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 7

    Question:

    To what does the name of the art movement "Dada" refer?

    Answer ->

    Appropriately, the source and meaning of the name for this absurd and anti-art movement, "Dada," are now speculative. It has been said to reference the Romanian "yeah, right," the French "hobby-horse," nonsense syllables, baby talk for father, among others. While it is unclear who came up with the word, Tristan Tzara was certainly one of its most tireless promoters.

  • September 6

    Question:

    What poet is credited with coining the term "Surrealism"?

    Answer ->

    Born Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris Kostrowitzky, Guillaume Apollinaire is credited with coining the term in 1917. He used it to describe both the ballet "Parade" by Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau and one of his own plays.

  • 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

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