QOD Wednesday 12-19 "FIRST WORDS"

[fantine33]

Today you've got the first line of a book. You only have to give the title, but if you kick in the author you'll get an extra fiver for your troubles. You need the exact title on these rather than on the finish the poem where I gave some leeway as long as you had the main gist. This isn't because I put in some book with a crazy parenthetical title or anything. In fact, these titles would be kind of hard to mess up if you know them. I chose pretty clear cut and direct ones, I guess because lines have to pretty be simple if you remember them (two of these I looked up).

12/19 "FIRST WORDS"

CARO! Go back right now and read the directions, dammit!

1. Call Me Ishmael.


2. It was a pleasure to burn.


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?

[earendel]

Today you've got the first line of a book. You only have to give the title, but if you kick in the author you'll get an extra fiver for your troubles. You need the exact title on these rather than on the finish the poem where I gave some leeway as long as you had the main gist. This isn't because I put in some book with a crazy parenthetical title or anything. In fact, these titles would be kind of hard to mess up if you know them. I chose pretty clear cut and direct ones, I guess because lines have to pretty be simple if you remember them (two of these I looked up).

12/19 "FIRST WORDS"

CARO! Go back right now and read the directions, dammit!

????????

1. Call Me Ishmael.

2. It was a pleasure to burn.

2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.

4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".

5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?

OK, there are six questions in the first section (two #2s), but that's OK with me.

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick - Herman Melville (I'm the only person I know who actually liked this book)
2A. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
2B. nope
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. gotta be In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
5. Love Story - Erich Segal (the true story of Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones)

QoD - I don't think so

5 point bonus #1 - Don't know the book, so don't know the movie
5 point bonus #2 - Don't know the movie, so don't know the actor, and there are any number of women who might fit the description

Not a good category for me - my literary tastes run in different directions

[trevor_macfee]

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick - Melville


2. Fahreinheit 451 - Bradbury


2.

3.


4.


5.

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: I'll risk my few points by working backwards - Sling Blade???

5 Point Bonus: Billy Bob Thornton???

5 Point Bonus: Angelena Jolie???

Edited to insert spoiler (again!)

[nitrah55]

Spoiler

1. MOBY DICK BY HERMAN MELVILLE

DO I GET EXTRA POINTS BY POINTING OUT YOU HAVE TWO NUMBER TWOS?

2. It was a pleasure to burn.


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. REBECCA, BY DAPHNE DUMAURIER


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there". IN COLD BLOOD BY TRUMAN CAPOTE


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died? LOVE STORY BY ERICH SEGAL

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.
SLING BLADE
5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie? BILLY BOB THORNTON

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)? ANGELINA JOLIE

[kayrharris]

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick
2. Fahrenheit 451
3. Nope
4. Nope
5. Love Story

QOD - Are you kidding me? I tried to think back...Natalie would have been 16 & I thought that would jog my memory, but I can't think of a thing..

Bonus 1 & 2 both Nope

[fantine33]

CARO! Go back right now and read the directions, dammit!

????????

Caro (KT) has had at least two occasions when he had to kick his own ass because he didn't read the directions. As someone who has done that as well, I put in the reminder since there was added points in the main section again. I also thought it would jog other people to go back and read them again, if only to see wtf I was talking about.

OK, there are six questions in the first section (two #2s), but that's OK with me.

Well, I did go four days (I think) without a mistake, so I had to get my average back up. Ha! I put in Call Me Ishmael afterwards because I thought I needed an easier one in there to start than #2, which was originally #1. I'm going to leave it, so there's just the opportunity for extra points today. YAY!

[LookingForHumorPoints]

12/19 "FIRST WORDS"

CARO! Go back right now and read the directions, dammit!

1. Call Me Ishmael.

"Scenes From A Singles Bar" - Moby Dickless


2. It was a pleasure to burn.

"House of the Rison Inferno" - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

"I Was So Busy Dreaming of Far Away Places, I Couldn't Even Number The Damn QoD Correctly" - Fantine33


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.

"Dead Witnesses Tell No Tales" - Don Ravioli


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".

"The Kansas Bureau of Tourism and Cow-Tipping's Official Traveler's Guide To Kansas' Most Popular Tourist Attractions" - Bob Dole


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?

"The Britney Spears Story" - Kevin Federline


QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.

"Sick Boy Like Pokemon!" - Jimmmy Brian Griffin


5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

Jerry Lewis


5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?

