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Hi, guys!
I realise I've been posting quite a bit of heavy stuff and you probably wish I'd shut up about it... so I'm going to chuck around some more fun, accessible stuff alongside the walls of text.
This is a simple game - I'll give you some hints, comments, riddles, catchphrases, etc. that link into the name of a novel. Your job is to guess this and be immortalised in the opening post!
I'll update these every now and again, depending how quick you all are!
Round One:
1.) This dystopic destiny was realised when the founder of Facebook came into this world. ~ 1984 (Ninepence)
2.) Claustrophobic nightmare. ~ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (firescore)
3.) Psychopathic jeweler. ~ The Lord of the Rings (Ninepence)
4.) Perhaps the atomic number of 79 has imbued this element with pathfinding properties ~ The Golden Compass (firescore)
5.) Thoughtful pebble ~ The Philosopher's Stone (firescore)
Round Two:
6.) Angry planets. ~ The War of the Worlds (Ninepence)
7.) Tic, tac, toe. ~ Noughts & Crosses (Varun)
8.) Illegal hook-up. ~ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief (fingolfin)
9.) Split personality. ~ Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Ninepence)
10.) More tattoos than an 80s rock star. ~ The Painted Man (fingolfin)
Round Three:
11.) Impromptu midget supper. ~ The Hobbit (a pebble)
12.) Very concerning love triangle. ~ Twilight (fingolfin)
13.) Ravenous Lepidoptera. ~ The Very Hungry Caterpillar (fingolfin)
14.) Well, everybody does... ~ Everybody Poops (MR NOS)
15.) The film starred Jack Black as a rather large lad. ~ Gulliver's Travels (firescore)
Round Four:
16.) I will miss that era. ~ Eragon (Monster Mouse)
17.) Big cheese bluebottle. ~ The Lord of the Flies (Frozen13)
18.) Steampunk citrus. ~ A Clockwork Orange (Frozen13)
19.) "All we know, is he's called the..." ~ Stig of the Dump (fingolfin)
20.) Soviet Russia just got interesting. ~ Animal Farm (Jorisva1)
Round Five:
21.) You win, or you die. ~ A Game of Thrones (Dobby)
22.) Pale monarch. ~ The White Queen (Frozen13)
23.) Destructive political agenda.
24.) Casually freeing slaves with garlic-flavoured cuisine. ~ Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (Frozen13)
25.) She left.
Round Six:
26.) Frisky colour scheme. ~ Fifty Shades of Grey (goldfinger6)
27.) One of the four horsemen left their equine buddy behind. ~ War Horse (goldfinger6)
28.) Peckish shenanigans. ~ The Hunger Games (Ninepence)
29.) Scaly skin? Nah, she's faking it. ~ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Ninepence)
30.) Beneath its talons, they march. ~ Under the Eagle (fingolfin)
Round Seven:
31.) Olly will get dizzy, if he keeps doing that. ~ Oliver Twist (goldfinger6)
32.) I don't get it, I can't see him. ~ The Invisible Man (Shred13)
33.) Weasels and stoats. ~ Thunder Oak (Frozen13)
34.) Tempest crusher. ~ Stormbreaker (fingolfin)
35.) Will Smith's futuristic career was sparked in this 1950 publication. ~ I, Robot (Jorisva1)
Round Eight:
36.) If it was opposite day, would it be airship up? ~ Watership Down (fingolfin)
37.) Avian slaughter manual. ~ To Kill a Mockingbird (fingolfin)
38.) Sweet equine nothings. ~ The Horse Whisperer (Ninepence)
39.) This blade is an introvert. ~ The Subtle Knife (fingolfin)
40.) Does he have a soul? ~ The Ginger Man (goldfinger6)
Fingolfin's Bonus Round:
41.) Greek goddess meets hen. ~ Artemis Fowl (Harry)
42.) Leonardo's submission to GCHQ. ~ The Da Vinci Code (Archon of Corinth)
43.) The one role Sean Bean managed to live in. ~ Sharpe (Harry)
44.) Ludlum's creation made Damon famous. ~ The Bourne Identity (Harry)
45.) A character so popular that mass protest brought them back. ~ Sherlock Holmes (SjsharksBoy)
Round Nine:
46.) Heavenly alcove.
