Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
October 13
Question:
Who, at the start of the Second World War, took a 26 year hiatus from poetry and focused on his career as a social worker?
Answer
Carl Rakosi, one of the original Objectivists, stopped writing and reading poetry from 1941 to 1967.
October 12
Question:
Which poem contains the advice "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero"?
Answer
Roughly translated as "seize the day, for the future believe the minimum," this bit of wisdom appears in Horace's "Ode 1" of Book 1 . The theme is taken up by the poets Robert Herrick, Andrew Marvell and Alfred Tennyson to name a few.
October 11
October 10
Question:
What poet's death inspired the formation of a new religious order?
Answer
The Whirling Dervishes, a Sufi order, formed after the death of Jelaluddin Rumi.
October 9
Question:
Who wrote in lieu of the final examination in William James's philosophy course, "I am so sorry but I really do not feel a bit like an examination paper in philosophy to-day"?
Answer
Gertrude Stein. William James wrote back that he had often felt similarly and gave her an A.
