boomerang (the 5th round of the bookworm quiz)
TRANSCRIPT
BoomerangBoomerang
Challenge your OpponentChallenge your Opponent
Rules
• Select a topic and an opponent.• +15 for your opponent if he gets the question
right and if he doesn’t then the question boomerangs to you.
• If you answer you get a +10, if you don’t then you get a -10
TopicsTopics
Science Science FictionFiction
ClassicsClassics
FantasyFantasyComicsComics
HorrorHorror
MiscellaneoMiscellaneousus
SuspensSuspensee
SuspenseSuspense
• Seven years older than the protagonist, X is Seven years older than the protagonist, X is way more intelligent than him. He is, way more intelligent than him. He is, however, not that famous due to the fact that however, not that famous due to the fact that he is extremely lazy. He occupies a minor he is extremely lazy. He occupies a minor position in the British Secret Government. position in the British Secret Government. “Sometimes, he “Sometimes, he isis the British Government.” the British Government.”
• Who am I talking about?Who am I talking about?
Answer: Mycroft HolmesAnswer: Mycroft Holmes
Science FictionScience Fiction
• Written by HG Wells, this book deals with Written by HG Wells, this book deals with Martians, who have assembled towering Martians, who have assembled towering three-legged "fighting-machines" (Tripods), three-legged "fighting-machines" (Tripods), each armed with a heat-ray and a chemical each armed with a heat-ray and a chemical weapon: the so-called "black smoke”. Identify weapon: the so-called "black smoke”. Identify the book.the book.
Answer: War of the Worlds Answer: War of the Worlds
HorrorHorror
Identify the book by it’s contents:1. Jonathan Harker’s Journal2. Letter from Miss Mina Murray3. Lucy Westerna’s Journal4. Dr. Seward’s Diary5. Photographic Diary by Van Helsing6. Mina Harker’s Journal
Answer: Answer:
ComicsComics
Identify the artist.
Answer: Answer:
MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Name the author.
Answer: Answer:
ClassicsClassics
After writing the famous X, the author Y was portrayed holding a
copy of the X, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven
terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, with the
spheres of Heaven above, in Michelino's fresco. Identify X
and Y.
Answer: Dante’s Divine Comedy Answer: Dante’s Divine Comedy
FantasyFantasy
Logo of?
Answer: Answer: