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Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11 - BookWorms

#1 Post by Vandal » Sun May 23, 2021 9:10 pm

Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11
May 24, 2021

BookWorms Returns!



Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith

Genres:
Cooking
History
Self Help
Sports

Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points)

Total points: 39

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#2 Post by kroxquo » Mon May 24, 2021 5:09 am

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Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White Lisa Jackson

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl John Le Carre

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night Gillian Flynn

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step John Irving


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins Self Help
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester Sports
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer Cooking
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith History

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)

Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? Harry Potter (five points)

Total points: 39
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#3 Post by earendel » Mon May 24, 2021 5:23 am

Bibliography
Spoiler
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl - JOHN LE CARRE

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night - DENNIS LEHANE

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins - LEWIS (self-help)
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester - WINCHESTER (sports)
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer - DYER (cooking)
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith - SMITH (history)

Genres:
Cooking
History
Self Help
Sports

Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)
LEWIS - economics
WINCHESTER - politics
DYER -
SMITH

Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant - INSURGENT

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows. - ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun - NEW MOON

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points)
HARRY POTTER
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#4 Post by franktangredi » Mon May 24, 2021 7:34 am

All these books, and not a single one from the 19th century? Fie!
Spoiler
Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night
DENNIS LEHANE


Self Help
Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins
Outlier: Michael Lewis

Sports
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy
Outlier: Simon Winchester

Cooking
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Irma Rombauer
Outlier: Wayne Dyer

History
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough
Outlier: Jeff Smith

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)
Lewis: Sports
Winchester: History
Dyer: Self-Help
Smith: Cooking

Series!
No clue

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#5 Post by mikehardware » Mon May 24, 2021 7:52 am

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Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Genres:
Cooking - Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Irma Rombauer - Outlier: Wayne Dyer? (Self Help?)
History - Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough - Outlier: Jeff Smith? (Sports?)
Self Help - Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins - Outlier: Michael Lewis? (History?)
Sports - George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Simon Winchester - Outlier: Jane Leavy? (Cooking?)

Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows. - Order of the Phoenix

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points) - Divergent?

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#6 Post by littlebeast13 » Mon May 24, 2021 9:12 am

As Sprots would say, like I need it...
Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White - Theodore Geisel

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl - Ed Gein

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night - Bob Juch

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step - J.R. Ewing


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins - Self Help
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester - Sports
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer - Cooking
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith - History


Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)

Spoon collecting, political horror, slapstick and pornography, respectively


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant - Prudential

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows. - Order of the Phoenix (Goddammit, I wish I'd have just did a joke answer before it came to me...)

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun - Bestiality

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points) - The first one
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#7 Post by T_Bone0806 » Mon May 24, 2021 9:27 am

Ruh-Roh...
Spoiler
Vandal wrote:


Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White



The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl



Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night

Dennis Lehane


A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step




Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins

Self Help
Michael Lewis-Sports


George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester

Sports
Simon Winchester/History


Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer

Cooking
Wayne Dyer/Self Help


Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith

History
Jeff Smith/Cooking
Side note:Although she is an historian, Doris was excellent as an expert in Ken Burns' Baseball.




Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant



All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Order of the Phoenix

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun


Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points)

Harry Potter


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#8 Post by Beebs52 » Mon May 24, 2021 10:05 am

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Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night Nelson DeMille

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins self help, Lewis
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester sports, Leavy
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer cooking, Dyer
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith history, Hillenbrand

Genres:
Cooking
History
Self Help
Sports

Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , __insurgent______ and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon,__Donate blood________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? Twilight(five points)

Total points: 39

Well, then

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#9 Post by Beebs52 » Mon May 24, 2021 10:10 am

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This is sad. I'm lesser and lesser well read sooner and sooner. Plus I can't remember shit I DID read.
Well, then

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#10 Post by Vandal » Mon May 24, 2021 10:46 am

Beebs52 wrote:
Mon May 24, 2021 10:10 am
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This is sad. I'm lesser and lesser well read sooner and sooner. Plus I can't remember shit I DID read.
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#11 Post by mellytu74 » Mon May 24, 2021 5:18 pm

BookWorms Returns!
Spoiler
Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night

DENNIS LEHANE

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step

DEBBIE MACOMBER


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Self-help: Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins
Outlier: Michael Lewis - Sports?

