First Line(s)-Game.

Imladris · 04-27-2002, 07:56 AM

The game goes thus. The first sentence of a famous book is given(possibly 2 sentences or first paragraph) and a succession of people have to guess what the book is. If they are right then the "first line quiz giver" of that book says "correct(or something to that effect)" and the answerer continues with a first line of a different book.
Three different incorrect guesses result in a hint and a further three incorrect guesses result in the solution and another "first liner" by the giver.
Happy "first lining".

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You can have polls on who guesses the most right if you want.
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I will begin...

"Whether I shall turn out to be a hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anyone else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been formed and believe) on a Friday,at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously."

elf_princess · 04-27-2002, 01:56 PM

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens??? I think that's right...

Anyway here's mine...

"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broke at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn't have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt."

That's a little more than the first line... it's the first paragraph... good luck!

***azalea*** · 04-27-2002, 03:03 PM

One of my favorite books of all time -- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD! by Harper Lee

I will go ahead and post mine since I know I'm correct.

"It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big grey nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived."

Imladris · 04-27-2002, 04:32 PM

This isn't an answer just confirming that David Copperfield was right.

elf_princess · 04-27-2002, 10:24 PM

Way to go azalea! You are correct... To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite books too... wonderfulness. Yours has me stumped though...

Imladris · 04-28-2002, 05:42 AM

I've never read the Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling, but, is it the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling?

***azalea*** · 04-28-2002, 08:33 AM

YES! you are correct!

Imladris · 04-28-2002, 11:48 AM

What a guess, I knew it wasn't Call of the Wild.
Right,
"It was love at first sight.The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him."

***Khamûl*** · 04-28-2002, 01:59 PM

With a name like Yossarian, it has to be Catch-22.

Here's a terribly easy one: "Call me Ishmael."

elf_princess · 04-28-2002, 02:06 PM

I believe that would be Moby Dick!

Let's see here... another very, very easy one...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair... etc... etc... "

sun-star · 04-28-2002, 03:30 PM

The Tale of Two Cities?

Here's the only one I can think of right now:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife."

***azalea*** · 04-28-2002, 08:44 PM

Another of my VERY favourite books -- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin.

***azalea*** · 04-28-2002, 08:50 PM

Since I know that to be correct, I'll go ahead and post.

"The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart. Oh, Lucy!"

***Khamûl*** · 04-28-2002, 10:46 PM

A Room With A View?

Imladris · 04-29-2002, 02:37 AM

Well done previous answerers.

No idea about current one though.

GandalfTheWhite · 04-29-2002, 08:29 AM

yeah khamul is right

***azalea*** · 04-29-2002, 08:43 AM

Well done, Khamul!

***Khamûl*** · 04-29-2002, 11:39 AM

Thank you. "It was a dark and stormy night;" Believe it or not, that is the opening line of an actual book. If it's too hard, I'll add more to it.

Imladris · 04-29-2002, 01:48 PM

Is it, Hound of the Baskervilles, by A.C.Doyle, it seems to be a sinister setting for some sort of murder mystery, tell me if I'm warm.

***Khamûl*** · 04-29-2002, 06:15 PM

No, it's not The Hound of the Baskervilles, but it is a Victorian novel.

04-27-2002, 07:56 AM	#1
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	First Line(s)-Game. The game goes thus. The first sentence of a famous book is given(possibly 2 sentences or first paragraph) and a succession of people have to guess what the book is. If they are right then the "first line quiz giver" of that book says "correct(or something to that effect)" and the answerer continues with a first line of a different book. Three different incorrect guesses result in a hint and a further three incorrect guesses result in the solution and another "first liner" by the giver. Happy "first lining". ***** You can have polls on who guesses the most right if you want. ***** I will begin... "Whether I shall turn out to be a hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anyone else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been formed and believe) on a Friday,at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously." __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-27-2002, 01:56 PM	#2
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens??? I think that's right... Anyway here's mine... "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broke at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn't have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt." That's a little more than the first line... it's the first paragraph... good luck! __________________ ~Life's unanswered question~ ¿Which came first... the chicken or the egg? ¿How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

04-27-2002, 04:32 PM	#4
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	This isn't an answer just confirming that David Copperfield was right. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent." Last edited by Imladris : 04-28-2002 at 11:49 AM.

04-27-2002, 10:24 PM	#5
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	Way to go azalea! You are correct... To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite books too... wonderfulness. Yours has me stumped though... __________________ ~Life's unanswered question~ ¿Which came first... the chicken or the egg? ¿How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

04-28-2002, 05:42 AM	#6
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	I've never read the Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling, but, is it the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling? __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-27-2002, 03:03 PM	#3
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	One of my favorite books of all time -- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD! by Harper Lee I will go ahead and post mine since I know I'm correct. "It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big grey nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived."

04-28-2002, 08:33 AM	#7
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	YES! you are correct!

04-28-2002, 11:48 AM	#8
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	What a guess, I knew it wasn't Call of the Wild. Right, "It was love at first sight.The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him." __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-28-2002, 01:59 PM	#9
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	With a name like Yossarian, it has to be Catch-22. Here's a terribly easy one: "Call me Ishmael." __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-28-2002, 02:06 PM	#10
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	I believe that would be Moby Dick! Let's see here... another very, very easy one... "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair... etc... etc... " __________________ ~Life's unanswered question~ ¿Which came first... the chicken or the egg? ¿How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

04-28-2002, 03:30 PM	#11
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	The Tale of Two Cities? Here's the only one I can think of right now: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife." __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-28-2002, 08:44 PM	#12
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Another of my VERY favourite books -- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin.

04-28-2002, 08:50 PM	#13
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Since I know that to be correct, I'll go ahead and post. "The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart. Oh, Lucy!"

04-28-2002, 10:46 PM	#14
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	A Room With A View? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-29-2002, 02:37 AM	#15
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	Well done previous answerers. No idea about current one though. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-29-2002, 08:29 AM	#16
GandalfTheWhite Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 297	yeah khamul is right

04-29-2002, 08:43 AM	#17
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Well done, Khamul!

04-29-2002, 11:39 AM	#18
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Thank you. "It was a dark and stormy night;" Believe it or not, that is the opening line of an actual book. If it's too hard, I'll add more to it. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-29-2002, 01:48 PM	#19
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	Is it, Hound of the Baskervilles, by A.C.Doyle, it seems to be a sinister setting for some sort of murder mystery, tell me if I'm warm. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-29-2002, 06:15 PM	#20
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	No, it's not The Hound of the Baskervilles, but it is a Victorian novel. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

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