When editing your post, please make it clear which answers were edited in when. Also, if I notice excessive editing, I may invalidate your answers.
Also, when answering with the title of a book, please make sure your answer is as accurate as possible. For example, "Faust" isn't accurate, as that generally refers to Goethe's Faust, not Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Also, #22 hasn't been answered accurately.
22. Which book has chapters titled "The Three Erics" and "Miss Zarves," among others?
29. "NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!" Which novel is this opening paragraph from?
30. In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, which daughter plays competitive chess?
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
32. Which modern Japanese author wrote The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and A Wild Sheep Chase?
33. Who wrote Le Petit Prince? (Bonus point: The protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?)
34. Willy Loman is the main character of what play?
35. December 26, 1944 was the opening night of which Tennessee Williams play? (Bonus point: In which theater did this performance take place?)
29-Hard Times (edited in at 4:11)
32-haruki Murakami (original answer)
33-Antoine de Saint-Exupery (edited in at 4:09)
35-The Glass Menagerie BONUS POINT- the Civic Theatre (edited in at 4:12)
22. Which book has chapters titled "The Three Erics" and "Miss Zarves," among others?
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
36. The famous line, "No man is an island," was written by which poet?
37. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, how many of the children die?
38. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles includes a story directly related to which Edgar Allen Poe short story?
39. Who wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?
40. Why is Georges Perec's A void very unusual?
41. Donald J. Sobol is well-known for which series of children's books? (Bonus point: What is the real name of this series' main character?)
42. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in what city (and state)?
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37: 2; Simon and Piggy
41: Encyclopedia Brown books.
-Goblinboy
22) a Wayside School book... i'll go with Sideways stories
37)3 that i can remember - The birthmark boy, Simon, and Piggy
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
38. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles includes a story directly related to which Edgar Allen Poe short story?
41*. What is the real name of Encyclopedia Brown?
43. What is the subtitle of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation?
44. The Oresteia consists of which three dramas?
45. Who is the current poet laureate of the United States?
46. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, who tells the first tale?
47. Dr. Jeremy Stone is a character in which Michael Crichton novel?
44)Agamemnon, Libation Bearers(no idea how to spell the real name but its something like Choephora), and Eumenides
45)Ted Kooser
47)The Andromeda Strain, not his best work, but definitly a good read
Edit: I'm gonna take a guess on 38 and say that Usher II is directly related to The fall of the House of Usher
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
41*. What is the real name of Encyclopedia Brown?
48. Who wrote Foucault's Pendulum?
49. Which author wrote under the pen name of George Orwell?
50. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." Which novel is this opening line from?
51. Cynthia Voigt's Homecoming series is about what family?
52. Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper takes place under whose reign?
53. According to a well-known poem, what "comes on little cat feet" and "sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches?"
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
54. Which book has the subtitle, "A Primer for Tender Young Minds," and who is its author?
55. In what town does Dumas' The Three Musketeers begin?
56. "They're out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them." This is the beginning of what novel?
57. Who wrote The Bell Jar?
58. What poem is the line "Like a patient etherized upon a table" from, and who wrote it?
59. Which play's cast of characters includes a tutor named Septimus?
60. Which controversial 1899 novel fell into obscurity, then was reclaimed in the late 1900s as one of the earliest works of feminist literature?
61. What is the full title of Principia Discordia?
54. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book: A Primer for Tender Young Minds by Shel Silverstein
61. PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA or How I Found Goddess And What I Did To Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate Of Malaclypse The Younger, Wherein is Explained Absolutely Everything Worth Knowing About Absolutely Anything.
Edit: whatdya mean, we can't Google?
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Axelrod: I don't mind googling, as long as you're not doing it just to grab all kinds of random points about books you've never even heard of before...
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
58. What poem is the line "Like a patient etherized upon a table" from, and who wrote it?
60. Which controversial 1899 novel fell into obscurity, then was reclaimed in the late 1900s as one of the earliest works of feminist literature?
62. Which Nobel Peace Prize recipient wrote a book called La Nuit?
63. Who wrote the young adult novel Hatchet?
64. What author of a book called Survivor also wrote a book that was adapted into a well-known film in 1999?
65. "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:" What two lines come next?
66. Who wrote The Book of the City of Ladies?
Hewo wittle fishy!
Also, when answering with the title of a book, please make sure your answer is as accurate as possible. For example, "Faust" isn't accurate, as that generally refers to Goethe's Faust, not Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Also, #22 hasn't been answered accurately.
Score
leonin_god - 6
Lat-Nam - 6
Elpadregrande - 5
Jon - 5
Chrome Moxen - 4
Axelrod - 3
Rob - 1
Stax - 1
Ged - 1
22. Which book has chapters titled "The Three Erics" and "Miss Zarves," among others?
29. "NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!" Which novel is this opening paragraph from?
30. In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, which daughter plays competitive chess?
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
32. Which modern Japanese author wrote The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and A Wild Sheep Chase?
33. Who wrote Le Petit Prince? (Bonus point: The protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?)
34. Willy Loman is the main character of what play?
35. December 26, 1944 was the opening night of which Tennessee Williams play? (Bonus point: In which theater did this performance take place?)
