Every Monday, I run a quiz for my students to help with engagement. This week's topic was books, to tie into National Novel Writing Month.
O.V. Wright - I Could Write a Book
Here are three statements about famous novelists. Which ones do you think are true?
Father John Misty - I'm Writing a Novel
1. John Steinbeck had to completely rewrite Of Mice & Men after his dog ate the original manuscript.
Harry Connick Jr. - I Could Write A Book2. Frank L. Baum named the fictional land of Oz after a filing cabinet in his office.
3. JRR Tolkien liked to dress up as an Anglo Saxon warrior and chase his neighbour down the street with an axe.
I have read #2 somewhere before but it may be apocryphal.
ReplyDelete#1 is what your students would have said about their missing homework if you were teaching in the pre-digital age. Either that or they would left it on the bus.
From the look in your eyes, Rol, I reckon 1 is false, 2 and 3 are true.
ReplyDeleteYes, #2 feels like it could be true.
ReplyDelete#1 would involve a huge and very hungry dog and #3 just doesn't ring true either (he'd be arrested).
This feels like QI when the klaxon goes off, but I'll bite and say I think all three are true.
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