Suzanne's 2020 Trivia Challenge

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 22


★★★

2. Card: 1
3. Task: Yay, Science
4. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson
5. Pages: 380 pages
6. There is one or more sheep on the cover.
7. There is a sheep on the cover.

[Suzanne]

Cherie wrote: "Hope it was good. I have it on my challenge for the same task. :o)"

Just three stars for me, which translates into "meh."

[Cherie]

I gave it four stars. "meh", for me is two stars, but I agree. It could have been three for me too, though. The audiobook narrator made it four stars for me. I loved how he said "Fu*!'em".

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 23


★★★

2. Card: 26
3. Task: Yay, Science
4. Where Are the Cocoa Puffs?: A Family's Journey through Bipolar Disorder by Karen Winters Schwartz
5. Pages: 258 pages
6. The title has the word "Cocoa" or "Chocolate" in it.
7. The title has the word "Cocoa" in it.

[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 24


★★★

2. Card: 8
3. Task: Yay, Science
4. 1984 by George Orwell
5. Pages: I read the e-book, but the paperback version has 237 pages.
6. The cover has a large eye on it.
7. The cover has a large eye on it.

[Cherie]

Suzanne wrote: "2. Card: 26
3. Task: Yay, Science
4. Where Are the Cocoa Puffs?: A Family's Journey through Bipolar Disorder..."

I am holding out to read Julia's Chocolates for this task, but I might look up your book, if I cannot stand mine. ;o)

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 25


★★★★

2. Card: 21
3. Task: Yay, Entertainment
4. The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel
5. 723 pages.
6. The cover has a fur-bearing animal on it.
7. The cover has a fur-bearing animal on it (woolly mammoth)

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 26


★★★★

2. Card: 23
3. Task: Yay, Art/Literature
4. The Wicked King by Holly Black
5. 326 pages.
6. The cover has a crown on it.
7. The cover has a crown on it.

[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 27


★★★1/2

2. Card: 18
3. Task: Yay, History
4. A Pledge of Silence by Flora J. Solomon
5. 366 pages.
6. Clara Barton was the founder of US Red Cross. The main character is a nurse.
7. The main character is a nurse.

[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 28


★★1/2

2. Card: 21
3. Task: Yay, History
4. American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper
5. 350 pages.
6. The word Duchess or Cambridge is in the title.
7. The word Duchess is in the title.

[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 29


★★★★

2. Card: 15
3. Task: Nay, Geography
4. Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China by Jen Lin-Liu
5. 341 pages.
6. The book is set in China or written by a Chinese author.
7. The book is set in China.

This book made me so hungry! Fortunately, there were some great recipes included and my family got the opportunity to try some authentic Chinese dishes.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 30


★★★★★

2. Card: 18
3. Task: Yay, Science
4. The Rogue by Lee W. Brainard
5. 407 pages.
6. There is an asteroid (not a planet) on the cover.
7. There is an asteroid (not a planet) on the cover.

I loved this book! I'm a sucker for end of the world scenarios, and this one was definitely a page-turner.

[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 31


★★★★

2. Card: 21
3. Task: Yay, Art/Literature
4. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
5. 486 pages.
6. Read the book, A Clockwork Orange. Or, there is a clock on the cover.
7. There is a clock on the cover.

Not my usual reading fare, but I thought it was very entertaining and imaginative. I handed it off to my teenager to read next.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Cherie]

Oh, that is an excellent cover on The Rogue. I am adding it to my list. Hopefully, my library will have it. Thank you! ;o)

[Suzanne]

Cherie wrote: "Oh, that is an excellent cover on The Rogue. I am adding it to my list. Hopefully, my library will have it. Thank you! ;o)"

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Cherie!

[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 32


★★★★

2. Card: 10
3. Task: Yay, Geography
4. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
5. 336 pages.
6. The book is set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author.
7. The book is set in Scotland.

The reviews on this book were so good, I thought something was wrong with me when I started reading it. After 100 pages, I thought it just wasn't my kind of book. By the end, however, I was weeping and cheering. Lovely book!

[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 33


★★★★

2. Card: 18
3. Task: Yay, Art/Literature
4. The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
5. 269 pages.
6. Cover is 75% blue.
7. Cover is 75% blue.

