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Early American Authors Quiz Game
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "WHERE IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE ART WELCOMED!! π₯Ί"Don't you know that this is the group of impossible people?! π"
Very true...π€£
Pamela wrote: "I can think of three authors who might be the answer to the quiz question, but can't decide which one it is.π€1~Maybe π²
2~Possibly πΉ
3~Perhaps πΈ"
Yep. Has to be one of the three!
Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I can think of three authors who might be the answer to the quiz question, but can't decide which one it is.π€1~Maybe π²
2~Possibly πΉ
3~Perhaps πΈ"
Yep. Has to be one of the three!"
Then I'll go with "Perhaps" πΈ I like pink!ππ
Pamela wrote: "Then I'll go with "Perhaps" πΈ I like pink!ππ"I was going to say Possibly.
I just thought of another...4~Afterthought π
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Well I was going to say Maybe!! π€£π€£
Sounds like we're feeling different, today! π
Dorothy wrote: "Sounds like we're feeling different, today! π"How were we feeling yesterday? π€
1~Thoreau π²2~Emerson πΉ
3~Bryant πΈ
4~Whitman π
Unsure and Uncertain. Perhaps none of the above. I'll ponder a bit longer.π§ππ€
I am unable to decide or commitπ€·ββοΈ
Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Sounds like we're feeling different, today! π"How were we feeling yesterday? π€"
Different than today...
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Sounds like we're feeling different, today! π"How were we feeling yesterday? π€"
Different than today..."
Hmmm...I hadn't noticed...π§
Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Sounds like we're feeling different, today! π"How were we feeling yesterday? π€"
Different than today..."
Hmmm...I hadn't noticed...π§"
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A couple of hints...he was professor of Horticulture at Harvard for a brief time. He was also strongly opposed to women's suffrage.
Well, I retract my guesses and add:5~I have no idea πββοΈπ€·ββοΈ
Pammy Jo ππ€£πππ€
π Another hint...he's not extremely well-known, but we did discuss him in another quiz fairly recently, I think.
Meg wrote: "π Another hint...he's not extremely well-known, but we did discuss him in another quiz fairly recently, I think."Another quiz?!? π² ANOTHER QUIZ?!?!?!?
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "π Another hint...he's not extremely well-known, but we did discuss him in another quiz fairly recently, I think."Another quiz?!? π² ANOTHER QUIZ?!?!?!?"
What?!?! π€£
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "π Another hint...he's not extremely well-known, but we did discuss him in another quiz fairly recently, I think."Another quiz?!? π² ANOTHER QUIZ?!?!?!?"
What?!?! π€£"
You don't even want to know what goes through my head sometimes...π€£π€£
Emma wrote: "You don't even want to know what goes through my head sometimes...π€£π€£"π€¨
Maybe I didn't word that right. π I meant, another QUESTION I did not too long ago...
Meg wrote: "Maybe I didn't word that right. π I meant, another QUESTION I did not too long ago..."Yep. My head started thinking, "ANOTHER QUIZ?!? She opened ANOTHER QUIZ?!?" π€£π€£π€£π€£
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Maybe I didn't word that right. π I meant, another QUESTION I did not too long ago..."Yep. My head started thinking, "ANOTHER QUIZ?!? She opened ANOTHER QUIZ?!?" π€£π€£π€£π€£"
π± Noooo! I couldn't handle that!! π€£π€£π€£
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Maybe I didn't word that right. π I meant, another QUESTION I did not too long ago..."Yep. My head started thinking, "ANOTHER QUIZ?!? She opened ANOTHER QUIZ?!?" π€£π€£π€£π€£"
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Me either!!! π³π€£π€£
Asa Gray taught Botany at Harvard, but for many years, not briefly. This question has me Ferhoodled and Ferhext!π€π€ͺπ§ πPammy Jo
Pamela wrote: "Asa Gray taught Botany at Harvard, but for many years, not briefly. This question has me Ferhoodled and Ferhext!π€π€ͺπ§ πPammy Jo"
I greatly admire Asa Gray and have 3 of his books on botany, but no, that's not him...
Charles Dickens. π€£π€£π€£π€£
Emma wrote: "Charles Dickens. π€£π€£π€£π€£"π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Charles Dickens. π€£π€£π€£π€£"π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ"
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I'm going to be reading one of his books soon, but I guess that doesn't help you... π€£π€£
Meg wrote: "I'm going to be reading one of his books soon, but I guess that doesn't help you... π€£π€£"π₯Ίπ₯Ίπ₯Ί
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "I'm going to be reading one of his books soon, but I guess that doesn't help you... π€£π€£"π₯Ίπ₯Ίπ₯Ί"
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Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "I'm going to be reading one of his books soon, but I guess that doesn't help you... π€£π€£"π₯Ίπ₯Ίπ₯Ί"
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His whole 7-volume history on the French and English in Colonial America was inspired by his love of the woods...
Meg wrote: "His whole 7-volume history on the French and English in Colonial America was inspired by his love of the woods..."THOREAU!! π€£π€£
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "His whole 7-volume history on the French and English in Colonial America was inspired by his love of the woods..."THOREAU!! π€£π€£"
Nuh uh.
Meg wrote: "Hast thou given up? π₯Ί"I hast. π₯Ί
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Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Hast thou given up? π₯Ί"I hast. π₯Ί"
MPH! Anyone else? Dorry hasn't even guessed yet has she?
Emma wrote: "π·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ"π²π€ I'll sic Herbert on you!!!! π»π»π»π»
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "π·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ"π²π€ I'll sic Herbert on you!!!! π»π»π»π»"
Oh, I'm SOOO scared...ππππ
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "π·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ"π²π€ I'll sic Herbert on you!!!! π»π»π»π»"
Oh, I'm SOOO scared...ππππ"
AND HE WILL EAT YOUR SPIDERS!!!!
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "π·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ"π²π€ I'll sic Herbert on you!!!! π»π»π»π»"
Oh, I'm SOOO scared...ππππ"
AND HE WILL EAT YOUR SPIDERS!!!!"
THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE SPIDERS ANYWAY!! ππππ
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "π·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ·οΈπ"π²π€ I'll sic Herbert on you!!!! π»π»π»π»"
Oh, I'm SOOO scared...ππππ"
AND HE WILL EAT YOUR SPIDERS!!!!"
THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I DON'T L..."
WELL THEN HE'LL EAT ALL YOUR SALMON!
Meg wrote: "WELL THEN HE'LL EAT ALL YOUR SALMON!"NO HE WON'T HE'LL BRING IT TO YOU SINCE HE KNOWS YOU LOVE IT!!!
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "WELL THEN HE'LL EAT ALL YOUR SALMON!"NO HE WON'T HE'LL BRING IT TO YOU SINCE HE KNOWS YOU LOVE IT!!!"
π€’ We have reached an understanding about that...
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "WELL THEN HE'LL EAT ALL YOUR SALMON!"NO HE WON'T HE'LL BRING IT TO YOU SINCE HE KNOWS YOU LOVE IT!!!"
π€’ We have reached an understanding about that..."
No, we haven't...
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "WELL THEN HE'LL EAT ALL YOUR SALMON!"NO HE WON'T HE'LL BRING IT TO YOU SINCE HE KNOWS YOU LOVE IT!!!"
π€’ We have reached an understanding about that..."
No, ..."
π€¦ββοΈ I mean Herbert and I have!!! π€£
Early American Literature
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