Robin from KY's random trivial book pursuits

[Robin]

2020 Annual Challenge - Twisted Trivia

I decided on the day before New Year's Eve to start prepping for this challenge. Thought I'd give it a go...and then spent so much time answering trivia the last 2 days of 2019. Currently all answers are written down in a notebook. However since I'm about to finish a book and then will have to start another (obviously) I thought I should start getting my choices in order.

More to come for sure... (Hopefully I'll have a little time to get things in order this weekend)

A rule or two I'll definitely need reminding of:

5. Books must be at least 175 pages long.

➽ In the case of ebooks & audiobooks, use the hardcover or paperback edition to determine page length. From the book page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide. If reading an ebook and there is no paper edition, ask for a ruling. If reading an audiobook and there is no paper edition, your book must be a minimum of 6 hours long.

10. Compound words/Imbedded words/Plurals: When a task requires a specific word in the title, it must match the required word as close as possible unless specifically stated in the individual task. It may not be included as a compound word or imbedded in another word. That includes hyphenated words. In the situation of plurals, you may add an "s" or "es", but you may not change the word to a plural form if it's different from the required word. Eg - Mice cannot be used as the plural for Mouse. If reading a book in a language other than English, the word must be a direct translation.

Reporting:
Each time you complete a book, you must report it in an individual message in your personal tracking thread. Do not combine books in a message, or reserve messages and then go back to edit. Each book gets it own message written at the time you report it. The reason is that a new message generates a notification (and my attention). An edited message does not and I will miss it.

Report each book as follows:

1. Challenge Progress: Identify where you are in the challenge – Badge 1, book 1 (2, 3, 4, etc.)
2. List Card
3 Specify Yay or Nay, and Category
4. Link to book read. REQUIRED: If the cover is part of the task, link the cover of the edition you read as well.
5. List the number of pages of the edition you read. If an ebook or audiobook also give the number of pages of the paper edition (refer general rules on page numbers).
6. Give a very brief summary of the task.
7. State how the book fits the criteria.
8. Specifications required in the task. Some tasks require that you report a specific thing. IE – a task requires that you read a book from a Listopia. You need to identify which position number the book is on the list so that it can be verified.

Sample: Say I’ve read 5 books in the Badge 1 section:

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Card 1
3. Yay Task - Geography
4. Link – My Life in France
5. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 336 pages
6. Read a book set in France.
7. The book is a memoir of Julia Child's life in France.
8. No specifications.

Requesting a badge:

When you finish a badge requirement, you will need to post in the Year Long Reporting Thread as follows:

WoF Name ________________

Badge Requesting (One, Two, Three or Four)
1. Card, Task, link to Title
2. Card, Task, link to Title
3.
4…… continuing to 12

Sample:

WoF - Janice

Badge One completed
1. Card 1, Yay Geography, My Life in France
2. Card 5, Nay Entertainment, The Vampire's Bride
3.
4….. continuing to 12.

Keep your reporting in your personal thread and in the general report thread neat and concise with no extraneous wordage. This makes it easier for me to verify.

You may use gifs in your personal thread to your heart's content, just not in the reporting messages.

[Robin]

Trivia Answers / Planning Post:
My answers and a link to each card's discussion board. (or some of them...for now)

Card 1: 2/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Nay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 2: 3/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 3: 2/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Nay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 4: 3/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay Task - Read a book that was made into a tv show, tv series, or tv movie.-Possibilities---Big Little LiesBig Little Lies, OR Thirteen Reasons Why OR Sharp Objects
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 5: 1/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Nay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 6: 3/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 7: 1/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay Task - Author is a Mary, Edith or Sybil Possibilities----Pretty Baby by: Mary Kubica, OR The Buccaneers or The Age of Innocence by: Edith Wharton
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 8: 4/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 9: 1/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 10: 2/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay Task: The book was made into a Disney movie or tv show. Specify name of movie/tv show if different from the title of the book.
Possibilities: Pollyanna ,The Swiss Family Robinson , Mary Poppins
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 11: 2/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Nay
3. History: Nay Task - Two of the words in the title start with the letter M. - Possibilities: Music From Beyond The Moon
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 12: 1/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay Task - The main character is a princess. Possibility: Royal Wedding
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 13: 4/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 14: 4/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 15: 4/6
1. Geography: Nay Task - The book is set in China or written by a Chinese author. Possibility --The Joy Luck Club
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay Task- The book is set between 1939 and 1949. The Stars Are Fire

Card 16: 2/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 17: 3/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Yay Task - The book is about childhood friends. Possibiliy: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


Card 18: 4/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Nay
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 19: 2/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay Task - The author's initials are DC or CD. ---Something by Diane Chamberlain
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 20: 4/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 21: 4/6
1. Geography: Nay Task - The book was originally published in 2018. Possibilities - Five Feet Apart, The Great Alone, Where the Crawdads Sing
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 22: 2/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Nay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 23: 3/6
1. Geography: Yay Task - The author has the initials JS or SJ. Possibility: The Impossible: The Miraculous Story of a Mother's Faith and Her Child's Resurrection
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 24: 4/6
1. Geography: Yay Task - There are mountains on the cover. Possibilities ----Virgin River, The Great Alone
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 25: 2/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Nay

Card 26: 4/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Nay Task - The title has the word "Eat", "Pray", or "Love" in it. Possibilities ---First Comes Love, Love the One You're With
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 27: 5/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Yay
5. Science: Yay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 28: 3/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Nay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Yay

Card 29: 4/6
1. Geography: Yay
2. Entertainment: Yay
3. History: Nay
4. Art/Literature: Nay Task - The book is set in Austria or Italy. Possibility ---Juliet
5. Science: Yay Task - The genre is crime that is solved by the police. "Crime" needs to be on the main book page and it's required that you explain that it is a police procedural. Possibilities --- any of the Women's Murder Club books by James Patterson such as 14th Deadly Sin or any beyond that since its the next one I think I'm supposed to read.
6. Sport: Nay

Card 30: 2/6
1. Geography: Nay
2. Entertainment: Nay
3. History: Yay
4. Art/Literature: Nay
5. Science: Nay
6. Sport: Yay

Too tired to analyze the data but at least I got the answers up.

[Robin]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Card #4
3 Yay Task - Entertainment
4. Big Little Lies
5. 458 pages
6. Read a book that was made into a tv show, tv series, or tv movie.
7. Big Little Lies is a series on HBO starring Reese Witherspon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley (and many others!)
8. Specifications required in the task. NONE

[Robin]

1.Badge 1, book 2
2. Card 21
3. Geography Nay Task
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
5. 384 pages
6. The book was originally published in 2018.
7. This book was published Aug. 14th 2018
8. Specifications required - None

[Janice, Moderator]

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I'm happy to see you join the challenge Robin! Good start. :)