MONDAY- MAY 14, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND WINNER
Questions/answers are below. The winner was Stephen A.
Answer #1
He wrote the verse "Hush, hush, whisper who dares, Christopher Robin is
saying his prayers". Who was A. A. Milne?
Answer #2
This author's "Lord of the Flies" has been turned into films directed by
Peter Brook and Harry Hook. Who was William
Golding?
Answer #3
It's J. G. Ballard's saga of a British boy separated from his parents
and interned in a Japanese prison camp during WWII.
What is Empire of the Sun?
TUESDAY- MAY 15, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND WINNER
Questions/answers are below. The winner was Flora M.
Answer #1
It's thought that this "Gift Of The Magi" author partly took his pen
name from a prison guard. Who was O. Henry (William
Sydney Porter)?
Answer #2
"The Celestial Railroad" from his "Twice-Told Tales" is a parody of John
Bunyan's works. Who was Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Answer #3
Of this author of "The Necklace", Flaubert said, "He's my disciple and I
love him like a son". Who was Guy
de Maupassant?
WEDNESDAY- MAY 16, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND WINNER
Questions/answers are below. The winner was Bensen.
Answer #1
After this mythical king took an apple from a tree, it became like those
of the Hesperides. Who is King Midas?
Answer #2
This thickener of fruit jellies is obtained from apples.
What is pectin?
Answer #3
It's what Americans call apple brandy. What is
applejack?
THURSDAY- MAY 17, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND WINNER
Questions/answers are below. The winner was John M.
Answer #1
In 1973 she helped found, and also served as the first president of, the
Women's Tennis Association. Who is Billie Jean King?
Answer #2
This comedian got his big break after appearing with Judy Garland at the
Palace Theatre. Who is Alan King?
Answer #3
In 1968 she called upon American women to unite and fight the evils of
racism, poverty and war. Who was Coretta Scott
King?
FRIDAY- MAY 18, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND WINNER
Questions/answers are below. The winner was Arlene E.
Answer #1
Dating from 1763, the oldest synagogue in the U.S. is in this resort
town in Rhode Island. What is Newport?
Answer #2
John Calvin's followers in England were "Puritans"; his followers in
France were called this. What were the "Huguenots"?
Answer #3
The angel Moroni told him about the golden plates from which the Book of
Mormon was translated. Who was Joseph Smith?
WEEKEND- MAY 19-20, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND WINNER
Questions/answers are below. The winner was Judith C.
Answer #1
This was a hit song for Linda Ronstadt and Roy Orbison, and also a New
Orleans restaurant. What is "Blue Bayou"?
Answer #2
This U.S. vice president and his family presided over the opening of
Disneyland's monorail on June 14, 1959. Who was
Richard M. Nixon?
Answer #3
This man was the last Dutch governor of New Netherland which later
became New York.
Who
was Peter Stuyvesant?
Answer #4
"Eat" this many-seeded fruit, the prophet Mohammed advised, "It
purges the system of envy and hatred."
What is a pomegranate?
Answer #5
When you mix pine nuts, garlic, parmesan cheese, olive oil
and basil and you've got this. What is pesto?
