30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Answered and Asked

[Trish]

Morning

Assuming the answer can be an event, I think this pairing should work, if you can confirm:

Book 1: The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Book 2: Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

Thanks.

[Cat]

Laura wrote: "Really? I don't see how [Where the Crawdads Sing] is different from Who Fears death or What happens in France.."

It's about the verb placement. Where do the Crawdads Sing would be OK, but the absence of the verb next to the question word makes it a statement of place, not a question.

Both the other examples have the verb next to the question word (fears / happens) which allow them to be read as a question.

[Laura H L]

Ok - checking these titles for book 1
How Hard Can It Be?

or
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

Thanks!

[Erin (NY)]

How about these two?

Q: When We Were Sisters
A: February

OR

Q: How to Walk Away
A: The Underground Railroad

[Elaine]

Wow! What a fabulous (and challenging) task! Would this work:

Q: Whose Body?
A: The Sea King

Thanks!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Laura wrote: "Ok - checking these titles for book 1
How Hard Can It Be?

or
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

Thanks!"

For book 2- the question
How Hard Can It Be? that works
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day works as
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Erin (NY) wrote: "How about these two?

Q: When We Were Sisters
A: February

OR

Q: How to Walk Away
A: The Underground Railroad"

When We Were Sisters and How to Walk Away are statements
see post 52 above

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Elaine wrote: "Wow! What a fabulous (and challenging) task! Would this work:

Q: Whose Body?
A: The Sea King

Thanks!"

yes

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Since so many people are struggling with this one, I better check my picks, too

What A Bride Wants -assuming it gets approved for length
Happy Ever After

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Since so many people are struggling with this one, I better check my picks, too

What A Bride Wants -assuming it gets approved for length
Happy Ever After"

What A Bride Wants is not a question.
[Question word] + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb
What [does] a bride want?
What [would] a bride want?

[Dee]

one more idea - since i'm bouncing ideas

Q: Does My Head Look Big in This?

A: Let It Go

or is that too ambiguous?

[Celeste]

Dee wrote: "one more idea - since i'm bouncing ideas

Q: Does My Head Look Big in This?

A: Let It Go

or is that too ambiguous?"

Haa! 🤣 That's a good one!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Dee wrote: "one more idea - since i'm bouncing ideas

Q: Does My Head Look Big in This?

A: Let It Go

or is that too ambiguous?"

I'm having trouble seeing Let It Go as an "answer that directly relates"
"let it go" could be a response, but not an answer.

[Dee]

That’s what I figured...but if someone asked me that question it would probably be my response

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Dee wrote: "one more idea - since i'm bouncing ideas

Q: Does My Head Look Big in This?

A: Let It Go

or is that too ambiguous?"

There are answers that could work.... Larger Than Life, Huge, Too Big to Miss

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Dlmrose wrote: "Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Since so many people are struggling with this one, I better check my picks, too

What A Bride Wants -assuming it gets approved for length
[book:Happ..."

I figured. Oh Well, back to the drawing board.

[Rebecca NJ]

I just want to confirm I understand this task -

Q: Who Murdered Garson Talmadge

A: The Wary Widow

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Rebecca NJ wrote: "I just want to confirm I understand this task -

Q: Who Murdered Garson Talmadge

A: The Wary Widow"

yes, that works

[Rebecca NJ]

Dlmrose wrote: "yes, that works"

Yay!! Thanks for the quick response!

[Fandury]

Will this work?

Q: What Makes This Book So Great

A: An Act of Villainy

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Fandury wrote: "Will this work?

Q: What Makes This Book So Great

A: An Act of Villainy"

Yes

[Trish]

Was the combo of

Book 1: The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Book 2: Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Okay. It assumes an event is an acceptable answer.

[Julia]

How about

Book 1: The Book of M
Book 2: N or M?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Trish wrote: "Was the combo of

Book 1: The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Book 2: Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Okay. It assumes an event is an acceptable answer."

It is.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Julia wrote: "How about

Book 1: The Book of M
Book 2: N or M?"

Yes

[Kim]

I just want to double check:

Book 2: Who Killed the Curate?