A woman on trial for murder recounts her experience of survival aboard a lifeboat with 40 people after the luxury passenger ship she was travelling on sank. Rogan did a great job of character development and allowing the story to unfold naturally.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 34


★★★★

2. Card: 21
3. Task: Nay, Sport
4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
5. 262 pages.
6. The title contains a word in which "Tattoo" is the root word. Eg. - Tattoo, Tattooist, Tattooing. Sub-titles count for this task.
7. The title contains the word "Tattooist"

[Suzanne]

Badge 3, Book 35


★★★

2. Card: 10
3. Task: Yay, History
4. Lessons from the Prairie: The Surprising Secrets to Happiness, Success, and (Sometimes Just) Survival I Learned on America's Favorite Show by Melissa Francis
5. 264 pages.
6. The name Francis is in the title, or is the author's name.
7. The author's last name is Francis.

[Suzanne]

Just requested Badge 3. Remaining books get moved to Badge 4.

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on finishing badge 3! :)

I've moved the following tasks to badge 4:

Card 8 Science 4 Yes
Card 10 Geography 4 Yes
Card 10 History 4 Yes
Card 10 Science 4 No
Card 15 Geography 4 No
Card 16 Art/Literature 4 No
Card 23 Art/Literature 4 Yes
Card 24 History 4 No
Card 26 Science 4 Yes

Please confirm that this agrees with your records.

[Suzanne]

Janice: The above is good, except one more should be added.
Card 15 Entertainment YAY (I Love You So Mochi)

Thank you!

[Janice, Moderator]

Got it! Thanks Suzanne. I think you had posted 2 books one right after the other. I was tracking the first book when you were posting the second, and I missed it. Your time stamp for the second book was 11:43, and my time stamp with the checkmark for the first book was 11:44.

[Cherie]

Congratulations on Baalbek 3, Suzanne!

[Suzanne]

Thanks Janice! No worries. I’m just in awe of how much you are able to keep track of with this challenge. Between all the participants, there must be thousands of books!

[Suzanne]

Thanks, Cherie! I assume the old autocorrect struck again 😂😂😂

[Cherie]

Indeed!!! 😮😮. So annoying!

[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 11


★★★★

2. Card: 3
3. Task: Yay, Geography
4. The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
5. 339 pages.
6. Set in Michigan.
7. Set in Michigan.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 12


★★★★★

2. Card: 3
3. Task: Nay, Entertainment
4. The Body: A Guide for Occupants By Bill Bryson
5. 450 pages.
6. The word "Body" is in the title.
7. The word "Body" is in the title.

[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 13


★★★★1/2

2. Card: 3
3. Task: Yay, History
4. Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War by William Safire
5. 1125 pages.
6. Theme is Abraham Lincoln.
7. Theme is Abraham Lincoln.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 14


★★★★1/2

2. Card: 28
3. Task: Yay, History
4. Just Kids by Patti Smith
5. 288 pages.
6. The title's first word starts with a J.
7. The title's first word starts with a J.

[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 15


★★★

2. Card: 10
3. Task: Nay, Sport
4. Between Love and Honor by Alexandra Lapierre
5. 536 pages.
6. The book was originally published in French.
7. Original Title: Tout l'honneur des Hommes: Dans la Russie des Tsars, le destin du fils de l'imam de Tchétchénie

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Cherie]

How was Just Kids?
It is currently the oldest book on my TBR list.

[Suzanne]

Cherie wrote: "How was Just Kids?
It is currently the oldest book on my TBR list."

I enjoyed it Cherie. It was a interesting look into the art/music scene in NYC in the 70s.

[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 16


★★★

2. Card: 3
3. Task: Nay, Art & Literature
4. Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
5. 1016 pages.
6. Genre is thriller.
7. Genre is thriller.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 17


★★★★

2. Card: 15
3. Task: Nay, Art & Literature
4. One Good Dog by Susan Wilson
5. 309 pages
6. The book is written from an animal's point of view
7. The book is written from an animal's point of view.

[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 18


★★★★

2. Card: 16
3. Task: Nay, Science
4. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
5. 305 pages
6. The genre is non-fiction excluding memoir, biography, or autobiography
7. The genre is non-fiction excluding memoir, biography, or autobiography

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Suzanne]

Badge 4, Book 19


★★★★

2. Card: 3
3. Task: Nay, Science
4. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
5. 305 pages
6. The word "Garden" is in the title.
7. The word "Garden" is in the title.