This week's quiz, last week's answers
This week's quiz: British and American writers.
1. This British author, as a boy, worked in a factory that made black shoe polish. Later he became a court stenographer.
2. This American author has a bridge in Boston named after him.
3. This British author began a novel with the words "It was a dark and stormy night..." for which there is a contest every year in the USA for an opening sentence worse than that one. He also coined the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword."
4. This American author had only one book, a novel, published to great acclaim; it was later made into a popular movie. The author died after being hit by a taxi.
Next week's quiz: Dogs and cats
Answers to last week's quiz: Battles of history.
1. King Leonidas was the leader of his army in what battle?
The Battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas, the Spartan king, led a coalition of Greek city states against the invading Persians in 480 BC. The Persians won that battle and took over Athens, but were driven from Greece a year later in the Battle of Plataea.
2. A famous poem was inspired by a battle in the Crimean war. Name the poem and the poet.
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The oft-quoted lines "Theirs not to reason why/ Theirs but to do and die" are from the poem.
3. Mikhail Kutuzov commanded Russian forces in what battle?
The Battle of Borodino, fought in Russia against the invading French army of Napoleon in September 1812.. The French won this battle and moved on to seize Moscow.
4. In a war fought by American forces there were two battles fought in the same place, about a year apart. Name the war and the place.
The American Civil War. The First Battle of Bull Run began on July 21, 1861 in northern Virginia--it was the first engagement between the Union and the Confederate forces following the attack on Fort Sumter by the Confederates earlier that year. The second began on August 30, 1862. Both were won by the Confederates. These battles have also been referred to as the First and Second Battles of Manassas (Bull Run was a stream and Manassas was the small town in the proximity of the battles.)
1. This British author, as a boy, worked in a factory that made black shoe polish. Later he became a court stenographer.
2. This American author has a bridge in Boston named after him.
3. This British author began a novel with the words "It was a dark and stormy night..." for which there is a contest every year in the USA for an opening sentence worse than that one. He also coined the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword."
4. This American author had only one book, a novel, published to great acclaim; it was later made into a popular movie. The author died after being hit by a taxi.
Next week's quiz: Dogs and cats
Answers to last week's quiz: Battles of history.
1. King Leonidas was the leader of his army in what battle?
The Battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas, the Spartan king, led a coalition of Greek city states against the invading Persians in 480 BC. The Persians won that battle and took over Athens, but were driven from Greece a year later in the Battle of Plataea.
2. A famous poem was inspired by a battle in the Crimean war. Name the poem and the poet.
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The oft-quoted lines "Theirs not to reason why/ Theirs but to do and die" are from the poem.
3. Mikhail Kutuzov commanded Russian forces in what battle?
The Battle of Borodino, fought in Russia against the invading French army of Napoleon in September 1812.. The French won this battle and moved on to seize Moscow.
4. In a war fought by American forces there were two battles fought in the same place, about a year apart. Name the war and the place.
The American Civil War. The First Battle of Bull Run began on July 21, 1861 in northern Virginia--it was the first engagement between the Union and the Confederate forces following the attack on Fort Sumter by the Confederates earlier that year. The second began on August 30, 1862. Both were won by the Confederates. These battles have also been referred to as the First and Second Battles of Manassas (Bull Run was a stream and Manassas was the small town in the proximity of the battles.)
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