It's A Novel Idea!

What a well-read group we have at PJC! Although Dennis Reynolds was the first to answer all ten trivia questions correctly today, there were a number who answered all the questions correctly. They were Donna Lymons, Connie Coe, Pat Brewster, Martha Caughey, Jerome Beard and Deanna Moretz. Congratulations!

Here are the answers:


Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Grey-eyed Nitta Sayuri recounts her life as a young girl from a poor fishing village to a young entertainer in Kyoto during World War II and finally to New York’s Waldorf Astoria. When it was revealed that this novel had been written by a man, it caused quite a stir in the publishing world.

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
A British ship’s surgeon travels to four different lands. Because of shipwrecks and pirates, he spends time with the Yahoos, the Houhyhnms, the Laputans, and the people of Brobdingnag, as well as the more famous Lilliputians.

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
A dangerous Bengal tiger named Richard Parker and 16-year-old Piscine Molitor Patel share a small lifeboat during a 227-day voyage across the Pacific. A powerful story of faith – Hindu, Jewish and Christian - and survival.

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Jemmy, a poor boy who lived on the streets, now lives in the castle. Unfortunately, he receives the punishment each time Prince Horace misbehaves, because it is forbidden to spank, thrash or whack the spoiled monarch. The two boys have nothing in common and like each other even less than that. But when they are kidnapped after running away, they must learn to trust each other.

The Trial by Frank Kafka
On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K. wakes up and without warning or reason is arrested. No crime is specified. Josef endures the judicial process only to be executed on the morning of his thirty-first birthday without ever understanding why.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A tale of two different Afghanistans. One is the privileged world of Amir’s childhood and the other is a country oppressed by the Taliban. It is the story of fathers and sons, friendship and betrayals, fierce cruelty and redeeming love.


The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Hoping to find the American dream, Jurgis Rudkus and his family arrive in America. They live in Chicago's stockyards district and work in the giant meatpacking plants and slaughterhouses. Sadly, the wealth and lifestyle they hoped to achieve is nowhere to be found.

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
In a small Louisiana community during the late 1940s, two men become unlikely friends. Jefferson, a young black man has been convicted of a murder that he did not commit and is sentenced to die. Grant has returned to his hometown to teach. As their friendship and wisdom grows, they learn the simple heroism of resisting and even defying what is expected.


A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Grabbed from Earth just seconds before the planet is destroyed to make room for an intergalactic freeway, Arthur Dent and his buddy Ford travel beyond Earth and get into horrible messes on this hilarious voyage.


The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of symbology finds himself caught up in a deadly conspiracy that stretches back centuries. Can he solve the mystery involving ancient artwork, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, their child and the Holy Grail?

Tomorrow's trivia is a real brain-teaser: Before and After.