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April 6th, edited to add clues.

Clue 1: Yes, the island is Alcatraz, which all of you figured out.

Clue 2: Think young adult, 9 – 12 years.

I have one last clue which is as good as giving the answer, so I will hold on to it till Friday 9.00AM PST.

April 7th, edited to add last clue, as promised.

Many of you have guessed the correct answer already.

Clue 3: Think Newbery Honor. I am trusting you guys not to google.

April 11th: Please find the results at the end of the post.

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Here is the quiz for April 2011, yes, I am working towards a book quiz, first Monday of every month.

- Guess the complete TITLE and AUTHOR of this book.

- Quiz closes Friday, April 8th. 4.00PM PST.

- Results will be announced Monday, April 11th.

- Instead of picking the first person to respond with the right answer, I am doing a random number generation of the right answers to pick the winner.

- The prize is a book. I want to choose a book appropriate for you/your child. So will announce the title of the book after I announce the winner.

-Comment moderation is on.

- Clipart credit coolclips.com and clipartpal.com

Your picture clue is

Added on April 11th, Results:

-Seven people got it right before the announced closing time. Hema, Sreela, sorry, you guys were right, but your answers did not make it in time. Sandhya, you did not have the author, but I made an exception, because this is a tough one.

-I inserted the names of the people with right answers in an excel file, ordered by the time they sent their reply.

-To choose one person randomly, I used a RANDBETWEEN function.

-The winner is entry number 6,  N.Chokkan. Please to get in touch with me through gmail(utbtkids@gmail.com) and we will discuss the prize.

-Thanks for playing folks.

 

 

 

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Edited to add:

The book is India Calling by Anand Giridharadas.

Congrats Reva on winning the quiz.

You can pick THE SEED or RADHA FINDS THE CIRCLE.

Please send me an email with your address.

I was surprised by the number of people guessing the right answer. Well done folks.

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As I was reading my older posts, yes I often do that to flatter myself, I almost gasped because I left the Sitcom Parenting survey hanging in midair. Sorry folks, way too many things going on.

Survey results are: 18 people answered the survey; 15 people voted for Claire Huxtable; 2 for Jill Taylor; 0 for Rosanne; 1 for Mrs.Beaver.

Now to the much neglected Guess The Book, book quiz.

- Guess the complete TITLE and AUTHOR of this book.

- Quiz closes Friday, March 4th. 4.00PM PST.

- Results will be announced Monday, March 7th, 4.00AM PST. Just in case I lapse in to short term amnesia, feel free to ping me.

- The prize is a book. I want to choose a book appropriate for you/your child. So will announce the title of the book after I announce the winner.

-Comment moderation is on.

Your picture clue is

 

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EDITED TO ADD ANSWERS

PV requested a Eric Carle quiz and here it goes.

-There are FOUR Eric Carle books. You have to find ALL four.

-There is a clue for EVERY word in the title of the book.

Example:  Yesterday would be too soon, tomorrow would be too early, something in between (= TODAY) ; First half of DESI in reverse(= IS); Second day of the week(= MONDAY). Name of the book = TODAY IS MONDAY.

-Do not expect the title  words to be in order. Decipher each word and from the 19 words, unscramble the four titles.

-Quiz closes July 28, Wed, 4.00PM PST. First person to list ALL FOUR titles, wins. First one to get ALL FOUR wins.

-Result will be posted July 29, Thursday, 4.00AM PST, latest.

(1) They dropped the why.

(2) A short line.

(3) Not unsaid.

(4) Thorough blending, in the past.

(5) Not a very fast adverb.

(6) My pronoun.

(7) 59 of its species exists in Madagascar.

(8) Famous movie with this dialogue.

Person1: Hey, let’s play a game. It’s called “see who can be quiet the longest.”

Person2: Cool! My mom loves that game!

(9) Teeny weeny.

(10) _____, set, go.

(11) One of the seven deadly sins, according to the Christian moral tradition.

(12) She _____________ ate her food.

(13) If you are texting or tweeting you would just type 4.

(14) Definitely an article.

(15) One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

(16) One of the magic words.

(17) Particular, three letter, article.

(18) If in tamil, a small baby girl will respond to this. In few other languages a small child will use this to address an adult.

