REMF QUIZ Round 7 - Words / Literature

[The Large One]

1. Under what pen name did Eric Arthur Blair write books?

2. What name is given to an irrational fear of heights?

3.

4. What is the name of the professor in Dan Brown’s books Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code?

5. In which city did William Caxton set up his first English language printing press?

6. Who wrote The History Boys?

7.

8. What title is held by Carol Ann Duffy?

9. For which book did Roddy Doyle win the Booker Prize in 1993?

10. A phrase where the adverb comes between ‘to’ and a ‘verb’ (for example to boldly go) is an example of what?

 

[Icy Gull]

2 Vertigo
5 Canterbury

 

[The Large One]

Nope to both.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

1. Under what pen name did Eric Arthur Blair write books? George Orwell

2. What name is given to an irrational fear of heights? Acrophobia

3.

4. What is the name of the professor in Dan Brown’s books Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code? Robert Langdon

5. In which city did William Caxton set up his first English language printing press? Westminster

6. Who wrote The History Boys? Alan Bennett

7.

8. What title is held by Carol Ann Duffy? Poet Laureate

9. For which book did Roddy Doyle win the Booker Prize in 1993? The Van

10. A phrase where the adverb comes between ‘to’ and a ‘verb’ (for example to boldly go) is an example of what? Phrasal Adverb

 

[Badger]

10 Split infinitive

 

[Eastleigh Seagull]

I thought number 9 was Paddy Clark Ha ha Ha

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

Robert Langdon

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

no.1 wrote 1984

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

Up the duffy is poet Laureat

 

[The Large One]

For f*** sake, BoF...

1. George Orwell
2. Acrophobia
3. Accommodate
4. Robert Langdon
5.
6. Alan Bennett
7. Onomatopoeia
8. Poet Laureate
9. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
10. Split Infinitive

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

Paddy Clarke haha - pass on the rest

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

1. Under what pen name did Eric Arthur Blair write books?

2. What name is given to an irrational fear of heights?
George orwell

3.

4. What is the name of the professor in Dan Brown’s books Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code?

5. In which city did William Caxton set up his first English language printing press?
london(westminster)

6. Who wrote The History Boys?

7.

8. What title is held by Carol Ann Duffy?
poet laurette

9. For which book did Roddy Doyle win the Booker Prize in 1993?
the commitments?

10. A phrase where the adverb comes between ‘to’ and a ‘verb’ (for example to boldly go) is an example of what?
a split infinitive

why are 3 and 7 missing?

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

Did I get 3 and 7 correct ?

 

[The Large One]

They were spellings.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

1. Under what pen name did eric arthur blair write books? George orwell

2. What name is given to an irrational fear of heights?

3. Wheres the question

4. What is the name of the professor in dan brown’s books angels & demons and the da vinci code?one dimensional character?

5. In which city did william caxton set up his first english language printing press?bugger knew this...... 1542?

6. Who wrote the history boys?damn can see him in my head... Allan bennett?

7. Wheres the question

8. What title is held by carol ann duffy? Most pedantic woman?

9. For which book did roddy doyle win the booker prize in 1993?paddy clarke ha ha ha

10. A phrase where the adverb comes between ‘to’ and a ‘verb’ (for example to boldly go) is an example of what?split infinitive

all my answers r up there

 

[The Large One]

Still one to get...

5. In which city did William Caxton set up his first English language printing press?

 

[Gully]

Oxford?

 

[The Large One]

Nope.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I was going to say Oxford. Is it definitely in England, TLO?

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Damn... miisread the question. Caxton had to do ti abroad in case he got burnt.... Belgium I think..... Brussels, Liege or Bruges.