posted by: golddust

Clue # 6:

In my journeys I explain that where I come from everything is very small.


Posted by: Old_Cat

Jiggy McCue ???


Posted by: moremoe

Stuart Little


Posted by: golddust

Sorry Old_Cat and moremoe, not Jiggy or Stuart. Good guesses!


Posted by: golddust

Clue # 7:

I am an extraterrestrial and also extraordinarily small.


Posted by: Old_Cat

Tink Puddah ??


Posted by: golddust

Tink Puddah??? Who dat???

Sorry Old_Cat....


Posted by: golddust

There is a correction to Clue # 3:
I am one of 10 (not 8) characters in the book, including the narrator.

Clue # 8:

Where I come from I tend to a flower, 2 extinct and 1 active volcanos.
(Does that help bigwoo?)


Posted by: Old_Cat

Little Prince !


Posted by: Old_Cat

Quote:
Originally Posted by golddust
Tink Puddah??? Who dat???

Sorry Old_Cat....

Quote:
Tink Puddah is an extraterrestrial child from a distant planet who is orphaned in the Adirondack Mountains in 1845, when his parents are killed upon landing on Earth. As blue as Krishna, poor Tink is persecuted for looking different and struggles to survive in an inhospitable and alien land. Despite his fear of humans, Tink is a gifted healer who has the ability to cure the physical and emotional ills of the suffering.

A Small and Remarkable Life by Nick DiChario



Posted by: golddust

We have a Winner, "the Little Prince" of course! Congratulations Old_Cat!
http://www.spiritual.com.au/images/...ce_contents.gif

One of my all time favorite books for its philosophical and poetic metaphors.
The Little Prince (French Le Petit Prince), published in 1943, is French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's most famous novel, which he wrote while staying at a hotel in New York City.

Ostensibly a children's book, it makes several profound and idealistic points about life and love. In it, Saint-Exupéry imagines himself stranded in the Sahara Desert, thousands of kilometers away from inhabited places, where he meets a young extra-terrestrial (though entirely human-appearing) prince. In their conversations, the author reveals his own views about the follies of mankind and the simple truths that people seem to forget as they grow older. The essence of the book is contained in the famous line uttered by the fox to the little prince: "On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux" (It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye). There are also two other main points in the book, both spoken by the fox. They are: "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" and "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important".


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ttle_Prince.jpg
The Little Prince, drawn by Saint-Exupéry himself, chapter II

If anyone cares to read this wonderful book, you can find it here:
http://www.spiritual.com.au/article...ce_contents.htm

though it does not contain all the illustrations by Saint-Exupéry which add so much charm to this book. Read it once, it will take about 45 minutes, read it again, and it could take you much longer as you take in the "matters of consequence".


Posted by: golddust

Quote:
Originally Posted by Old_Cat

Tink Puddah is an extraterrestrial child from a distant planet who is orphaned in the Adirondack Mountains in 1845, when his parents are killed upon landing on Earth. As blue as Krishna, poor Tink is persecuted for looking different and struggles to survive in an inhospitable and alien land. Despite his fear of humans, Tink is a gifted healer who has the ability to cure the physical and emotional ills of the suffering.

A Small and Remarkable Life by Nick DiChario


Thanks for introducing me to this book. I will look for it!


Posted by: moremoe

Old-Cat, you have outgunned me again!
Congrats


Posted by: forwardone

This was a really intereting one. Well done to you Old_Cat.


Posted by: jojomataketa

Well done, oldcat...Had never heard of that little prince. The only little prince I know of is this one:
http://www.normanhood.co.uk/princenaseem_jpeg.jpg


Posted by: Old_Cat

Thanks to ALL


Posted by: clifton

Ahhh, congrats Old_Cat! Great quiz and great book is that



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