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Welcome to Trivia Tuesday: Bastille Day Edition Number a Paper 1-30 Jot Your Responses Answers Follow Have Fun! Welcome to Trivia Tuesday: Bastille Day Edition number a paper 1-30 jot your responses answers follow have fun! “All this happened, more or less.” 1 “Everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up, just like his father.” 2 “Mother died today.” 3 “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.” 4 “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” 5 “The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we understood the gravity of our situation.” 6 Which Shakespeare play got transformed into the 1999 comedy 10 Things I Hate About You? A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream B. The Taming of the Shrew C. Romeo and Juliet D. Much Ado About Nothing 7 What 1979 Vietnam War film borrows themes from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness? A. Apocalypse Now B. Platoon C. Coming Home D. The Deer Hunter 8 Which of these winners of the Oscars’ Best Picture honor was NOT based on a novel? A. The Silence of the Lambs B. Braveheart C. Schindler’s List D. The English Patient 9 Who wrote the story “The Green Mile,” adapted into a 1999 vehicle for Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan? A. Michael Crichton B. Dean Koontz C. John Grisham D. Stephen King 10 Which of these Hayao Miyazaki films was inspired by a children’s book by Diana Wynne Jones? A. Spirited Away B. Howl’s Moving Castle C. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind D. Ponyo 11 2016’s award-winning Hidden Figures was based on a book by which of these authors? A. Brit Bennett B. Michael Lewis C. Margot Lee Shetterly D. Glory Edim 12 After arriving in Paris, a Caribbean-born nobleman became notorious for booking three duels back-to- back in one day. Name his novelist son. 13 Which of these qualities of playwright Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac was NOT shared by his real-life counterpart? A. wrote science fiction about a trip to the moon B. fought a hundred men at the Porte de Nesle C. was in love with his cousin Madeleine “Roxane” Robin D. had a nose of striking size 14 Best known for two books named for her birthplace, this widely awarded graphic novelist lives and publishes in Paris. 15 In Stendhal’s Le Rouge et Le Noir (The Red and the Black), what are the Red and the Black? A. the army/monastic life B. the blood of angry men/the dark of ages past C. Communists/fascists D. roses/chocolates 16 She’s best known for her philosophy and political writings – as well as for her personal life – but she also found time to author several novels including She Came to Stay. Who was she? A. Djuna Barnes B. Simone Weil C. Simone de Beauvoir D. Violette LeDuc 17 Award-winning, multitalented, and controversial author Michel Houellebecq’s titles include The Map and the Territory and Serotonin, but his first book was a biography – of which of these writers? A. Victor Hugo B. Jack Kerouac C. Jack London D. H.P. Lovecraft 18 Which of these books by Edwidge Danticat won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2007? A. Claire of the Sea B. Brother, I’m Dying C. Breath, Eyes, Memory D. The Dew Breaker 19 She completed only two major novels (Une si longue lettre, So Long a Letter, and Un Chant écarlate or Scarlet Song) before her death in 1981, but she’s considered one of Senegal’s most important writers: A. Mariama Bâ B. Sokhna Benga C. Mame Younousse Dieng D. Fatou Diome 20 The Québécois writer Marie-Claire Blais may be the most applauded French-Canadian novelist of all time. Which of these is NOT one of her books? A. La belle bête (Mad Shadows) B. Une saison dans la vie d’Emmanuel C. Le desert mauve (Mauve Desert) D. L'exécution (The Execution) 21 This favorite mystery/thriller scribe writes in English, but his hero Dave Robicheaux may be contemporary literature’s most famous Cajun. 22 From the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this author of Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (Blue-White-Red), African Psycho, and Lumières de Pointe-Noire has been awarded the Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire, the French Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, and the Académie Française’s Grand Prize for Literature Henri Gal. A. Sony Lab’ou Tansi B. Emmanuel Dongala C. Jeannette Balou Tchichelle D. Alain Mabanckou 23 He was a poet and political theorist elected as a member of the Académie française – and he was also the first president of Senegal, from 1960 to 1980. Who was he? A. Mamadou Cisse B. Léopold Sédar Senghor C. Fatou Diome D. Richard Dogbeh 24 What’s the Library’s exhibition gallery called? 