| The Gore Vidal Quiz - Part 1 |
Vidal's first novel took place aboard a ship in what body of water? [1225 responses]
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Atlantic Ocean (154) |
 13% |
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Pacific Ocean (616) |
50% |
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Indian Ocean (54) |
4% |
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Arctic Ocean (378) |
31% |
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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? [1195 responses]
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Judgment of Paris (445) |
 37% |
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Messiah (99) |
8% |
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Season of Comfort (267) |
22% |
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Dark Green, Bright Red (170) |
14% |
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Washington, D.C. (214) |
18% |
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Answer: Judgment of Paris |
What was Vidal's first book to be translated into a foreign language? [1057 responses]
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Williwaw (239) |
 23% |
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In a Yellow Wood (104) |
10% |
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City and the Pillar (579) |
55% |
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Season of Comfort (31) |
3% |
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Messiah (104) |
10% |
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Answer: In a Yellow Wood | Into what language was the answer to #3 translated? [1043 responses]
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French (667) |
 64% |
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German (115) |
11% |
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Spanish (90) |
9% |
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Norwegian (108) |
10% |
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Dutch (63) |
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? [990 responses]
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Visit to a Small Planet (368) |
 37% |
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The Death of Billy the Kid (167) |
17% |
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The Turn of the Screw (32) |
3% |
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The Catered Affair (76) |
8% |
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The Best Man (347) |
35% |
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Answer: The Death of Billy the Kid | Who reportedly wanted to play "Myra Breckinridge" before Raquel Welch? [975 responses]
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Gina Lollobrigida (258) |
 26% |
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Bette Davis (160) |
16% |
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Katharine Hepburn (154) |
16% |
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Anne Bancroft (350) |
36% |
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Connie Stevens (53) |
5% |
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Answer: Anne Bancroft |
Vidal has not been translated into which of the following languages? [957 responses]
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Icelandic (127) |
 13% |
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Albanian (243) |
25% |
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Arabic (358) |
37% |
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Catalan (123) |
13% |
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Ukrainian (106) |
11% |
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Answer: Arabic | Which screenplay did Vidal not write in part or whole? [940 responses]
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Suddenly, Last Summer (161) |
 17% |
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Ben-Hur (120) |
13% |
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Is Paris Burning? (199) |
21% |
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Myra Breckinridge (357) |
38% |
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Caligula (103) |
11% |
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Answer: Myra Breckinridge |
Which of the following writers has Vidal not penned admiring essays about? [957 responses]
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Dawn Powell (155) |
 16% |
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Anthony Burgess (85) |
9% |
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Italo Calvino (43) |
4% |
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John Updike (623) |
65% |
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Tennessee Williams (51) |
5% |
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Answer: John Updike | Which Vidal novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize? [949 responses]
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Washington, D.C. (75) |
 8% |
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Myra Breckinridge (52) |
5% |
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Burr (241) |
25% |
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Lincoln (512) |
54% |
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Creation (69) |
7% |
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Answer: Lincoln |
Which of the following is not a Vidal pseudonym? [925 responses]
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Katherine Everard (72) |
8% |
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Edgar Box (33) |
4% |
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Eric Blair (430) |
46% |
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Libra (310) |
34% |
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Cameron Kay (80) |
9% |
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Answer: Eric Blair | Which of the following is not the title of a book by Vidal? [908 responses]
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Dangerous Voyage (170) |
19% |
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Clara Reeve (287) |
32% |
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The Ladies in the Library and Other Stories (137) |
15% |
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Virgin Islands (138) |
15% |
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Sex, Death and Money (176) |
19% |
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Answer: Clara Reeve |
Vidal's famous essay about the Kennedys, "The Holy Family," first appeared in what publication? [911 responses]
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Esquire (456) |
50% |
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Life (55) |
6% |
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Look (23) |
3% |
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Vanity Fair (264) |
29% |
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The New York Review of Books (113) |
12% |
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Answer: Esquire | Which of the following is not a short story by Vidal? [891 responses]
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Mostly About Geoffrey (196) |
22% |
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The Bride Wore a Business Suit (282) |
32% |
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A Moment of Green Laurel (87) |
10% |
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Summer Pavilion (136) |
15% |
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Three Strategems (190) |
21% |
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Answer: Summer Pavilion |
BONUS QUESTION: Which of the following novel pairs do not go together? [938 responses]
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Messiah & Kalki (94) |
10% |
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Live from Golgotha & The Smithsonian Institution (282) |
30% |
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Washington, D.C. & The Golden Age (38) |
4% |
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In a Yellow Wood & Dark Green, Bright Red (401) |
43% |
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Julian & Creation (123) |
13% |
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Answer: In a Yellow Wood & Dark Green, Bright Red | |
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