Authors and Lit
This Author wrote the Dune Books
Frank Herbert
What is the SLU mascot called?
Billiken
This poet said, "but still, like dust, I rise"
Maya Angelou
286
Cormac McCarthy
Protagonist's name in the Great Gatsby (not Gatsby)
Nick Caraway
Venus has how many moons?
Zero
This poet "dwelled in possibility"
Emily Dickinson
What was the name of Johnny Cash's wife, who he recorded many songs with?
June Carter
What's in a name? was stated by a very famous character in lit. history. Name the character.
Juliet Capulet
Who wrote Jane Eyre?
Charlotte Bronte
This rap group danced with their dogs in the night time
Migos
This poet wrote an apology poem to his wife, in just a few syllables, titled, This is Just to Say
William Carlos Williams
Distance from Earth to moon in Miles
238,900
Not a vacuum or a dam, this author wrote the famous novel It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover
This novel, by Leo Tolstoy, is often regarded as the greatest work of fiction ever.
Anna Karenina
The shortest commercial flight, moving from Point Baker and Port Protection in Alaska, is approximately how long?
1 mile
______ said "
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting --
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things."
Mary Oliver
How many words are in the classic novel, Crime and Punishment?
190,340
What is the alien's name in the hit novel, Project Hail Mary, which just released in theaters last Friday
Rocky
This hobbit helped Frodo Baggins deliver the ring to the fiery pits of Mt. Doom.
Samwise Gamgee
How old is the Eiffel Tower?
137 years
This poet took the road less traveled.
Robert Frost
"This is ground control, to Major Tom," was sung by what famous artist / actor?
David Bowie
____ wrote:
It moves. They are all alive.
Even the moon bulges in its orange irons
to push children, like a god, from its eye.
The old unseen serpent swallows up the stars.
Oh starry starry night! This is how
I want to die:
Anne Sexton