Poetry Trivia Questions

In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .

September 21

Question:

For what does Oulipo stand?

Answer

Ouvroir de littérature potentielle (Workshop of potential literature). Founded by Raymond Queneau, with its members including Italo Calvino, Oskar Pastior and Jacques Roubaud, Oulipo believed in composing its literary works under arbitrary constraints.
September 20

Question:

Who claimed that after Pablo Picasso's death, he would be best known as a poet --that encyclopedia entries would read: "Picasso, Pablo Ruiz: Spanish poet who dabbled in painting, drawing and sculpture."

Answer

Picasso made this claim about himself.
September 19

Question:

Who introduced the pantoum, a Malaysian poetic form, to Europe?

Answer

Victor Hugo is given credit for establishing this form to Europe.
September 18

Question:

While Tu Fu wrote 12 poems to or about Li Po, how many did Li Po write about Tu Fu?

Answer

These T'ang Dynasty poets only met twice, once in 744 and once in 745. Li Po, by this time, was an established poet. Only one poem from Li Po to Tu Fu survives.
September 17

Question:

Who were the foremost poets of the Spanish Golden Age (1580-1680)?

Answer

Luis de Góngora y Argote, Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas, Félix Lope de Vega Carpio ("Lope de Vega") and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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