Oprah Winfrey


LFHP

[AnnieCamaro]

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick, by Mr. Herman Melville
2. Fahrenheit 451, by Mr. Ray Bradbury
2. (You count funny, Miss Fantine.) Rebecca, by Miss Daphne DuMaurier
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. In Cold Blood, by Mr. Truman Capote
5. Love Story, by Mr. Erich Segal

QoD: I haven't read this book.
Bonus: I haven't seen this movie.
Bonus bonus: I haven't met this nut job.

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Ishmael.
MOBY-DICK - HERMAN MELVILLE

2. It was a pleasure to burn.
FARENHEIT 451? - RAY BRADBURY

2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
NO IDEA

3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN? - NO IDEA ON AUTHOR

4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".
IN COLD BLOOD? - IF SO, TRUMAN CAPOTE

5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?
LOVE STORY? - IF SO, ERICH SEGAL

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.
TRAINSPOTTING (BY IRVINE WELSH)

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?
SOME GUY WITH SHOCKING WHITE HAIR WHOSE NAME I DON'T KNOW

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?
WELL, THAT'S GOTTA BE ANGELINA JOLIE.

[traininvain]

12/19 "FIRST WORDS"

CARO! Go back right now and read the directions, dammit!

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick


2. Fahrenheit 451


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.


3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (WAG)


4. In Cold Bood (WAG)


5. Love Story

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Ishmael. Moby Dick Herman Melville


2. It was a pleasure to burn. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbery


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Wuthering Heights Bronte (okay I admit I don't know which Bronte)


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there". Nope


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died? Nope

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling. The Lord of the Flies

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)? Angelina Jolie


Did I mention I doing quite well in the Sploofus Question of the Day this month, I helps me as you expose my ignorance. I have enjoyed your quiz very much, thanks.

[a1mamacat]

Today you've got the first line of a book. You only have to give the title, but if you kick in the author you'll get an extra fiver for your troubles. You need the exact title on these rather than on the finish the poem where I gave some leeway as long as you had the main gist. This isn't because I put in some book with a crazy parenthetical title or anything. In fact, these titles would be kind of hard to mess up if you know them. I chose pretty clear cut and direct ones, I guess because lines have to pretty be simple if you remember them (two of these I looked up).

12/19 "FIRST WORDS"

CARO! Go back right now and read the directions, dammit!

Spoiler

1. Call Me Ishmael. Moby Dick, Herman Melville


2. It was a pleasure to burn.


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died? Love Story, Erik Segull

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling. nope

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie? nope

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)? nope

[earendel]

CARO! Go back right now and read the directions, dammit!

????????

Caro (KT) has had at least two occasions when he had to kick his own ass because he didn't read the directions. As someone who has done that as well, I put in the reminder since there was added points in the main section again. I also thought it would jog other people to go back and read them again, if only to see wtf I was talking about.

Oh, OK. I've never known KT to be called Caro.

Well, I did go four days (I think) without a mistake, so I had to get my average back up. Ha! I put in Call Me Ishmael afterwards because I thought I needed an easier one in there to start than #2, which was originally #1. I'm going to leave it, so there's just the opportunity for extra points today. YAY!

Extra points are great - however it didn't do me any good because I didn't know one of the #2s. Still in all, you're doing a great job with a tough task, fannie, so don't get discouraged.

[ne1410s]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Ishmael. --MOBY DICK (H. MELVILLE)


2. It was a pleasure to burn. --FAHRENHEIT 451 (RAY BRADB URY)


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. --HEART OF DARKNESS (CONRAD)


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. --A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN 9BETTY SOMETHING)


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there". IN COLD BLOOD (CAPOTE)


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died? LOVE STORY (E. SEGAL)

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling. EWWWW

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie? STEPHEN FETCHIT

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)? GOTS TO BE ANGELINA JOLIE

[wintergreen48]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Ishmael. Moby Dick, Herman Melville


2. It was a pleasure to burn. NAC


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Rebecca, Ms. du Maurier?


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. NAC


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there". Almost a clue, but I can't place it. Oh, wait, this is the Capote thing, In Cold Blood.


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died? Love Story, Erich Segal

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)? Dang, the actress is probably Angelina Jolie, but I can't think of who her first husband was (don't think it was Billy Bob, but if it was, don't know of him being 'Sick Boy' in a movie). Dang...

