Early American Authors Quiz Game Showing 14,201-14,250 of 14,459

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Thoreau. Turtle."

Noted. 😏

[Ruth]

That sounds like Thoreau.(?)

[Joanna]

Ruth wrote: "That sounds like Thoreau.(?)"

I agree! 😂

[Pamela]

I haven't been online tonight, so just checking in. Not feeling well. Terrible back pain. Praying it's not my kidneys.🙏 I'll be back tomorrow. Goodnight to everyone!

Pammy Jo

[Ruth]

Praying for you, Pammy.
Goodnight, rest well. 🤗

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "I haven't been online tonight, so just checking in. Not feeling well. Terrible back pain. Praying it's not my kidneys.🙏 I'll be back tomorrow. Goodnight to everyone!

Pammy Jo"

Oh dear! I'm so sorry!

No one else seems to be getting any closer to the answer. You are right that it's Thoreau, but the animal is something else.

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

🐁

[Lily Rose]

Emma wrote: "🐁"

🤨

[Lily Rose]

Thoreau ate a rat???

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "🐁"

🤨"

It's a mouse.

[Lily Rose]

Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "🐁"

🤨"

It's a mouse."

Same difference. No, but you're getting closer.

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "🐁"

🤨"

It's a mouse."

Same difference. No, but you're getting closer."

I don't even remember the quiz.

[Lily Rose]

Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "🐁"

🤨"

It's a mouse."

Same difference. No, but you're getting closer."

I don't even remember the quiz."

🙄

[Lily Rose]

Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "🐁"

🤨"

It's a mouse."

Same difference. No, but you're getting closer."

I don't even remember the quiz."

🙄"

This NE author ate one rather unusual animal, but then decided it was a lousy" way to treat the said animal and never ate one again. Though that decision may also have been based on the "musky" flavor he described. Name the author and the animal.

[Joanna]

Beaver?

[Pamela]

Woodchuck: a.k.a. Groundhog.

With all of the wintry weather here, and major ice storms expected for the next week, I would very much like to throw a certain groundhog on the fire. Roasted Punxsutawney Phil sounds good to me! 🤜🐹🔥😁😂🤣😄😅😆

[Joanna]

Pamela wrote: "Woodchuck: a.k.a. Groundhog.

With all of the wintry weather here, and major ice storms expected for the next week, I would very much like to throw a certain groundhog on the fire. Roasted Punxsuta..."

I'll bet you're right, but 🤢! 🤣🤣🤣

[Pamela]

Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Woodchuck: a.k.a. Groundhog.

With all of the wintry weather here, and major ice storms expected for the next week, I would very much like to throw a certain groundhog on the fire. R..."

I wouldn't eat Phil, I would just enjoy heating him up a little bit!😆🤣😂

[Joanna]

Pamela wrote: "I wouldn't eat Phil, I would just enjoy heating him up a little bit!😆🤣😂"

🤣🤣🤣🤣 You know I got to thinking, I wouldn't like to live in Punxsutawney...the groundhogs are such a tourist attraction, I'll bet you're not allowed to shoot them! 🙄😆

[Pamela]

LOL!!!!!

[Lily Rose]

YAY, PAMMY! CONGRATULATIONS!

[Pamela]

My quiz question, in keeping with my current mood😆...

Name the New England author who stated that they much preferred the company of their dog, a Newfoundland named Carlo, to the company of people.

😉😊🤗

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "My quiz question, in keeping with my current mood😆...

Name the New England author who stated that they much preferred the company of their dog, a Newfoundland named Carlo, to the company of people..."

Sounds like Mark Twain, but I could be wrong.

[Pamela]

Not Mark Twain. It is actually a woman.

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Not Mark Twain. It is actually a woman."

Hmmm...It sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't think who at the moment.

[Pamela]

The author named her dog Carlo after the name of the dog in one of her favorite books. It's no surprise the author preferred the company of her dog, as she had a very reclusive reputation.😉(hint!)