George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, - Sports
Outlier: Simon Winchester - History

Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Irma Rombauer - Cooking
Outlier: Wayne Dyer - Self-help

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough - History
Outlier: Jeff Smith - Cooking

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)

Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent, NO IDEA and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, NO IDEA, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon, NO IDEA, Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points)

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#12 Post by PanicinDetroit » Mon May 24, 2021 7:03 pm

Bookworms
Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White
JOHN GALBRAITH

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl
DANIEL SILVA

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night
DENNIS LEHANE

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step
NO IDEA


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins SELF HELP
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, SPORTS
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Irma Rombauer COOKING
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough HISTORY


Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)
MICHAEL LEWIS - SPORTS
SIMON WINCHESTER - COOKING
WAYNE DYER - HISTORY
JEFF SMITH - SELF HELP


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , INSURGENT and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon, ECLIPSE , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? TWILIGHT(five points)

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#13 Post by silverscreenselect » Mon May 24, 2021 9:44 pm

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Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White - JK Rowling as Robert Galbraith

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl - James Patterson

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night - Dennis Lehane

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step - Nicholas Sparks


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins - Self help except for Michael Lewis
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester - Sports except for Simon Winchester
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer - Cooking except for Wayne Dyer
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCullough, Jeff Smith - History except for Jeff Smith

Genres:
Cooking - Simon Winchester
History - Michael Lewis
Self Help - Wayne Dyer
Sports - Jeff Smith

Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent, Attendant, and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon, Bad Moon Rising , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points) Harry Potter

Total points: 39

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#14 Post by Bob78164 » Tue May 25, 2021 12:38 am

I seem to have misplaced my library card.
Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White -- Robert Galbraith

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl -- Robert Ludlum

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night -- Gillian Flynn

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step -- Jessica Fletcher


Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins, Self-Help (outlier, Sports)
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester, Sports (outlier, History)
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer, Cooking (outlier, Self-Help)
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith, History (outlier, Cooking)

Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , Convergent and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun -- Longest Gap
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#15 Post by peacock2121 » Tue May 25, 2021 2:52 am

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Authors:

Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins - Self Help
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester - Sports
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer - Cooking
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith - History

That's all I got

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#16 Post by mrkelley23 » Tue May 25, 2021 5:10 am

Vandal
Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11
May 24, 2021

BookWorms Returns!



Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins Self Help, outlier is Michael Lewis
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester Sports, outlier is Simon Winchester
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer Cooking, outlier is Wayne Dyer
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith History, outlier is Jeff Smith

Genres:



Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)

Wayne Dyer = self-help
Jeff Smith = cooking
Simon Winchester = history
Michael Lewis = sports


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant Insurgent

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows. Order of the Phoenix

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun Eclipse

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points) Harry Potter

Total points: 39

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#17 Post by mrkelley23 » Tue May 25, 2021 6:50 am

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Sorry, Vandal, I forgot to answer the first part. The only one I know is the first set, which are written by Robert Galbraith, which is JK Rowling's pen name. The other three sets are familiar, but I can't pull up any authors' names.
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#18 Post by Estonut » Tue May 25, 2021 8:35 am

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Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11
May 24, 2021

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Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night
Dennis Lehane

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step
Debbie Macomber


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors/Genres:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis (Sports), Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins - Self Help
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester (History) - Sports
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer (Self Help), Irma Rombauer - Cooking
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith (Cooking) - History


Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?
no

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)
done

Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , Insurgent and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points)
Harry Potter

Total points: 39

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Re: Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11 - BookWorms

#19 Post by wbtravis007 » Tue May 25, 2021 9:12 am

Spoiler
Vandal wrote:
Sun May 23, 2021 9:10 pm
Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11
May 24, 2021

BookWorms Returns!



Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins Self Help. Lewis
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester Sports. Leavy?
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer Cooking. Dyer
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith History. Smith?

Genres:
Cooking Smith?
History Leavy?
Self Help Dyer
Sports I guess you could say Lewis

Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points)
Twilight?

Total points: 39

Up next: Decades!

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Re: Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11 - BookWorms

#20 Post by SportsFan68 » Tue May 25, 2021 11:25 am

Spoiler
Vandal wrote:
Sun May 23, 2021 9:10 pm
Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11
May 24, 2021

BookWorms Returns!



Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White - J.K. Rowling, except I don't think her name is on the cover. But I can't remember the pseudonym. Oh well.

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins - Self Help. Michael Lewis is the outlier
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester - Sports. Winchester is the outlier.
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer - Cooking. Dyer is the outlier.
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith - History. McCollough is the outlier.

Genres:
Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, __Order of the Phoenix_____________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon,__Interview with the Vampire________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points)

I'll guess Twilight and Midnight Sun.

Total points: 39

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Re: Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11 - BookWorms

#21 Post by a1mamacat » Tue May 25, 2021 7:03 pm

Vandal wrote:
Sun May 23, 2021 9:10 pm
Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11
May 24, 2021

BookWorms Returns!
Spoiler

Bibliography
Name the author whose name is on the cover of each of the following sets of titles (2 points each).

Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step


Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):

Authors:
Dale Carnegie, Michael Lewis, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins..self help..Lewis
George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, Simon Winchester... sports...Levy
Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Wayne Dyer, Irma Rombauer ..cooking..Dyer
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, Jeff Smith..history..Hillenbrand

Genres:
Cooking
History
Self Help
Sports

Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?

Bonus: Identify the correct genre (of the four listed) of each outlier. (one point each)


Series!

Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points) Harry Potter

Total points: 39
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Re: Jamboree 2021 - Unit 11 - BookWorms

#22 Post by Vandal » Tue May 25, 2021 9:05 pm

Answers/points:


Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White
Robert Galbraith (took anything with Galbraith last name, but not JKR)

The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Kill Artist, The New Girl
Daniel Silva

Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live by Night
Dennis Lehane

A Cedar Cove Christmas, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Dakota Farm, Texas Two-Step
Debbie Macomber



Get With the Genre, non-fiction edition!
Each list contains one author who does not (typically) write in the same genre as the others.
Match each group to the correct genre (2 points) and identify the outlier (2 points):


Cooking - Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins, Julia Child, Irma Rombauer - not Wayne Dyer (self help)
History - Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laura Hillenbrand, David McCollough, - not Jeff Smith (cooking)
Self Help - Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale, Tony Robbins - not Michael Lewis (sports)
Sports - George Plimpton, Roger Kahn, Jane Leavy, - not Simon Winchester (history)

Note: You didn't forget to list the outlier this time, did you?


Pick the missing book title for each popular series listed below (two points each)

Divergent , ________ and Allegiant
Insurgent

All of these start with Harry Potter and the...
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, _______________, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows.
Order of the Phoenix

Twilight, New Moon,__________ , Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun
Eclipse

Which of the above series, as listed, had the biggest gap between publication of the first and last books? (five points)
Divergent - 2011 to 2013 - 2 years
Harry Potter - 1997 to 2007 - 10 years
Twilight - 2005 - 2020 - 15 years


points:
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esto ~~ 30
mrkelley ~~ 28
Bob#s ~~ 28
melly ~~ 24
tbone ~~ 24
sss ~~ 23
tangredi ~~ 22
wbtravis ~~ 22
earendel ~~ 22
sprots ~~ 21
beebs ~~ 19
mikehardware ~~ 17
peahen ~~ 16
saucy ~~ 16
lb ~~ 14
krox ~~ 12
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