[MarleysGh0st]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Ishmael.

Moby Dick - Herman Melville


2. It was a pleasure to burn.

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

Lady Chatterley's Lover?

3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".

O Pioneers! - Willa Cather

5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?

Love Story - Eric Segal (Al Gore's college roommate)

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.

No help from the bonus questions. I'm staying clam.

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?

[Catfish]

Spoiler

Wow. The ones I know I know because I actually read them (two of them more than once [and no, one of them isn't Love Story], #3 too many times to count) and the fifth is in my to-be-read pile. I don't feel like such a doofus today.

1. Call Me Ishmael.
Moby-Dick; Herman Melville
2. It was a pleasure to burn.
??
2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
Rebecca; Daphne DuMaurier
3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Betty Smith
4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".
In Cold Blood; Truman Capote
5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?
Love Story; Erich Segal
QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.
Pass
5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?
??
5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?
Angelina Jolie?

[mikehardware]

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
2. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
2. Rebecca - Daphne DuMaurier?
3.
4.
5. Love Story, Eric Segal

[peacock2121]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Ishmael. - Moby Dick - Melville


2. It was a pleasure to burn. Farenheidt 451 - Bradbury


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Out Of Africa - nope


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - no idea


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there". In Cold Blood - Capote


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died? Love Story - Erich Segal

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling. nope

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie? Billy Bob Thornton

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)? Angelina Jolie

I know this isn't it, and that's all I got.

[Catfish]

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick - Herman Melville (I'm the only person I know who actually liked this book)

Nope. It's one of my faves. Have you read Ahab's Wife? It's most excellent.

[peacock2121]

I read everyone elses answers and then when I got down to mine, I saw that I had not spolied mine. I went back and spoiled them.

If you have to cound me as a zero, I understand.

[andrewjackson]

Spoiler

1. Moby-Dick, Herman Melville


2. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury


2. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier.


3. Nope


4. In Cold Blood, Truman Capote


5. Love Story, Erich Segal

QOD: Trainspotting

5 Point Bonus: Nope

5 Point Bonus: Nope

[mrkelley23]

Today you've got the first line of a book. You only have to give the title, but if you kick in the author you'll get an extra fiver for your troubles. You need the exact title on these rather than on the finish the poem where I gave some leeway as long as you had the main gist. This isn't because I put in some book with a crazy parenthetical title or anything. In fact, these titles would be kind of hard to mess up if you know them. I chose pretty clear cut and direct ones, I guess because lines have to pretty be simple if you remember them (two of these I looked up).

12/19 "FIRST WORDS"

CARO! Go back right now and read the directions, dammit!

1. Call Me Ishmael.


2. It was a pleasure to burn.


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.


4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick, by the second most boringest famous author, Herman Melville.

2. Rebecca, by Daphne DuMaurier. I can't see the word Manderley without hearing Sir Larry saying it in my head.

3. No idea. WAG A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith

4. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote?

5. IknowIknowIknowIknow this. Dammit. I can hear the voiceover from some movie. I'm guessing Steel Magnolias, but I don't know who wrote it.

QoD: No guess

Bonus: Hmmmm. From the dialect, I would've guessed something out of Color Purple or some such African-American type movie. But from the BonusBonus, which I want to answer Angelina Jolie, I'm going to guess someone else. Unfortunately, I don't know who preceded Studleyman Pitt, so I'll guess someone colorful like Jason Patric.

BonusBonus: Angelina Jolie

[tlynn78]

Spoiler

1. Moby Dick
2. Farenheit 451
2. Nope
3 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. In Cold Blood
5. Love Story

QoD

eh?

Bonus
nope

and nope


t.

[etaoin22]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Ishmael.

Moby Dick - Melville

2. It was a pleasure to burn.

Fahrenheit 451


2. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier


3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.
A Tree Grows in Brookly

4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".

Little house on the Prairie


5. What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?

I have tried to argue on behalf of this book for years, but, when you come to it, what an awful first line! Love Story - Erich Segal

QOD Note: You need the title only, no bonuses for the author. Don't automatically think you don't know it, you might be able to work backwards, as the Bonuses give some clues to help you.


QOD: The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.

5 Point Bonus: Who played the aforementioned Sick Boy in the 1996 movie?

5 Point Bonus: He was the first husband of what actress (who is more humanitarian than full time nut job these days)?

Dont remember. Robert somebody or other.