25 What orator/ memoirist/statesman/ abolitionist probably ran into Herman Melville in the Library’s building in May 1850? 26 In what year did we receive our charter from King George III? A. 1754 B. 1772 C. 1776 D. 1768 27 What Gilded Age Grande Dame’s eccentric bequest gave us many of the portraits and statues around the building? A. Grace Ansley’s B. Mrs. Henry van der Luyden’s C. Sarah Parker Goodhue’s D. Leota B. Spragg’s 28 About how many books do we have in the collections? A. 100,000 B. 150,000 C. 700,000 D. 300,000 29 Did the Marquis de Lafayette ever use the Library? (Yes or no.) 30 The Answers “All this happened, more or less.” 1 “All this happened, more or less.” Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, 1969 1 “Everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up, just like his father.” 2 “Everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up, just like his father.” Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin, 1953 2 “Mother died today.” 3 “Mother died today.” The Stranger (L’Etranger) Albert Camus, 1942 3 “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.” 4 “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.” Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston, 1937 4 “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” 5 “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” 100 Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez, 1967 5 “The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we understood the gravity of our situation.” 6 “The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we understood the gravity of our situation.” The Secret History Donna Tartt, 1992 6 Which Shakespeare play got transformed into the 1999 comedy 10 Things I Hate About You? A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream B. The Taming of the Shrew C. Romeo and Juliet D. Much Ado About Nothing 7 What Shakespeare play got transformed into the 1999 comedy 10 Things I Hate About You? B. The Taming of the Shrew 7 What 1979 Vietnam War film borrows themes from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness? A. Apocalypse Now B. Platoon C. Coming Home D. The Deer Hunter 8 What Vietnam War film borrows from Conrad’s Heart of Darkness? A. Apocalypse Now 8 Which of these winners of the Oscars’ Best Picture honor was NOT based on a novel? A. The Silence of the Lambs B. Braveheart C. Schindler’s List D. The English Patient 9 Which of these winners of the Oscars’ Best Picture honor was NOT based on a novel? B. Braveheart 9 Who wrote the story “The Green Mile,” adapted into a 1999 vehicle for Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan? A. Michael Crichton B. Dean Koontz C. John Grisham D. Stephen King 10 Who wrote the story “The Green Mile,” adapted into a 1999 vehicle for Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan? D. Stephen King 10 Which of these Hayao Miyazaki films was inspired by a children’s book by Diana Wynne Jones? A. Spirited Away B. Howl’s Moving Castle C. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind D. Ponyo 11 Which of these Hayao Miyazaki films was inspired by a children’s book by Diana Wynne Jones? B. Howl’s Moving Castle 11 2016’s award-winning Hidden Figures was based on a book by which of these authors? A. Brit Bennett B. Michael Lewis C. Margot Lee Shetterly D. Glory Edim 12 2016’s award-winning Hidden Figures was based on a book by which author? C. Margot Lee Shetterly 12 After arriving in Paris, a Caribbean-born nobleman became notorious for booking three duels back-to- back in one day. Name his novelist son. 13 After arriving in Paris, a Caribbean-born nobleman became notorious for booking three duels back-to-back in one day. Name his novelist son. Alexandre Dumas 13 Which of these qualities of playwright Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac was NOT shared by his real-life counterpart? A. wrote science fiction about a trip to the moon B. fought a hundred men at the Porte de Nesle C. was in love with his cousin Madeleine “Roxane” Robin D. had a nose of striking size 14 Which of these qualities of playwright Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac was NOT shared by his real-life counterpart? C.
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