He Said, She Said

Which writer of horror books said, "I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries. (Stephen King) What English author of wizard literature said, "Rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." (J.K. Rowling) What female English novelist from Steventon Rectory wrote, "There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." (Jane Austen) This Illinois author who worked for The Kansas City Star once wrote, "All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time." (Ernest Hemingway)

TRL Trivia
Including service locations, how many branches does Trails Regional Library have? (11)

In what year did the Lexington Library merge with Trails Regional Library? (1959)

Who was the first director of Trails Regional Library? (Esther Gilman)

Who is the current director of Trails Regional Library? (Karen Hicklin)

Born in Missouri, this author quipped "Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education." (Mark Twain) This Irish author and poet, known for his biting wit and glittering conversation, thought, "All art is quite useless." (Oscar Wilde)

What is the website address for Trails Regional Library? (trailslibrary.org) At the Lexington Branch, what happens every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.? (Preschool Story Time) What are the names of all the employees at the Lexington Branch of Trails Regional Library? (Carol, Kyle, Mardeana, Christina) (+100 points if they also mention Dan)

Originally from Boston, this macabre author said, "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." (Edgar Allen Poe)

Originally a professor of biochemistry, this science fiction How many DVD's can a patron have out at a time and author was quoted as saying, "I am not a speed reader. I how long can they check the DVD's out for? (5 DVD's am a speed understander." (Isaac Asimov) and 2 weeks)

The author who penned the Alex Cross series has said, What is the service that Trails Regional Library "Knowledge is valuable, but imagination is invaluable." uses for their downloadable audio books and (James Patterson) ebooks? (Missouri Libraries 2 Go, OverDrive)

Blockbuster Books
10 Things I Hate About You is based on this Shakespearean work (The Taming of the Shrew) Based on the 1979 novel The Short-Timers, this movie follows a platoon of U.S. Marines in the Vietnam war. (Full Metal Jacket) The 1990 movie Goodfellas was based on this book by Nicholas Pileggi (Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family) This 2011 film about filmaker Georges Melies, is based on a children's book by Brian Selznick. (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) This movie, based on a book of the same name, was about taming and training dragons. (How to Train Your Dragon)

Guess Who?
Who was the author of the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ? (Jules Verne)

The Classics
Reading is a crime and firemen burn books in this futuristic society. (Fahrenheit 451) A young man corrupts himself and the American Dream to regain a lost love (The Great Gatsby) A broad comedy about a WWII bombardier based in Italy and his efforts to avoid bombing missions. (Catch-22) The heartbreaking story of a talented young woman's descent into madness. (The Bell Jar)

The author that penned The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien) Which author was known for liking to write first drafts with a Number 2 pencil? (Ernest Hemingway)

This author was once a freight train hopping hobo, arrested for vagrancy in Niagara Falls? (Jack London)

Which author and poet was awarded the Pulitzer Prize four times? (Robert Frost) This writer accidentally killed his wife while trying to shoot a glass off her head? (William S. Burroughs)

Billy Pilgrim, an optometrist from Ilium, New York, shuttles between WWII Dresden and a luxurious zoo on the planet Tralfamadore. (Slaughterhouse-Five) Emerging from a kaleidoscope of of experiences and pleasures, a young Brahmin ascends to a state of peace and mystic holiness (Siddhartha)

Penned by J.R.R. Tolkien, this trilogy was a big hit at the box office (Lord of the Rings)

2000's O Brother, Where Art Thou? Is based on what Greek epic? (The Odyssey)

This author is married to the actor Cap Pryor, live in Connecticut and A bitter satire of the future, in which the world is wrote the Underland Chronicles. controlled by advances in science and social (Suzanne Collins) changes (Brave New World)

Oil! By Upton Sinclair, was adapted into what movie starring Daniel Day Lewis, in 2007 (There Will Be Blood )

At only 5 ft tall, this author died at the young age of 24 years old. (John Keats)

A treatise giving the absolute ruler advice on ways to maintain a strong central government (The Prince)

The Bicentiennal Man was originally titled after what Isaac Asimov novel? (The Positronic Man)

After graduating from Harvard, this writer refused to pay the $5 fee for his diploma (Henry David Thoreau)

Cosmology becomes understandable as the author discusses the origin, evolution, and fate of our universe (A Brief History of Time)