47.) YOLT! ~ You Only Live Twice (SjsharksBoy)
48.) Ageist nation. ~ No Country for Old Men (Archon of Corinth)
49.) Want them to make you a sandwich? You'd better find them first. ~ Little Women (a pebble)
50.) Drifting through the solar system. ~ Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (a pebble)
Fingolfin's Bonus Round #2:
51.) Festive singing. ~ A Christmas Carol (Shred13)
52.) Call me Ishmael. ~ Moby (a pebble)
53.) Twain wrote my biography. ~ Huckleberry Finn (a pebble)
54.) Forever perfect. ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray (Varun)
55.) A long journey home for this poor Greek. The Odyssey (a pebble)
Round Ten:
56.) Chinese cultural battlegrounds. ~ The Art of War (SjsharksBoy)
57.) So, does that make it like a WWII library? ~ All Quiet on the Western Front (Varun)
58.) X marks the spot. ~ Treasure Island (Varun)
59.) Loathsome fruit. ~ The Grapes of Wrath (goldfinger6)
60.) First rule, never talk about it. ~ Fight Club (Harry)
Round Eleven:
61.) Optimistic about the future. ~ Great Expectations (P.Piper)
62.) 'Cause and effect' model of the law. ~ Crime and Punishment (P.Piper)
63.) Bye-bye, limbs! ~ A Farewell to Arms (Ninepence)
64.) Patchwork monstrosity... just like grandma used to make. ~ Frankenstein (Harry)
65.) In France, four's a crowd. ~ The Three Musketeers (SjsharksBoy)
Round Twelve:
66.) A dull abode. ~ Bleak House (Archon of Corinth)
67.) Examples include 9/11 and the U.S. government shutdown.
68.) Grumpy French people. Les Miserables (Archon of Corinth)
69.) Mortality makes for good noms.
70.) Yeah, he's all right actually, despite shooting people.
Round Thirteen:
71.) After this characters devastating bout with the unsinkable ship, he decides to host himself a party.
72.) Bread seems like an odd place to play a game of catch. ~Catcher in the Rye (Sirloin)
73.) Exits with every shift of the breeze. ~Gone with the Wind (Sirloin)
74.) ‘A’ badge of shame. ~The Scarlet Letter (P. Piper)
75.) A middle aged man shares candy with some kids in his factory. ~Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Harry)
Have a shot!
Liam
I realise I've been posting quite a bit of heavy stuff and you probably wish I'd shut up about it... so I'm going to chuck around some more fun, accessible stuff alongside the walls of text.
This is a simple game - I'll give you some hints, comments, riddles, catchphrases, etc. that link into the name of a novel. Your job is to guess this and be immortalised in the opening post!
I'll update these every now and again, depending how quick you all are!Round One:
1.) This dystopic destiny was realised when the founder of Facebook came into this world. ~ 1984 (Ninepence)
2.) Claustrophobic nightmare. ~ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (firescore)
3.) Psychopathic jeweler. ~ The Lord of the Rings (Ninepence)
4.) Perhaps the atomic number of 79 has imbued this element with pathfinding properties ~ The Golden Compass (firescore)
5.) Thoughtful pebble ~ The Philosopher's Stone (firescore)
Round Two:
6.) Angry planets. ~ The War of the Worlds (Ninepence)
7.) Tic, tac, toe. ~ Noughts & Crosses (Varun)
8.) Illegal hook-up. ~ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief (fingolfin)
9.) Split personality. ~ Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Ninepence)
10.) More tattoos than an 80s rock star. ~ The Painted Man (fingolfin)
Round Three:
11.) Impromptu midget supper. ~ The Hobbit (a pebble)
12.) Very concerning love triangle. ~ Twilight (fingolfin)
13.) Ravenous Lepidoptera. ~ The Very Hungry Caterpillar (fingolfin)
14.) Well, everybody does... ~ Everybody Poops (MR NOS)
15.) The film starred Jack Black as a rather large lad. ~ Gulliver's Travels (firescore)
Round Four:
16.) I will miss that era. ~ Eragon (Monster Mouse)
17.) Big cheese bluebottle. ~ The Lord of the Flies (Frozen13)
18.) Steampunk citrus. ~ A Clockwork Orange (Frozen13)
19.) "All we know, is he's called the..." ~ Stig of the Dump (fingolfin)
20.) Soviet Russia just got interesting. ~ Animal Farm (Jorisva1)
Round Five:
21.) You win, or you die. ~ A Game of Thrones (Dobby)
22.) Pale monarch. ~ The White Queen (Frozen13)
23.) Destructive political agenda.