32-haruki Murakami (original answer)
33-Antoine de Saint-Exupery (edited in at 4:09)
35-The Glass Menagerie BONUS POINT- the Civic Theatre (edited in at 4:12)
Lg
EDIT-Last edit adding editing times...
Hewo wittle fishy!
Score
leonin_god - 11
Lat-Nam - 7
Jon - 6
Elpadregrande - 5
Chrome Moxen - 4
Axelrod - 3
Rob - 1
Stax - 1
Ged - 1
22. Which book has chapters titled "The Three Erics" and "Miss Zarves," among others?
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
36. The famous line, "No man is an island," was written by which poet?
37. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, how many of the children die?
38. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles includes a story directly related to which Edgar Allen Poe short story?
39. Who wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?
40. Why is Georges Perec's A void very unusual?
41. Donald J. Sobol is well-known for which series of children's books? (Bonus point: What is the real name of this series' main character?)
42. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in what city (and state)?
39-Gabriel Garcia Marquez (added @ 5:12)
41- The Encyclopedia Brown series (5:14)
40- It does not contain the letter 'E' (5:16)
LG
22) a Wayside School book... i'll go with Sideways stories
37)3 that i can remember - The birthmark boy, Simon, and Piggy
-banner by Dementia Blader, avatar by Zoobamaphooza
Score
leonin_god - 15
Lat-Nam - 7
Jon - 7
Elpadregrande - 7
Chrome Moxen - 4
Axelrod - 3
Rob - 1
Stax - 1
Ged - 1
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
38. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles includes a story directly related to which Edgar Allen Poe short story?
41*. What is the real name of Encyclopedia Brown?
43. What is the subtitle of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation?
44. The Oresteia consists of which three dramas?
45. Who is the current poet laureate of the United States?
46. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, who tells the first tale?
47. Dr. Jeremy Stone is a character in which Michael Crichton novel?
By kingcobweb and Goblinboy.
Official Elitist of [thread=40859][RBS][/thread]
45)Ted Kooser
47)The Andromeda Strain, not his best work, but definitly a good read
Edit: I'm gonna take a guess on 38 and say that Usher II is directly related to The fall of the House of Usher
-banner by Dementia Blader, avatar by Zoobamaphooza
leonin_god - 15
Elpadregrande - 11
Jon - 8
Lat-Nam - 7
Chrome Moxen - 4
Axelrod - 3
Rob - 1
Stax - 1
Ged - 1
Salubrious - 1
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
41*. What is the real name of Encyclopedia Brown?
48. Who wrote Foucault's Pendulum?
49. Which author wrote under the pen name of George Orwell?
50. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." Which novel is this opening line from?
51. Cynthia Voigt's Homecoming series is about what family?
52. Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper takes place under whose reign?
53. According to a well-known poem, what "comes on little cat feet" and "sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches?"
EDIT: 31. Section 126
Hewo wittle fishy!
48-Umberto Eco
49-Eric Arthur Blair
51-Tillerman
LG
By kingcobweb and Goblinboy.
Official Elitist of [thread=40859][RBS][/thread]
Score
leonin_god - 18
Elpadregrande - 11
Jon - 9
Lat-Nam - 8
Chrome Moxen - 4
Axelrod - 3
Salubrious - 2
Rob - 1
Stax - 1
Ged - 1
musashi - 1
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
54. Which book has the subtitle, "A Primer for Tender Young Minds," and who is its author?
55. In what town does Dumas' The Three Musketeers begin?
56. "They're out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them." This is the beginning of what novel?
57. Who wrote The Bell Jar?
58. What poem is the line "Like a patient etherized upon a table" from, and who wrote it?
59. Which play's cast of characters includes a tutor named Septimus?
60. Which controversial 1899 novel fell into obscurity, then was reclaimed in the late 1900s as one of the earliest works of feminist literature?
61. What is the full title of Principia Discordia?
59. "Arcadia"
61. PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA or How I Found Goddess And What I Did To Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate Of Malaclypse The Younger, Wherein is Explained Absolutely Everything Worth Knowing About Absolutely Anything.
Edit: whatdya mean, we can't Google?
56-One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
58-GAH can't think of its name..its by J. Alfred Prufrock....is it "The Love Song of J...."?
LG
EDIT- nope, no googling here
Score
leonin_god - 20
Elpadregrande - 11
Jon - 11
Lat-Nam - 8
Axelrod - 5
Chrome Moxen - 4
Salubrious - 2
Rob - 1
Stax - 1
Ged - 1
musashi - 1
31. The most well-known occurence of Nietzsche's "God is dead" quote appears in which section of The Gay Science?
33*. In Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), the protagonist's Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two depict what?
58. What poem is the line "Like a patient etherized upon a table" from, and who wrote it?
60. Which controversial 1899 novel fell into obscurity, then was reclaimed in the late 1900s as one of the earliest works of feminist literature?
62. Which Nobel Peace Prize recipient wrote a book called La Nuit?
63. Who wrote the young adult novel Hatchet?
64. What author of a book called Survivor also wrote a book that was adapted into a well-known film in 1999?
65. "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:" What two lines come next?
66. Who wrote The Book of the City of Ladies?
66-Christine de Pizan (my sister knew that one)
LG
EDIT--GAH! i've hit an..errr...answeree's block