E: 31/12 Win 8 books with 4th Avenue

Caly

The Big Book Quiz of the Year

Were you paying attention to your bookshelves in 2014?

Correctly answer the questions below for the chance to win the eight books 4th Estate has had nominated for the Folio Prize. The winner will be notified in January.

http://www.4thestate.co.uk/2014/12/the-big-book-quiz-of-the-year/

Caly

Remaining answers in the following posts, please thank those who helped :beer::

Q1: This January a notorious nonfiction eBook topped Amazon charts. It was suggested that this was because the digital edition enabled shoppers to read the book without being seen. What was the shame-inducing title?
???

Q2: In February, a British author became the only living writer to have her painting on display in the British Library. Which author did the portrait depict?
Hilary Mantel

Q3: Steve McQueen’s film adaptation of 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the 86th Academy Awards in March. Who was the main character in the film, and author of the original memoir?
???

Q4: In April, Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Who painted the Dutch masterpiece from which the novel takes its name and its cover art?
Carel Fabritius

Q5: May saw us lose one of literature’s leading lights – the magnificent Maya Angelou. Which card game did she famously play as part of her writing ritual?
Solitaire

Q6: In June, a bestselling thriller author declared Russell Crowe was ‘too fat and too Australian’ to play his most famous character. Which character?
Jack Reacher

Q7: This July saw the first eBook publication of a classic novel celebrating its 54th anniversary, whose digital release had previously been blocked. Which book was it?
???

Q8: In August it was reported that 11-year-old Sebastian Griffith and his father Kevin, an English professor, had recreated a 1,079-page Great American Novel in Lego bricks. What was the tome in question?
Infinite Jest

Q9: September saw the shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize announced. How did the selection process (somewhat controversially) change this year?
???

Q10: October’s Mercury Prize shortlist featured, rather unconventionally, a poet, who previously won the Ted Hughes Award in 2013. Her name?
Kate Tempest

Q11: The Samuel Johnson Prize was won by Helen Macdonald for her memoir about training a goshawk. H is for Hawk referenced another literary austringer (hawk-trainer), who wrote about his experiences in The Goshawk. Who?
???

Q12: President Obama did some Christmas shopping at the Politics & Prose bookshop in Washington D.C. this December, giving us all a look into his family’s reading habits. Which of these books was not on his shopping list:?
The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan
At the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
Redwall, Brian Jacques
The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
A Barnyard Collection: Click, Clack, Moo and More, Doreen Cronin
???

comping_cat

Q. 3 - Solomon Northup (excellent book)

One-Eye

Q1 - I think this is "Mein Kampf"

Q7 - "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Q9 - Books originating from any country are now eligible as long as they are in English and published in UK.

Q12 - The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand

lilias

11. is T.H.White. I felt very sorry for his goshawk. He attempted to train it and had no idea what he was doing.

lilias

I think that Obama didn't buy The Fountainhead.??

Apparently he thinks that The Fountainhead is for teens who are "feeling misunderstood"

eleanorre

Would have thought no 1 was
50 shades of grey

lilias

eleanorre wrote: »

Would have thought no 1 was
50 shades of grey

Was that non fiction?!!!

lilias

After entering they give the correct answer to number 9 as "American authors were eligible for the prize."

lottie_19

Hope it's alright to add. Here are all the answers in the correct order.

Here are the correct answers:
Q1: This January a notorious nonfiction eBook topped Amazon charts. It was suggested that this was because the Kindle edition allowed customers to read the book without being seen. What was this shame-inducing title?

A: Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler.

Q2: In February, a British author became the only living writer to have her painting on display in the British Library. Which author did the portrait depict?

A: Hilary Mantel.

Q3: Steve McQueen’s film adaptation of 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the 86th Academy Awards in March. Who was the main character in the film, and author of the original memoir?

A: Solomon Northrup.

Q4: In April, Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Who painted the Dutch masterpiece from which the novel takes its name and its cover art?

A: Carel Fabritius.

Q5: May saw us lose one of literature’s leading lights – the magnificent Maya Angelou. Which card game did she famously play as part of her writing ritual?

A: Solitaire.

Q6: In June, a bestselling thriller author declared Russell Crowe was ‘too fat and too Australian’ to play his most famous character. Which character?

A: Jack Reacher.

Q7: This July saw the first eBook publication of a classic novel celebrating its 54th anniversary, whose digital release had previously been blocked. Which book was it?

A: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Q8: In August it was reported that 11-year-old Sebastian Griffith and his father Kevin, an English professor, had recreated a 1,079-page Great American Novel in Lego bricks. What was the tome in question?

A: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.

Q9: September saw the shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize announced. How did the selection process (somewhat controversially) change this year?

A: American authors were eligible for the prize.

Q10: October’s Mercury Prize shortlist featured, rather unconventionally, a poet, who previously won the Ted Hughes Award in 2013. Her name?

A: Kate Tempest.

Q11: The Samuel Johnson Prize was won by Helen Macdonald for her memoir about training a goshawk. H is for Hawk referenced another literary austringer (hawk-trainer), who wrote about his experiences in The Goshawk. Who?

A: T. H. White.

Q12: President Obama did some Christmas shopping at the Politics & Prose bookshop in Washington D.C. this December, giving us all a look into his family’s reading habits. Which of these books was not on his shopping list?

A: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

Thanks to everyone who posts.