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Can you name the books with a color in the title?
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Author
Book Title
Year
Walter Farley
1941
Jack London
1906
Stephen Crane
1895
Lucy Maud Montgomery
1908
Stephen King
1996
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1850
Tom Clancy
1984
Thomas Harris
1981
Wilson Rawls
1961
Anthony Burgess
1962
Dr. Seuss
1960
Dr. Seuss
1960
Author
Book Title
Year
Alice Walker
1982
Umberto Eco
1980
Roald Dahl
1961
Anita Diamant
1997
Anna Sewell
1877
John Steinbeck
1933
James Patterson
1986
Anna Quindlen
1998
Janet Fitch
1999
Toni Morrison
1970
Walter Mosley
1990
Philip Pullman
2000
Fred Gipson (1956)
2000
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jawa88
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 19:49 GMT
6 points
Awesome quiz!!! For the sequel, Dr. Seuss wrote Mr. Brown can moo, can you? Because there should definitely be a sequel =)
Billston
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 19:49 GMT
2 points
It is NOT called The Golden Compass, it is called Northern Lights. If you want to include a Philip Pullman novel from that series, put The Amber Spyglass!
Chris156
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 19:51 GMT
23 points
Don't agree with "The Name of the Rose" and "James and the Giant Peach"--they're referring to objects, not colours!
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Joe_Ball
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 19:55 GMT
-22 points
For Steinbeck, could Grapes Of Wrath count too? :p
livfred
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 19:58 GMT
3 points
Fabulous quiz! Sequel please! (And yay that the Pullman answer is Amber, not Golden. I tried Golden first, but hoped it wouldn't work!)
lznyc212
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:02 GMT
-4 points
Alice Walker's book title is misspelled. Should be "color" not "colour".
pete
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:08 GMT
8 points
Fun quiz. Sad to see no love for one of my favorite colors which could have been covered by The Picture of Dorian Gray. Don't think the instructions mention that it can't be objects - just a color in the title.
Brian:
Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:08 GMT
7 points
For Clancy there should also be Red Storm Rising and Red Rabbit
lostnone
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:12 GMT
2 points
Could also accept Rose Madder and possibly Black House for Stephen King...... Good quiz though
davidr
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:15 GMT
0 points
@Joe_Ball: No, because it wasn't published in 1933.
@lostnone: No, because they weren't published in 1996.
davidr
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:24 GMT
16 points
@Billston: `Northern Lights' was published as `The Golden Compass' in North America.
Lilybert
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:28 GMT
6 points
I'm with Chris. I'm always a bit disappointed by this kind of quiz since it goes against logic. Ok, rose and peach are tints too, but in the specific titles they are *objects*.
melissa
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:33 GMT
14 points
@Chris: I actually like the fact that some of the "color words" refer to objects rather than titles -- they technically meet the definition and it forces you to think in a slightly different way. But maybe I'm just geeky that way. :)
davidr
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:40 GMT
0 points
@Chris and Lilybert: And the colour in the Philip Pullman title refers to resin from trees, not the colour. But the point is that the names of colours appear as words in the titles of the books. That's all that's claimed.
mjenks
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:48 GMT
9 points
Why is this classified in "movie quizzes" and not "literature"?
Alyssa:
Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:58 GMT
1 point
the silver chair?
RavenEleni
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 21:19 GMT
3 points
great quiz, there should be a sequel though! you could almost do another colour one from Edgar Allan Poe ones alone!! (the gold bug, th black cat, the masque of the red death, how to write a black wood article, etc etc,lol) but ye if you were looking for more authors, there are plenty more i can think of too, lol.
Catherine_F
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 21:28 GMT
3 points
Lucy Maud is known as "L.M. Montgomery" on her books so her full name confused me for a short while. Nice quiz though!
Billston
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 21:41 GMT
2 points
@davidr: I know, but it's the original (and true) title nonetheless.
Billston
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 21:41 GMT
3 points
Oh, and well done Sporcle! That's what I like to see! Thank you for changing it, 'preciate it!
Blue_Iguana
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 22:11 GMT
12 points
what does it say about my mental age that i only got the dr. seuss books.
springmom
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 22:21 GMT
2 points
Thanks for this one! Loved being able to type in the 2nd Dr. Seuss title! One of my faves!
Tahnan
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 22:22 GMT
4 points
It is sort of frustrating that, for many authors, there are other titles from different years (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for instance, since "chocolate" is a color as well; and Rose Madder, as mentioned above). Interesting quiz nonetheless.
Chris968
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 22:30 GMT
1 point
James Patterson also has books titled "Roses are Red" and "Violets are Blue"
Kaytayyyyyyy
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 22:52 GMT
2 points
How is this a movies game?
beatrixkiddo
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 22:54 GMT
9 points
i think the answers should have been arranged rainbowically (if i may be so bold as to invent a word), or by pantone nnumber (if i may be so bold as to tempt the inner geek).
shel99
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 23:03 GMT
2 points
I've read the Wilson Rawls book I don't know how many times and it makes me cry like a baby. Every. Single. Time.
Fawkes
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 23:12 GMT
1 point
So... why exactly does it not except Golden Compass? That's the legitimate name it was published under in North America. I'm fine with Amber Spyglass being the displayed title, but Golden Compass should be an acceptable answer.
swellwrench
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 23:15 GMT
-2 points
Well again, not published in 2000, but yeah, it seems odd to accept the sequel but not the original, especially when "amber" is a pretty questionable color.
baseballguy17
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Apr 9th, 2009 at 23:49 GMT
0 points
What about Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy? Great book, btw.
hscer
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Apr 10th, 2009 at 00:34 GMT
4 points
James and the Giant Peach is a cheap shot.
Haunter
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Apr 10th, 2009 at 01:31 GMT
-3 points
I am severely disappointed that less than 10% recognize John Steinbeck's book. For shame, Americans.
hsox05
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Apr 10th, 2009 at 02:34 GMT
2 points
love the bonus answer...
guyleguy
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Apr 10th, 2009 at 02:47 GMT
5 points
Haunter, aren't you being a little sanctimonious? It's like his 7th most well known work, at best.
Lowbill
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Apr 10th, 2009 at 03:19 GMT
0 points
Stephen King also has a book called "Silver Bullet."
ithinkiamsteven:
Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:32 GMT
-1 points
i agree that "The Name of the Rose" and "James and the Giant Peach" shouldn't be included. Those words can be colors, but they're not in this context. As someone else mentioned, C. S. Lewis's "The Silver Chair" would be a good addition, to replace those others.
Dorkus Malorkus:
Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:56 GMT
-1 points
However, the Silver Chair itself was also made of silver. ;) But you are right, that would have been a better choice. Maybe "The Blue Girl" by Charles de Lint. Maybe even "The Colour of Magic" by Terry Pratchett.
dummo
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Apr 10th, 2009 at 06:56 GMT
0 points
I agree that James and the Giant Peach and The Name of the Rose shouldn't be on the list. Otherwise hypothetically then you could include a stack of dodgy titles named after objects because there are literally hundreds of officially recognized 'colours' which most of us would not even know are considered 'colours'.
Deepbite
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Apr 10th, 2009 at 09:41 GMT
1 point
I think there should be a bonus for "color"ing books in general.
lulubelles
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Apr 10th, 2009 at 10:09 GMT
2 points
@ Mechafox: It doesn't accept Golden Compass because that book, whichever you wish to call it, was not published in 2000, it was in 1995. @ Swellwrench: I'm guessing they went for the sequel as the original has 2 different names so saves an argument.
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