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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2007 12:19:22 GMT
Ever wondered what the author of 'Lorna Doone' R D Blackmore's initials were ? Well, I expect that either Wolfman or Jock will be along to tell you shortly ! Anyway, here are the names of 22 Literary figures who have retained an element of mystique by writing under their initials rather than their full names. All you have to do for a point is tell me their names. Second lot of two. Good luck !
23 L.P.Hartley 24 M.R.James 25 P.D.James 26 P.G.Wodehouse 27 Q.D.Leavis 28 R.D.Blackmore 29 R.K.Narayan 30 R.S.Thomas 31 S.J.Perelman 32 T.E.Lawrence 33 T.F.Powys 34 T.H.White 35 T.S.Eliot 36 V.S.Naipaul 37 V.S.Pritchett 38 W.B.Yeats 39 W.E.Henley 40 W.H.Auden 41 W.H.Davies 42 W.H.Hudson 43 W.S.Gilbert 44 W.W.Jacobs
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Josie
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Post by Josie on May 22, 2007 14:18:35 GMT
25. Phyllis Dorothy James White
32. Thomas Edward Lawrence
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Post by barbelman on May 22, 2007 16:37:26 GMT
Hi Tommo
26 is Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, old chap (we had someone at school called Pelham Grenville BION) 35 is Thomas ? Eliot 38 is William Butler Yeats 43 is William Somethingodd Gilbert
thanks Tony
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2007 20:53:50 GMT
Josie's two are spot on, 2pts Tony gets 2pts (for Sir Pelham Grenville and William Butler) - plus two half-points 'cos I need the funny-sounding 'S' names for Thomas and Sir William.
Leaderboard: 1. Barbelman 3pts 2. Josie 2pts
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WolfLord
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Post by WolfLord on May 23, 2007 8:13:08 GMT
23.Leslie Poles Hartley 24.Montague Rhodes James 27.Queenie Dorothy Leavis 28.Richard Doddridge Blackmore 29.Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Narayanswamy 30.Ronald Stewart Thomas 31.Sidney Joseph Perelman 33.Theodore Francis Powys 34.Thomas Hanbury White 36.Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul 37,Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett 39.William Ernest Henley 40.Wystan Hugh Auden 41.William Henry Davies 42.William Henry Hudson 44.William Wymark Jacobs
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2007 10:05:47 GMT
My word, you even got the Indian writers which I thought in my mischievous way would be exceedingly difficult ! So, 15.5pts, the only blemish being the excellent T.H.White who is Terence not Thomas. And the missing halves from Barbelman's answers were: 35 Thomas Stearns Eliot 43 Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
Quiz ended: 1. Wolfman 15.5pts 2. Barbelman 3pts 3. Josie 2pts
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