‘Miscellaneous Mum’ turns four years old this week and to celebrate I thought I would have a little fun and include you all in the festivities! I have so many of you to thank for your support over this time.
There’s also a $100 Readings Voucher to be won! If you win and aren’t in Melbourne, that’s okay because it’s redeemable online.
I haven’t had much spare time lately, and most of our books are in storage, so I’ve put together a trivia list together pretty much (with a few exceptions) from memory. All the questions relate to a book or a person that have had personal significance to me over the years.
Here’s how it’s going to work:
To be in the running for the $100 voucher you need to answer all the questions correctly.
(If you’re stuck, I have a hint for you: let Google and social media be your friend…)
Please leave your answers in the comments section. All entries with the correct answers will then by put into a random number generator and I will contact the winner sometime tomorrow.
This competition ends at 10pm tonight! Comments will then be closed.
Good luck!
Note: this competition is only open for Australian residents, sorry.
Ready?
Go!
Questions
1) Mary Shelley is the daughter of Charles Godwin and which famed 18th Century feminist?
2)
The sea is calm tonight,
This is the opening line to my favourite poem. What is the poem’s name, and who wrote it?
3) Who is the villain in Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose? A hint: he’s blind.
4) Who is the author of A River Town – a novel about the town of Kempsey, where I grew up?
5) ‘Eric Blair’ is better known as his pen name? What is his pen name?
6) Which novel opens with this sentence?
The small boys came early to the hanging.
7) Taken from the climax to Bram Stoker’s Dracula:
As I looked, the eyes saw the sinking sun, and the look of hate in them turned to triumph.
But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan’s great knife. I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat; whilst at the same moment [x]’s bowie knife plunged into the heart.
Who is [x]?
Abraham Van Helsing
John Seward
Lord Goldaming
Quincey Morris
8) These are the concluding lines to which Booker Prize winning novel?
He writes it down.
Early September. Five days. Wolf Hall.
9) Published in 1966, which novel by Jean Rhys was written as prequel (of sorts) to Jane Eyre?
10) Jessica Anderson, who sadly died recently, wrote which 1978 Miles Franklin Award winning novel?
Readings Bookstore is the official bookseller at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival. This is the point when I turn outrageously self-promotional and remind you of my very own session during the festival. This voucher came about by my putting my own hand in my own pocket etc.etc.
There is one last thing: I’ve been nominated as one of Kidspot’s Top 50 Bloggers, which, wow. A pleasure! And you can vote for me, if you like. Just click on the below link (or in my sidebar – shameless!) and there is a vote button on the page you’re taken to. That’s all, no sign-ups. Thank you!
