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Quiz 4 Questions - Post Answers & Hint Requests HERE
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Here are the questions for Quiz 4:
1. Who was Mossad’s asset?
2. Which hand was hurt?
3. What is the name of the Lord destroyed by an accident?
4. What breaks down causing the girls to move into the boys’ apartment?
5. What tree did he sit under drinking gin?
6. In which city can you find honesty and intelligence?
7. What gruesome object sits under a coin on a map?
8. Name the home for actors who are exactly what they seem.
9. Name the place of her dream.
10. Name the unreliable narrator who writes to save his sanity.
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first guess. :)"
Great start!
1/1 is correct.
4. Plumbing malfunctions in Abby's dorm, Beautiful Disaster, Jamie McGuire9. Manderley, Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
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9. Manderley, Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier"
How do you do that? I thought that would be a tricky one!
2/2 is correct.
Ceri wrote: "Francine wrote: "4. Plumbing malfunctions in Abby's dorm, Beautiful Disaster, Jamie McGuire9. Manderley, Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier"
How do you do that? I thought that would be a tricky one!
2/..."
I was forced to read Beautiful Disaster by a friend...it turned out to be a true disaster. :-D
May I have a clue for number 1 please?
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Hint for 1): The destruction of a weapon launches an invasion.
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Very good, 1/1 is correct.
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If this isn't the right answer can I have a clue for 2? Otherwise a clue for 10 please."
0/1 is correct.
Hint for number 2 is: 1. She refuses to speak for over a year.
3. Voldemort, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
5. Tree of Heaven, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
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0/1 is correct.
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0/1 is correct.
2. Right hand, Flowers in the Attic, V. C. AndrewsMay I have a clue for number 3 please?
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May I have a clue for number 3 please?"
0/1 is correct.
Hint for number 3): The object of this story must be returned to the place from whence it came.
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Hint for No 5): The hero betrayed his love under torture.
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0/1 is correct.
5. Chestnut Tree, Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
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Very good.
1/1 is correct.
Ceri wrote: "Very good.1/1 is correct."
You're tricky, Ceri. The Chestnut Tree was a cafe...
:-)
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1/1 is correct."
You're tricky, Ceri. The Chestnut Tree was a cafe...
:-)"
LOL, and I thought I was being so clever! :)
3. The Witch-King of Angmar (Lord of the Nazgul), The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien
Ceri wrote: "LOL, and I thought I was being so clever! :)"That's what was throwing me off because I kept thinking "But it's not an actual tree!"
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0/1 is correct.
10. Humbert Humbert, Lolita, Vladimir NabokovMay I have a clue for 3 please?
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May I have a clue for 3 please?"
0/1 is correct.
You've already had a hint for 3) Sorry. :(
3. Sauron the Dark Lord, Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien ?
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1/1 is correct! Well caught.
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Hint for 6) is: This heroine fears intimacy with a number.
6. Chicago, Divergence, Veronica Roth(Gosh, I hope so...just downloaded the 3rd book today. Honesty = Candor, Intelligence = Erudite, Tris fears intimacy with Four)
May I have a hint for 7 please?
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(Gosh, I hope so...just downloaded the 3rd book today. Honesty = Amity, Intelligence = Erudite, Tris fears intimacy with Four)
May I have a hint for 7 please?"
0/1 is correct. have another look at your answer!
Hint for No 7) is: A flower’s love is tortured by a machine.
Grrr...6. Chicago, Divergent, Veronica Roth
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6. Chicago, Divergent, Veronica Roth"
LOL, 1/1 is correct. Good job.
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0/1 is correct. Check the question. :)
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Hint for 10): One unusual name, one name that is common
7. Skull, The Princess Bride, William GoldmanI thought of Buttercup and Westley as soon as you said "A flower's love is tortured by a machine" and realizing that a florin was a coin.
Thanks, Parinita, for getting Princess Bride in there!
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I thought of Buttercup and Westley as soon as you said "A flower's love is tortured by a machine" and realizing that a florin was a coin.
Thanks, Par..."
1/1 is correct. You are all just too good!
10. Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott FitzgeraldMay I have a hint for number 8 please?
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May I have a hint for number 8 please?"
0/1 is correct.
Hint for 8): A boy reporter learns nothing.
10. Gideon Mack, The Testament of Gideon Mack, James RobertsonMay I have a clue for 10 please if this is incorrect? Otherwise, may I have a clue for 2?
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May I have a clue for 10 please if this is incorrect? Otherwise, may I have a clue for 2?"
0/1 is correct.
Hint for 10): The dead don't talk
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Well done! 1/1 is correct.
It's wide open!
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Hint for 8). Deny a child her early potential and her thirst for revenge will lead to murder.
May I have a clue for 2 please (whenever I'm due for a clue)?
May I have a clue for Q2 pleasexD
Q8. Keleios, Nightseer, Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Tyrion Lannister, A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin
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0/1 is correct.
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The questions are pulled from a wide range of books - I haven't read all the books. There is possibly more than one answer in a book to a question, or more than one book fitting the question. The fun is narrowing it down. If I mess up, I'll tell you and resolve it.
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