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "The author named her dog Carlo after the name of the dog in one of her favorite books. It's no surprise the author preferred the company of her dog, as she had a very reclusive reputation.😉(hint!)"

🤔

[Pamela]

Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "The author named her dog Carlo after the name of the dog in one of her favorite books. It's no surprise the author preferred the company of her dog, as she had a very reclusive reput..."

So reclusive was she, that she did not even attend her father's funeral. She watched, alone, from a window.

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "The author named her dog Carlo after the name of the dog in one of her favorite books. It's no surprise the author preferred the company of her dog, as she had a very..."

For some reason I keep thinking Louisa May Alcott, but I'm almost sure that's not right! LOL!

[Pamela]

You are correct that Alcott is incorrect!😆🤣🤗

[Pamela]

Think poetry.

[Pamela]

😉The Belle of Amherst🤫 Can you guess?

[Lily Rose]

Emily Dickinson?

[Joanna]

🤦‍♀️ Errrgh, Dorry beat me to it! 🤣🤣 I didn't even know she had a dog (Emily Dickinson, that is...not Dorry! 😆)

[Lily Rose]

Meg wrote: "🤦‍♀️ Errrgh, Dorry beat me to it! 🤣🤣 I didn't even know she had a dog (Emily Dickinson, that is...not Dorry! 😆)"

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Pamela]

Dorothy wrote: "Emily Dickinson?"

You are correct, Dorothy! It is Emily Dickinson. A children's book was written about Emily and Carlo:



Emily and Carlo

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emily Dickinson?"

You are correct, Dorothy! It is Emily Dickinson. A children's book was written about Emily and Carlo:



[book:Emily and Carlo..."

Thank you, Pammy! It really was just a guess...the only female poet who came to mind, and I remembered that none of her works were published while she was alive, so I figured that could qualify as reclusive!

[Pamela]

She was reclusive to the extreme! I am beginning to understand that personality!😉

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "She was reclusive to the extreme! I am beginning to understand that personality!😉"

🤣 Just don't become so reclusive that you don't come over here and spend time on the group!

[Pamela]

Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "She was reclusive to the extreme! I am beginning to understand that personality!😉"

🤣 Just don't become so reclusive that you don't come over here and spend time on the group!"

Don't worry, it is here with all of you that feels most like home to me! Spending time with you is the best part of each day for me!

Pammy Jo 🤗

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "She was reclusive to the extreme! I am beginning to understand that personality!😉"

🤣 Just don't become so reclusive that you don't come over here and spend time on t..."

I'm glad to hear that, Pammy! You would be very missed! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[Lily Rose]

Well, for what it's worth with everyone dealing with weather, here is your next quiz question...

Who said, "A good laugh is a mighty good thing and if any one man in his own proper person afford stuff for a good joke to anybody, let him not be backward, but let him cheerfully allow himself to spend and be spent in that way"?
(Extra points if you guess who quoted that particular quote in their book. Hint: Bonus author is not from NE.)

[Pamela]

I know who said it, but I'm not sure who quoted it in their book.🤔

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "I know who said it, but I'm not sure who quoted it in their book.🤔"

The second part isn't required to win. So if you know who said it, go ahead!

[Pamela]

Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I know who said it, but I'm not sure who quoted it in their book.🤔"

The second part isn't required to win. So if you know who said it, go ahead!"

Herman Melville

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I know who said it, but I'm not sure who quoted it in their book.🤔"

The second part isn't required to win. So if you know who said it, go ahead!"

Herman Melville"

Yes! Congratulations, Pammy! And the author who quoted that in her book was Elizabeth Goudge, in A City of Bells.

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

😲 DORRY! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

It's funny, when I read that, I thought it sounded like her, but I thought, "Noo, she wouldn't..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Lily Rose]

Emma wrote: "😲 DORRY! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

No, that was only the bonus part! The original author who said that was Herman Melville!

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "😲 DORRY! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

No, that was only the bonus part! The original author who said that was Herman Melville!"

🤣🤣🤣