| The Gore Vidal Quiz - Part 1 |
Vidal's first novel took place aboard a ship in what body of water? [1149 responses]
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Atlantic Ocean (142) |
 12% |
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Pacific Ocean (588) |
51% |
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Indian Ocean (53) |
5% |
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Arctic Ocean (343) |
30% |
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Caribbean Sea (23) |
2% |
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Answer: Pacific Ocean | Jim from "The City and the Pillar" appears in what other Vidal novel? [1119 responses]
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Judgment of Paris (417) |
 37% |
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Messiah (92) |
8% |
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Season of Comfort (252) |
23% |
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Dark Green, Bright Red (162) |
14% |
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Washington, D.C. (196) |
18% |
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Answer: Judgment of Paris |
What was Vidal's first book to be translated into a foreign language? [993 responses]
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Williwaw (231) |
 23% |
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In a Yellow Wood (99) |
10% |
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City and the Pillar (538) |
54% |
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Season of Comfort (29) |
3% |
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Messiah (96) |
10% |
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Answer: In a Yellow Wood | Into what language was the answer to #3 translated? [979 responses]
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French (624) |
 64% |
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German (110) |
11% |
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Spanish (83) |
8% |
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Norwegian (103) |
11% |
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Dutch (59) |
6% |
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Answer: Norwegian, in 1947 |
Which of Vidal's plays for live television was the first to become a feature film? [931 responses]
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Visit to a Small Planet (346) |
 37% |
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The Death of Billy the Kid (156) |
17% |
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The Turn of the Screw (30) |
3% |
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The Catered Affair (68) |
7% |
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The Best Man (331) |
36% |
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Answer: The Death of Billy the Kid | Who reportedly wanted to play "Myra Breckinridge" before Raquel Welch? [917 responses]
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Gina Lollobrigida (239) |
 26% |
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Bette Davis (152) |
17% |
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Katharine Hepburn (143) |
16% |
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Anne Bancroft (332) |
36% |
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Connie Stevens (51) |
6% |
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Answer: Anne Bancroft |
Vidal has not been translated into which of the following languages? [903 responses]
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Icelandic (119) |
 13% |
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Albanian (234) |
26% |
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Arabic (336) |
37% |
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Catalan (116) |
13% |
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Ukrainian (98) |
11% |
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Answer: Arabic | Which screenplay did Vidal not write in part or whole? [886 responses]
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Suddenly, Last Summer (152) |
 17% |
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Ben-Hur (116) |
13% |
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Is Paris Burning? (189) |
21% |
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Myra Breckinridge (332) |
37% |
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Caligula (97) |
11% |
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Answer: Myra Breckinridge |
Which of the following writers has Vidal not penned admiring essays about? [903 responses]
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Dawn Powell (147) |
 16% |
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Anthony Burgess (77) |
9% |
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Italo Calvino (40) |
4% |
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John Updike (590) |
65% |
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Tennessee Williams (49) |
5% |
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Answer: John Updike | Which Vidal novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize? [895 responses]
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Washington, D.C. (72) |
 8% |
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Myra Breckinridge (51) |
6% |
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Burr (233) |
26% |
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Lincoln (475) |
53% |
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Creation (64) |
7% |
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Answer: Lincoln |
Which of the following is not a Vidal pseudonym? [874 responses]
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Katherine Everard (68) |
8% |
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Edgar Box (32) |
4% |
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Eric Blair (399) |
46% |
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Libra (297) |
34% |
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Cameron Kay (78) |
9% |
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Answer: Eric Blair | Which of the following is not the title of a book by Vidal? [858 responses]
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Dangerous Voyage (157) |
18% |
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Clara Reeve (270) |
31% |
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The Ladies in the Library and Other Stories (133) |
16% |
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Virgin Islands (135) |
16% |
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Sex, Death and Money (163) |
19% |
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Answer: Clara Reeve |
Vidal's famous essay about the Kennedys, "The Holy Family," first appeared in what publication? [862 responses]
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Esquire (431) |
50% |
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Life (55) |
6% |
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Look (22) |
3% |
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Vanity Fair (249) |
29% |
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The New York Review of Books (105) |
12% |
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Answer: Esquire | Which of the following is not a short story by Vidal? [843 responses]
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Mostly About Geoffrey (180) |
21% |
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The Bride Wore a Business Suit (269) |
32% |
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A Moment of Green Laurel (86) |
10% |
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Summer Pavilion (127) |
15% |
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Three Strategems (181) |
21% |
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Answer: Summer Pavilion |
BONUS QUESTION: Which of the following novel pairs do not go together? [887 responses]
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Messiah & Kalki (92) |
10% |
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Live from Golgotha & The Smithsonian Institution (263) |
30% |
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Washington, D.C. & The Golden Age (35) |
4% |
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In a Yellow Wood & Dark Green, Bright Red (378) |
43% |
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Julian & Creation (119) |
13% |
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Answer: In a Yellow Wood & Dark Green, Bright Red | |
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