Monday, July 9, 2012

9/11/11 Books & Literature

1. Frequently cited at weddings, the verse that begins "love is patient, love is kind" comes from which book of the bible? Corintheans
2. After the bell tolled for him, what novelist's key west residence became a museum with more than 60 cats living o the grounds? Ernist Hemmingway
3. Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and their two cubs are the brainchild of what famed husband and wife authors? Bernstein
4. What 2005 best selling non-fiction book carried the tag-line, "A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything"? Freakonomics
5. Providing shortcuts for slacker students, what black and yellow study guides claim to be the fastest way to learn? Cliffs Notes
6. In Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, what is the name of the main character, who is haunted by the headless horseman? Ichabod Craine
7. Who is the novelist who wrote a family of pioneers in Little House on the Prairy? Laura Engels
8. Which Salman Rushdie novel drew protests from Muslims around the world, including a fatwa from the leader of Iran? The Satanic Verses
9. Which reclusive contemporary American novelist is best known for his novels, Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of Lot 49, and and V? Thomas Pynchon

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