Weekly Trivia

[Emily Spencer]

Every week 5 trivia questions will be posted. You have until the start of the next week to send me the answers via forum PM. Each right answer will be worth 2 trivia points, making it possible to earn 10 trivia points per week. Good luck!

Week 1

1. According to the poem, what is meant by "things unknown / but longed for still"

2. What year was "Caged Bird" published?

3. How man languages did Maya Angelou speak?

4. What does a free bird leap on?

5. What word describes the caged bird’s trill?

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Answered correctly by;

Janne Halla
Aurelia West
Lex Green
Amy Smith (6 points)

Week 1 answers:
1. Freedom
2. 1983 (The autobiography of a similar title published in 1969 which is acceptable also)
3. Six
4. The back of the wind
5. Fearful

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Week 2:

1. According to the poem, I Opened A Book, what did the author swallow?

2. In what book did the poem appear?

3. When was the book containing the poem published?

4. According to the poem, what did the author do with the king?

5. Where was Julia Donaldson born?

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Correct answers submitted by:
Janne Halla
Lex Green
Katherine Laurier

Week 2 answers:

1. The magic potion
2. Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum
3. 2004
4. Dined with the king
5. Hampstead, London, UK

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Week 3:
(I apologize for the 3-day delay, real life has a pesky way of grabbing my attention!)

1. What is the title of Natsume Soseki's unfinished work?

2. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of _________________?

3. How does the wind howl according to the poem?

4. How many leaves did the winds have to blow?

5. What was Natsume Sōseki's birth name?

Answered Correctly By:
Aurelia West
Dibyarup James Potter
Rose Dove

Week 3 Answers:
1. Light and Darkness
2. 1,000 yen note
3. Rage
4. None
5. Natsume Kin'nosuke

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Week 4:

1. Where was Elizabeth Bishop born?

2. What was Elizabeth Bishop's first volume of poems called?

3. According to the poem, One Art, what article of her mother's did she lose?

4. According to the poem, how many cities does the author lose?

5. How old was Elizabeth Bishop when she died?

Answered correctly by:
Janne Halla
Lex Green
Dibyarup James Potter

Week 4 Answers:
1. Worcester, Massachusetts
2. North and South
3. Her watch
4. Two
5. 68

Thus concludes our Trivia Challenge. I apologize that it was shorter than expected, but I hope that it still provided some fun Thank you for playing!!