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 22
Question:
What poet, born in California, but known as a New England poet, was named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee?
Answer
December 21
Question:
What poem furnished the title of a movie about alcoholics starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick?
Answer
Days of Wine and Roses took its title from Ernest Dowson's (1867-1900) "Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam." ("They are not long, the days of wine and roses: / Out of a misty dream.")
December 20
Question:
What poem inspired Cole Porter's song "Always true to you, darlin', in my fashion"?
Answer
Ernest Dowson's (1867-1900) "Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae." ("I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.")
December 19
Question:
What long-running television series has featured guest appearances of both former Paris Review editor George Plimpton and former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky?
Answer
The Simpsons .
December 18
Question:
What poem provided the title for Humphrey Cobb's 1935 book Paths of Glory, which was made into a 1957 movie by Stanley Kubrick?
Answer
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," by Thomas Gray. ("The paths of glory lead but to the grave. . .")
