Trivia
Trivia Question
n 2016, Patterson was named one of the highest-paid authors by Forbes. How much did he earn that year?
Answer
$95 Million
Trivia Question
John Steinbeck wrote or co-wrote a few Hollywood screenplays. One starred Marlon Brando. What was the movie?
Answer
“Viva Zapata!" (1952): Steinbeck wrote the screenplay for this biographical film directed by Elia Kazan, which depicts the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. The film stars Marlon Brando in the titular role and received critical acclaim, earning several Academy Award nominations.
Trivia Question
“A Thanksgiving Memory,” first published in 1967, is largely autobiographical set in Monroeville, Alabama.
Who wrote it?
Clue: It was a long way from here to a meal at Tiffany’s.
Answer
Truman Capote, author of Breakfast at Tiffany's
Trivia Question
In an early scene of "The Da Vinci Code," Robert Langdon stumbles upon a murder at the Louvre. To evade the pursuing authorities who mistakenly consider him the perpetrator, he makes a daring escape by leaping from a window located in a restroom adjacent to the room showcasing the Mona Lisa.
Why is this impossible?
Answer
In a Master Class video, Dan Brown clarifies the restroom does indeed exist, but it is positioned on the opposite side of the room from where he situates it in the book. In that location, it would be impossible to have a window.
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