Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Tuesday Trivia


  1. Which eccentric British author was known to touch things three times for good luck?
  2. Which author who could not speak English until she was a teenager went on to write The Scarlet Pimpernel?
  3. Which country once banned all of the Sherlock Holmes books because of the detective's belief in spiritualism?
  4. Which popular book was originally titled They Don’t Build Statues to Businessmen?


Last W
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What percentage of publications sold in Japan are comic books?



20 percent




At age 18, which British writer worked as a deck chair attendant at the famous Weston Super Mare seaside resort?



Lord Archer




In 1975 Indian poet Sri Chinmoy set a world record by writing how many poems in a single day?



843




What was the original title of Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice?


Bar-B-Q



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