(19) Think blogs: tag____________

Answers:
(1) They dropped the why. = The
(2) A short line. = Hyphen mark (-)
(3) Not unsaid. = Said
(4) Thorough blending, in the past. = Mixed
(5) Not a very fast adverb. = Slowly
(6) My pronoun. = Me
(7) 59 of its species exists in Madagascar= Chameleon
(8) Famous movie with this dialogue = Up
Person1: Hey, let’s play a game. It’s called “see who can be quiet the longest.”
Person2: Cool! My mom loves that game!
(9) Teeny weeny. = Little
(10) _____, set, go. = Get
(11) One of the seven deadly sins, according to the Christian moral tradition. = Sloth
(12) She _____________ ate her food. = Slowly
(13) If you are texting or tweeting you would just type 4.= For
(14) Definitely an article. = The
(15) One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. = Moon
(16) One of the magic words. = Please
(17) Particular, three letter, article. = The
(18) If in tamil, a small baby girl will respond to this. In few other languages a small child will use this to address an adult. = Papa
19) Tag ……= Cloud (a tag cloud is a collection of tags)

The books are
Papa Please Get The Moon For Me
The Mixed-Up Chameleon
Slowly Slowly Said The Sloth
Little Cloud

PV wins the quiz. Chox, Sandhya, good try
PV, please pick one of the following books. That is going to be the award

Help! Help! (Kapathunga Kapathunga), Tulika English-Tamil bilingual picture book.
or Best Friends(Nalla Nanbargal), Tulika English-Tamil bilingual picture book.

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EDITED TO ADD CLUES.

Long time since we played this. So we have two pics.

Pic1: There are five books. Guess the names of the books.
Clue1: All are children’s books. Target age group 3+ – 8.
Clue2: If you have been following book publishers blogs, it is easy to pick out the cover art.

Pic2: This is the book I am reading currently.
Clue1: Young adult book, but……I read it anyway. So deal with it.
Clue2: It is Newbery Medal award winner.

Rules:
Quiz closes by May 28, 5.30PM PST.
Results will be out May 31, 4.00AM PST
The first person to get all the 6 books right before May 28, 5.30PM PST wins.
The reward is a big round of applause. Currently very affordable

The books are as follows.

Pic1: Assuming I have sorted out my left-right confusion,

Top left: The Boy Who Drew Cats by Anushka Ravishankar, Illustrations Christine Kastl, Published by Karadi Tales

Top right: The Rumour by Anushka Ravishankar, Illustrations by Kanyiki Kini, Published by Karadi Tales

Bottom left: When The Earth Lost It’s Shapes by Shobha Viswanath, Illustrations Chistine Kastl, Published by Karadi Tales

Bottom right: The Lizard’s Tail by Shobha Viswanath, Illustrations by Christine Kastl, Published by Karadi Tales

Left middle: All About Nothing, Concept and Art by Nina Sabnani, Written by Deepa Nayar, Published by Tulika

Pic2: A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Such a vision in 1962!! Amazing!! Planet Camazotz and IT reminded me of certain shades of 1984 by George Orwell. Considering that 1984 was published in 1949, it must have certainly influenced L’Engle. But Wrinkle In Time has a happy ending, unlike 1984(*shudder*), and sends a strong message that love is the ultimate messiah.

A big hand to Sandhya and Kaapi for getting pic 2: A wrinkle In Time right. Good job guys. Sandhya, keen eye, you picked out the Karadi Tales title from my bookshelf.

See I simply cannot resist
Email, comment by Friday, 4.00AM PST.

And the clue is……

Updated to add:

The answer is: THE GREAT INDIAN NOVEL by SHASHI THAROOR

The Print Lover nailed it. She says “Vyasa + Pillaiyar = Mahabaratha Twitter bird -> Shashi Tharoor?” And exactimo!

I have read Mahabaratha by many different authors and that was instrumental in me picking up this book. It took me a few pages to understand the allegory, but I was proud and pleased as plum that I did it all by myself without running to Wikipedia. Though I had to take a break from it I found it compelling enough to return to it. So far a good read.

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I am reading currently.

Here is your clue and the condition is, YOU CANNOT GOOGLE.

Come on, be true to your heart.

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WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

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Send your replies to me by email utbtkids@gmail.com.

You have till Jan 29, 2010 4.00AM PST

Edited to add

Law abiding citizens, the answer is

1984 by George Orwell

113 ppl have viewed this post. I get nada emails. So I take it tha ALL of you googled to find the answer. What honest citizens I say!!

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