Music
In one of his most famous songs, Prince sings about which accessory:
A) Blue suede shoes
B) A raspberry beret
C) Flannel jacket
B - raspberry beret!
What is the first line from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe?
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
What are the names of the three Brontë sisters?
Charlotte, Emily, and Anne!
In what county in England was Jane Austen born?
Hampshire (the town she grew up in is called Steventon!)
What are the names of Caitlin's cats?
Maggie and Harper!
The album Fine Lines belongs to which artist?
Harry Styles
In The Importance of Being Earnest, what were the real names of the two characters who claimed to be Ernest Worthing?
John "Jack" Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff
All the sisters first published their books under pseudonyms. Charlotte's was Currer Bell, Emily's was Ellis Bell. What was Anne's?
Acton Bell
True or False: Jane Austen's best friend was her slightly-older sister, Cassandra.
True! Jane's best friend was Cassandra. The two were inseparable for their entire lives.
What was the first Brontë book Caitlin read?
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë!
How many studio albums has Taylor Swift released?
10 - she released the first in 2006, and the most recent one in 2022!
The line "all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes" is from which poem:
A) "She Walks in Beauty"
B) "I Wander Lonely as a Cloud"
C) "Ode to Autumn"
A - "She Walks in Beauty!"
"She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes"
How many novels did the Brontë sisters publish in total?
They published 7! Charlotte published Jane Eyre, The Professor, Shirley, and The Villette. Anne published Agnes Gray and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Emily published Wuthering Heights.
What were Jane Austen's first two published books?
(Hint: her books are Emma, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, and Mansfield Park)
Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride & Prejudice (1813)
True or False: The novel Caitlin started for NaNoWriMo is set in a place called Snowdonia?
True! Caitlin's novel is set in Snowdonia, in Wales!
Which of these singers has NOT written a song about Emily Brontë or Wuthering Heights:
A) Kate Bush
B) Billie Marten
C) Olivia Rodrigo
C - Olivia Rodrigo has not (yet) written a song about Emily or WH. Kate Bush wrote a song about Wuthering Heights (called "Wuthering Heights") and Billie Marten wrote a song about Emily Brontë (called "Emily").
Which character said, "I always supposed poetry to be the food of love"?
A) Orsino from Twelfth Night
B) Darcy from Pride & Prejudice
C) Rochester from Jane Eyre
B - in one of the early chapters of Pride & Prejudice, Mr. Darcy says he thought poetry was the food of love. This is most likely a reference to Orsino's line "If music be the food of love, play on!" from Twelfth Night, a play that Austen quoted several times in her writing.
True or False: Emily Brontë found a merlin (a bird of prey) injured on the moors. She tamed it and named it Nero. It became her pet and always accompanied her on walks on the moors.
True! Emily Brontë really did tame an injured merlin (and she named it Nero). Imagine walking on the moors in the 1840s and running into Emily and her faithful bird while taking a casual stroll by Penistone crag on a "wuthering" afternoon.
True or False: Jane Austen was in love with a man named Tom Lefroy, who lived in Chatsworth Hall in the Peak District. He eventually proposed to her, but she refused him. A few months later, she began the first draft of Pride & Prejudice. Austen scholars believe Lefroy was the inspiration for Mr. Darcy, whose house, Pemberley, is also located in the Peak District.
False! Jane Austen was in love with a man named Tom Lefroy, but he never proposed to her, and he lived in Ireland, not the Peak District. Also, Jane Austen wrote the first draft of Pride & Prejudice before she met him.
What is Caitlin's lucky number?
7!
In season 4 of Stranger Things, what is the song that saves Max Mayfield's life?
A) "Running up that Hill" by Kate Bush
B) "Material Girl" by Madonna
C) "Purple Rain" by Prince
"Running up that Hill" by Kate Bush!
What is the first (spoken) line of Macbeth?
"When shall we meet again, in thunder, lightning, or in rain?" spoken by the first witch in the first scene of Macbeth.
Charlotte Brontë was in love with her French teacher, who later employed her as a governess in his household. She wrote him love letters, but his responses (if he ever responded) no longer exist. He is believed to be Charlotte's inspiration for Edward Rochester, the leading man in Jane Eyre. What was his name?
Constantin Heger
What were the names of Jane Austen's siblings? (Hint: she had six brothers and one sister!)
James, George, Edward, Henry, Francis, Cassandra, and Charles
Who did Caitlin go as for Halloween last year (2022) and the year before (2021)?
Bonus question: who did Caitlin go as for Halloween in 2020?
She went as Emily Brontë in 2022, and Zelda from Legend of Zelda in 2021.
In 2020, she went as Sailor Moon!