Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day.
February 14
Question:
What two poets began their ill-fated relationship after being introduced at a party at Pembroke College, Cambridge?
Answer
Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Apparently the two instantly fell for each other.
February 13
Question:
Who was the first British Poet Laureate to become a familiar face on BBC television?
Answer
John Betjeman. Through the 1960s and 1970s, Betjeman hosted a number of travel shows and documentaries on the network.
February 12
Question:
What two great twentieth century poets shared an attic room in the house of the poet John Crowe Ransom?
Answer
Robert Lowell and Randall Jarrell. Both were Ransom's students at Kenyon College.
February 11
Question:
What early American poet, known as the "Father of American Literature," was the college roommate of the future president James Madison?
Answer
Philip Freneau. They were roommates at Princeton University (then known as The College of New Jersey) before the Revolutionary War.
February 10
Question:
What German poet penned a complex theory of optics?
Answer
Johann Wolfgang Goethe. He published his Theory of Colors in 1810.