Book 1:
The Wife or
Amelia or
The Sandcastle Girls

Thank you

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Kim wrote: "I just want to double check:

Book 2: Who Killed the Curate?

Book 1:
The Wife or
Amelia or
The Sandcastle Girls

Thank you"

Any one of those combos would work

[Amy]

Will this work?

Book 2: Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Book 1: Educated

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Amy wrote: "Will this work?

Book 2: Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Book 1: Educated"

Okay

[Trish]

Dlmrose wrote: "Okay. It assumes an event is an acceptable answer.

It is."

Thanks.

[Wanda]

Would these be acceptable?

Book 1-answer Quinn

Book 2- question. Whose Body?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Wanda wrote: "Would these be acceptable?

Book 1-answer Quinn

Book 2- question. Whose Body?"

That works

[Stephanie]

What about these:

Question- What About the Rest of Your Life

Answer- The World Goes On

Question: Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional Hedonism

Answer: If They Come for Us

[Amanda]

Would those work?

Question (book 2): Quem Tem Medo do Feminismo Negro? - A translation of its title would be "Who's afraid of Black Feminism?"
Answer (book 1): O Homem Demolido - Original title "The Demolished Man"

[Ellen]

Would these work?

Question: Whose Body?
Answer: Wife Number Seven

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Stephanie wrote: "What about these:

Question- What About the Rest of Your Life

Answer- The World Goes On

Question: [book:Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High..."

Those work

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Amanda wrote: "Would those work?

Question (book 2): Quem Tem Medo do Feminismo Negro? - A translation of its title would be "Who's afraid of Black Feminism?"
Answer (book 1): [book:O Homem Demoli..."

that works

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Ellen wrote: "Would these work?

Question: Whose Body?
Answer: Wife Number Seven"

They would

[Anja]

Would this work?

Guess Who
Jarek

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Anja wrote: "Would this work?

Guess Who
Jarek"

yes

[Andy]

Does these book work?
Book 1 The Simple Truth
Book 2 What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Thanks,
Andy

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Andy wrote: "Does these book work?
Book 1 The Simple Truth
Book 2 What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Thanks,
Andy"

The [Notes on a Scandal] disrupts the question. If you believe that is a subtitle you could have a GR librarian look at it. There are many different formats among the editions.

[Andy]

Dlmrose wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does these book work?
Book 1 The Simple Truth
Book 2 What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Thanks,
Andy"

The [Notes on a Scandal] disrupts the question..."

I put in a request.for clarification from a library wizard
thanks,
Andy

[Melanie]

Here's my combo for checking:

A: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Q: Fight or Flight

or

A: The Stranger I Married
Q: Could This Be Love?

Thanks!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Melanie wrote: "Here's my combo for checking:

A: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Q: Fight or Flight

or

A: The Stranger I Married
Q:

Help me see the answer in My Sister, the Serial Killer

Yes to the second one

[Melanie]

Dlmrose wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Here's my combo for checking:

A: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Q: Fight or Flight

or

A: The Stranger I Married
Q:

Help me see th..."

thanks; I'll stick with the good to go one!

[Andy]

Dlmrose wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does these book work?
Book 1 The Simple Truth
Book 2 What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Thanks,
Andy"

The [Notes on a Scandal] disrupts the question..."

OK, I checked with a Libraian (Message # 2186 in the Librarian help thread ) and she said she thought the bracketed words were the subtitle so does What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal work?
Thanks,
Andy

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Andy wrote: "Dlmrose wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does these book work?
Book 1 The Simple Truth
Book 2 What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Thanks,
Andy"

The [Notes on a Scandal] disru..."

Title: subtitle. A subtitle follows a colon.

[Andy]

Dlmrose wrote: "Andy wrote: "Dlmrose wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does these book work?
Book 1 The Simple Truth
Book 2 What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Thanks,
Andy"

The [Notes on a S..."

So the answer is I'll find another book.

[Andy]

Will these two books work?
Book 1: The Widows
Book 2:Who Is Rich?
Thanks,
Andy