24.) Casually freeing slaves with garlic-flavoured cuisine. ~ Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (Frozen13)
25.) She left.
Round Six:
26.) Frisky colour scheme. ~ Fifty Shades of Grey (goldfinger6)
27.) One of the four horsemen left their equine buddy behind. ~ War Horse (goldfinger6)
28.) Peckish shenanigans. ~ The Hunger Games (Ninepence)
29.) Scaly skin? Nah, she's faking it. ~ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Ninepence)
30.) Beneath its talons, they march. ~ Under the Eagle (fingolfin)
Round Seven:
31.) Olly will get dizzy, if he keeps doing that. ~ Oliver Twist (goldfinger6)
32.) I don't get it, I can't see him. ~ The Invisible Man (Shred13)
33.) Weasels and stoats. ~ Thunder Oak (Frozen13)
34.) Tempest crusher. ~ Stormbreaker (fingolfin)
35.) Will Smith's futuristic career was sparked in this 1950 publication. ~ I, Robot (Jorisva1)
Round Eight:
36.) If it was opposite day, would it be airship up? ~ Watership Down (fingolfin)
37.) Avian slaughter manual. ~ To Kill a Mockingbird (fingolfin)
38.) Sweet equine nothings. ~ The Horse Whisperer (Ninepence)
39.) This blade is an introvert. ~ The Subtle Knife (fingolfin)
40.) Does he have a soul? ~ The Ginger Man (goldfinger6)
Fingolfin's Bonus Round:
41.) Greek goddess meets hen. ~ Artemis Fowl (Harry)
42.) Leonardo's submission to GCHQ. ~ The Da Vinci Code (Archon of Corinth)
43.) The one role Sean Bean managed to live in. ~ Sharpe (Harry)
44.) Ludlum's creation made Damon famous. ~ The Bourne Identity (Harry)
45.) A character so popular that mass protest brought them back. ~ Sherlock Holmes (SjsharksBoy)
Round Nine:
46.) Heavenly alcove.
47.) YOLT! ~ You Only Live Twice (SjsharksBoy)
48.) Ageist nation. ~ No Country for Old Men (Archon of Corinth)
49.) Want them to make you a sandwich? You'd better find them first. ~ Little Women (a pebble)
50.) Drifting through the solar system. ~ Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (a pebble)
Fingolfin's Bonus Round #2:
51.) Festive singing. ~ A Christmas Carol (Shred13)
52.) Call me Ishmael. ~ Moby (a pebble)
53.) Twain wrote my biography. ~ Huckleberry Finn (a pebble)
54.) Forever perfect. ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray (Varun)
55.) A long journey home for this poor Greek. The Odyssey (a pebble)
Round Ten:
56.) Chinese cultural battlegrounds. ~ The Art of War (SjsharksBoy)
57.) So, does that make it like a WWII library? ~ All Quiet on the Western Front (Varun)
58.) X marks the spot. ~ Treasure Island (Varun)
59.) Loathsome fruit. ~ The Grapes of Wrath (goldfinger6)
60.) First rule, never talk about it. ~ Fight Club (Harry)
Round Eleven:
61.) Optimistic about the future. ~ Great Expectations (P.Piper)
62.) 'Cause and effect' model of the law. ~ Crime and Punishment (P.Piper)
63.) Bye-bye, limbs! ~ A Farewell to Arms (Ninepence)
64.) Patchwork monstrosity... just like grandma used to make. ~ Frankenstein (Harry)
65.) In France, four's a crowd. ~ The Three Musketeers (SjsharksBoy)
Round Twelve:
66.) A dull abode. ~ Bleak House (Archon of Corinth)
67.) Examples include 9/11 and the U.S. government shutdown.
68.) Grumpy French people. Les Miserables (Archon of Corinth)
69.) Mortality makes for good noms.
70.) Yeah, he's all right actually, despite shooting people.
Round Thirteen:
71.) After this characters devastating bout with the unsinkable ship, he decides to host himself a party.
72.) Bread seems like an odd place to play a game of catch. ~Catcher in the Rye (Sirloin)
73.) Exits with every shift of the breeze. ~Gone with the Wind (Sirloin)
74.) ‘A’ badge of shame. ~The Scarlet Letter (P. Piper)
75.) A middle aged man shares candy with some kids in his factory. ~Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Harry)
Have a shot!
Liam
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