Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
August 24
Question:
What poet acted as John Milton's assistant during the interregnum, only to become a member of Parliament during the Restoration, successfully petitioning Charles II not to execute Milton for treason?
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August 23
Question:
What poem provided the title for Maya Angelou's memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ?
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August 22
Question:
What English poet-catholic apologist-detective novelist was known as "The Prince of Paradox"?
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August 21
Question:
The French poet Charles Cros is famous for almost inventing what device, only to be "beaten to the patent office" by Thomas Edison?
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The phonograph. Cros submitted proposals to the French Academy of Sciences, but before he could create a working model, Edison had already perfected his version of the device.
August 20
Question:
What famous sonnet was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley as part of a competition with his friend Horace Smith over who could write a better poem in reaction to a news story about archeological discoveries in Egypt?
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