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  What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

Where did Murakami run his first (unofficial) marathon?
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Answered: 104 times
Correct: 44 times (22.7%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 60 times (30.9%)
Skipped: 90 times (46.4%)
  What I Talk About When I Talk About Runningby Haruki Murakami

How long was the only ultramarathon that Murakami ran?
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Answered: 117 times
Correct: 63 times (29.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 54 times (25.1%)
Skipped: 98 times (45.6%)
  What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

When speaking about the aftermath of running an ultramarathon, Murakami says "I never knew a ______________ could taste so good."
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Answered: 97 times
Correct: 36 times (18.2%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 61 times (30.8%)
Skipped: 101 times (51.0%)
  What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

Murakami says: "I find it amazing how such a young writer, only 29 at the time, could grasp so insightfully, so equitably, and so warmly the realities of life."

To which author was he referring?
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Answered: 102 times
Correct: 65 times (33.7%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 37 times (19.2%)
Skipped: 91 times (47.2%)
  What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

As Murakami mentions in the story of his run from Marathon to Athens, approximately how long is the run (the original marathon)?
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Answered: 115 times
Correct: 26 times (13.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 89 times (44.5%)
Skipped: 85 times (42.5%)
  Which of the following titles comes from a song by The Beatles? (Haruki Murakami) see if you know the answer
Answered: 347 times
Correct: 299 times (76.3%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 48 times (12.2%)
Skipped: 45 times (11.5%)
In [a:Haruki Murakami|3354|Haruki Murakami|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1188820047p2/3354.jpg]'s [b:Sputnik Sweetheart|9557|Sputnik Sweetheart|Haruki Murakami|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028151s/9557.jpg|1813695], what language does Miu want Sumire to learn? In Haruki Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart, what language does Miu want Sumire to learn? see if you know the answer
Answered: 296 times
Correct: 78 times (11.1%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 218 times (31.1%)
Skipped: 406 times (57.8%)
In [a:Haruki Murakami|3354|Haruki Murakami|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1188820047p2/3354.jpg]'s [b:Sputnik Sweetheart|9557|Sputnik Sweetheart|Haruki Murakami|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028151s/9557.jpg|1813695], in which European country does Sumire disappear? In Haruki Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart, in which European country does Sumire disappear? see if you know the answer
Answered: 303 times
Correct: 200 times (32.5%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 103 times (16.7%)
Skipped: 312 times (50.7%)
  What is Mr. Mamiya's military rank in The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami? see if you know the answer
Answered: 170 times
Correct: 108 times (38.4%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 62 times (22.1%)
Skipped: 111 times (39.5%)
  In Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle what does Malta Kano say that she will wear to meet Toru Okada, so that he will be able to pick her out of the crowd?
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Answered: 186 times
Correct: 140 times (49.1%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 46 times (16.1%)
Skipped: 99 times (34.7%)
  In The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami, what is Creta Kano's real name?
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Answered: 142 times
Correct: 53 times (20.5%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 89 times (34.5%)
Skipped: 116 times (45.0%)
  Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood takes its title from a song by: see if you know the answer
Answered: 152 times
Correct: 141 times (83.4%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 11 times (6.5%)
Skipped: 17 times (10.1%)
  What novel begins:

"When the phone rang I was in the kitchen, boiling a potful of spaghetti and whistling along with an FM broadcast of the overture to Rossini's The Thieving Magpie, which has to be the perfect music for cooking pasta"?
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Answered: 502 times
Correct: 227 times (33.2%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 275 times (40.3%)
Skipped: 181 times (26.5%)
Which of these contains a character with a scar on his forehead caused by lightning? Which of these contains a character with a scar on his forehead caused by lightning? see if you know the answer
Answered: 715 times
Correct: 239 times (31.8%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 476 times (63.4%)
Skipped: 36 times (4.8%)
  Who wrote the novel, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner? see if you know the answer
Answered: 124 times
Correct: 69 times (46.9%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 55 times (37.4%)
Skipped: 23 times (15.6%)
  What type of animal that frequently appears in Haruki Murakami works? see if you know the answer
Answered: 26 times
Correct: 18 times (60.0%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 8 times (26.7%)
Skipped: 4 times (13.3%)

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