Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day.
December 16
Question:
What two poems take as their subject Peter Brueghel's painting "The Fall of Icarus"?
Answer
William Carlos Williams's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" and W.H. Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts."
December 15
Question:
What British poet was considered as Lord Alfred Tennyson's successor to the Laureateship, only to fall out of favor with Queen Victoria when he penned the following lines: "'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor / With a hairy gold crown o'er head? / She 'as ships on the foam--she 'as millions at 'ome, / An' she pays us poor beggars in red"?
Answer
December 14
Question:
Which poet, often lauded as one of the worst poets in the English language, is parodied in the British radio series, The Goon Show ?
Answer
The Goon Show 's Peter Sellers plays tragedian William McGoonagal in "The Pevensy Bay Disaster", first aired November 22, 1955. The episode is a send-up of William McGonagal's "Tay Bridge Disaster." Science Fiction writer Terry Pratchet also parodies McGonagal in his Discworld series, naming his Nac Mac Feegle battle poets "Gonagals."
December 13
Question:
What Anglo-American poet, who would win many prizes late in her career, first became known for her biography of Sylvia Plath?
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December 12
Question:
The French sculptor Rodin hired an admirer to be his secretary, 1905-07, who would later be judged to be one of Europe's greatest poets. Who was it?
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