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 5

    Question:

    What poet provided Bob Dylan (formerly Robert Zimmerman) with his performing moniker?

    Answer ->

    Dylan Thomas

  • September 4

    Question:

    What American poet was going to be tried for treason were it not for the intervention of Robert Frost, Archibald MacLeish and other prominent poets?

    Answer ->

    Ezra Pound

  • September 3

    Question:

    What Chinese poet was exiled from China after his poem "Huida" ("The Answer") was used as a pro-democracy rallying cry during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests?

    Answer ->

    Beidao

  • September 2

    Question:

    What major religious figure of the twentieth century was also a poet?

    Answer ->

    Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyla)

  • September 1

    Question:

    What actor, famous for his role as a cold-blooded gangster in Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs , is also a poet?

    Answer ->

    Michael Madsen.

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