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LUCIA Charity
LUCIA book quiz - the results!
Sunday, 28 March 2010 18:14

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Throughout February and March LUCIA supporters could be spied hunched over sheets of paper with puzzled expressions, occasionally trawling Amazon and their bookcases in search of inspiration. The cause? The LUCIA book quiz! Participants had to decipher thirty cryptic clues that described well-known book titles. Many supporters made valiant attempts, but only two people managed to correctly guess all answers - Chris Bayliss and Karen Jackson. To reward their efforts, both have been awarded national book tokens so they can purchase a good read. A big thank you to everyone who bought or sold quizzes - over £50 was raised for LUCIA's projects.

 

CLUE                                    

TITLE

AUTHOR

1. These support all the world

Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett

2. Master of the circles

Lord of the Rings

J.R. Tolkien

3. Absent accompanied by a stiff breeze

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

4. Deadly oak religious tome

Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

5. Trepidation and hatred in casino town

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S Thompson

6. In order to exterminate teasing avian

To kill a Mocking Bird

Harper Lee

7. Conceit and bigotry

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

8. Conflict and resolution

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

9. Destitute in two capitals

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

10. Our group departs in search of Ursidae

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen

11. One o’clock explorer’s spouse

The Time Traveller’s Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

12. Negative GP

Dr No

Ian Fleming

13. Summer game in the fireplace

Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens

14. Summer migrants and warrior women

Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome

15. Mediterranean birds of prey

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammet

16. Stories of thievin’ head gear

Adventures of Robin Hood

Anon (although accept Roger Lancelyn Green/Howard Pyle)

17. Renaissance man’s moral standards

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

18. Violent death by letters

The ABC murders

Agatha Christie

19. Tincture of wizardry

The Colour of Magic

Terry Pratchett

20. Tale of a somnolent dell

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

21. One’s relations and assorted Mammalia

My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

22. Frightening area for Gabriel and Michael

Where Angels Fear to Tread

E.M. Forster

23. Corridor to the subcontinent

Passage to India

E.M. Forster

24. Furious vine fruits

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

25. Young lady attacked the abode of Vespa Crabro

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Stieg Larsson

26. Concerning rodents and homo sapiens

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

27. Indigenous person’s homecoming

Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

28. Artisan prince and the crucible

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

J.K. Rowling

29. Small birds or petit chicks

Little Women

Louisa M. Alcott

30. Famished larval Lepidoptera

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle