Celebrating Female Authors!

#36 Week 8

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Sigrun Sørumgård
February 19, 2025

The books and writings, winnings and legacies of the women who shaped literature!

  1. Harper Lee is best known for which classic novel about racism and justice in the American South?

  2. Which female author wrote Wuthering Heights, a novel about love and revenge on the Yorkshire moors?

  3. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

  4. Who wrote The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel about a totalitarian society?

  5. Mary Poppins is a series of eight children's books written by which Australian-British writer?

  6. Who was the first female writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

  7. Which extremely famous author created the Cormoran Strike series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith?

  8. Which of Agatha Christie’s plays set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre?

  9. Which bestselling novel by Jojo Moyes tells the love story of Louisa Clark and Will Traynor?

  10. Which famous British author wrote "Mrs. Dalloway" and "To the Lighthouse"?

The Wonder Wall

  • Jane Austen never married, but she was engaged for 1 night. She accepted the proposal of marriage 2 weeks prior to her 27th birthday. Austen changed her mind the next day.

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) lived next door to Mark Twain.

  • Beatrix Potter is one of the world’s greatest children’s writer’s and illustrators, best known for her animal characters including Peter Rabbit. Inspired by childhood holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, her Tales series was first published in 1902. Her books have sold more than 250 million copies. In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character.

Yesterday´s Questions & Answers

  1. What does dinosaur mean literally?

    The word “dinosaur” is made from two Greek words. They are “deinos” which means “terrible” and “sauros” which means “lizard”.

  2. What do we call the three eras in which the dinosaurs lived?

    The 'Age of Dinosaurs' (the Mesozoic Era) included three consecutive geologic time periods (the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods).

  3. What is the name of the dinosaur with plates on its back and spikes on its tail?

    Stegosaurus is one of the most easily recognized dinosaurs of the Jurassic. The plates on its back and spikes on its tail make it one of the most unique creatures of the Mesozoic (Age of Dinosaurs).

  4. Which dinosaur's name means ”tyrant lizard king"?

    Derived from Latin and Greek, Tyrannosaurus rex means "tyrant lizard king."

  5. What is the name of the largest carnivorous dinosaur?

    Spinosaurus was an enormous theropod dinosaur that lived around 95-70 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. It's the longest carnivorous dinosaur currently known, around three times the length of an African elephant and more than 20% heavier.

  6. What do you call a scientist who studies dinosaurs?

    Scientists who study dinosaurs are called paleontologists. This name comes from the word paleontology, which means the study of things from previous geologic time periods, such the as Jurassic period.

  7. Which dinosaur’s name means "fast thief"?

    The Velociraptor. The name 'Velociraptor' comes from the Latin words 'velox', meaning swift or fast, and 'raptor', meaning thief or robber. This name reflects the dinosaur's supposed speed and agility, as well as its presumed carnivorous diet.

  8. Diplodocus was a genus of sauropod ("long-necked") dinosaurs. Diplodocus are some of the longest dinosaurs of which traces have been found. But approximately, how long could they become?

    It could reach a maximum length of 27 meters (88 ft), making it one of the longest dinosaurs.

  9. We often think of this creature as a flying dinosaur, though it is a reptile. Which creature is this?

    Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight. Their wings were formed by a membrane of skin, muscle, and other tissues stretching from the ankles to a dramatically lengthened fourth finger.

  10. How many million years ago did the last dinosaurs die out?

    Although somewhat disputed, Nyasasaurus parringtoni, which lived around 245 million years ago, is generally considered to be the first dinosaur on our planet. There were multitudes of dinosaurs on Earth throughout much of the Triassic and throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, but a hypothesis supported by a wide range of scientists claims that they all died out suddenly across the planet after the impact of an asteroid about 66 million years ago, after dominating the globe for about 180 million years, longer than any other group of terrestrials.