Here are today’s answers.
Each question refers to a quote from the beginning of a novel and has some questions about the quote.
One
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of … on which a … and a … lay crossed.
The opening words of Ulysses by James Joyce are quoted above. What three words have been omitted?
Answers: Lather; mirror; razor.
Ulysses, set in Dublin on 16 June 1904, parallels Homer’s Odyssey and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It explores themes like antisemitism, sexuality, and Irish nationalism through its allusive and stylised narrative.
Two
Once there were four children whose names were Peter, …, Edmund, and ….
What are the two girls’ names missing from these opening lines?
Answer: Susan; Lucy.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, published in 1950, is the first part of the seven part The Chronicles of Narnia. It tells the story of four children who discover Narnia through a wardrobe. They help Aslan defeat the White Witch and establish the Golden Age of Narnia.
Three
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a … man in possession of a good …, must be in want of a ….
What three words are omitted from the opening words of an 1813 English novel, and what is that novel?
Answers: Single; fortune (and) wife. Pride and Prejudice.
Pride and Prejudice, a novel of manners by Jane Austen, follows Elizabeth Bennet’s character development as she learns about hasty judgements and the difference between superficial and actual goodness. The novel explores the societal pressures faced by the Bennet family, particularly the need for their daughters to marry well to secure their future.
Four
The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer. They set forth at daybreak to see a man beheaded, twenty in all, and … rode among them, nervous with excitement. This was the first time he had been deemed old enough to go with his lord father and his brothers to see the king’s justice done. It was the ninth year of summer, and the seventh of …’s life.
The same name has been omitted twice from the above opening quote. What is that name, and what 1996 novel is the quote from?
Answers: Bran; A Game of Thrones.
A Game of Thrones, the first novel in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, is an epic fantasy set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. The novel, praised for its political intrigue and historical influences, won the 1997 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was later adapted into the HBO television series Game of Thrones.
Five
Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own.
What novel, published in 2000, opens with the above quote? Who wrote it, and what recurring protagonist is introduced in it?
Answers: Angels & Demons; Dan Brown (and) Robert Langdon.
Angels & Demons, a 2000 mystery-thriller novel by Dan Brown, introduces Robert Langdon and features conspiracies, secret societies, and the Catholic Church.
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