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 29
Question:
To which poet did Lou Reed dedicate the song "European Son" on the first Velvet Underground album?
Answer
Delmore Schwartz. Schwartz was Reed's mentor at Syracuse University.
August 28
Question:
Country singer Lucinda Williams's song "Pineola" is an elegy for which Arkansas poet?
Answer
Frank Stanford. Stanford was a friend of Lucinda's father, Miller Williams, who is also a poet, currently teaching at the University of Arkansas.
August 27
Question:
What poet is featured performing Buddhist prayers in the music video of Bob Dylan's song "Subterranean Homesick Blues"?
Answer
August 26
Question:
What poet lived in the Greenwich Village townhouse which was destroyed when a bomb manufactured by the radical student organization The Weather Underground accidentally went off?
Answer
James Merrill. He recorded the event in a poem titled "18 West 11th Street," the address of the townhouse.
August 25
Question:
What was used as evidence to convict Japanese socialist leader Kotoku Shunsui of treason and conspiracy against the Emperor, for which he was executed in 1911?
Answer
A poem he wrote under the set theme "New Year's Snow." "Seeing that it is a world / where it is bombs that fall, / first dream of the year is / the sound of the pines of Chiyoda / breaking under the weight of the snow." The anti-imperialist sentiment was judged sufficient to suspect his loyalty.
