Well folks, you got them all, congratulations. Still, the answers are:
1.
"After all, tomorrow is another day". The last line of 'Gone with the wind', and a line that defines Scarlett O'Hara-one determined young lady!
2.
"Call me Ishmael". Only Poonam seems to have got this. The first line of
'Moby Dick: Or the Whale', a timeless and most human of classics. It is amazing how well the values of the book stand the test of time. A friendship between Ishmael, a white Christian and QueeQueg, a black cannibal would seem so unlikely today- their mutual respect, love and uncritical tolerance of their differences is pretty humbling. And the whale! The ultimate metaphor of nature striking back at its wanton exploitation-
Avatar, anyone?
3.
"The game is afoot", as SLN said. From the
The adventure of the Abbey Grange
4.
"Are there no prisons?". As SLN said, from "
The Christmas Carol". I was torn between
"Bah! humbug!" and this phrase- which one epitomizes the inimitable Scrooge? In the end, I settled for this one.
5.
"It was the best of times, and the worst of times". Full marks to Sudha. A great opening line to '
The Tale of the two cities', but I found the novel to be pretty loquacious- could never finish it. Give me The Christmas Carol any day.
6. Alastor Moody (but actually it is Barty Crouch Jr.) to Snape in the Goblet of Fire. Full marks to SLN. I like that phrase for its Lady Macbeth touch.
7.
"Death is but the next great adventure". Most of us would have got it- Dumbledore in the Sorcerer's Stone. When I was browsing for phrases from the HP series, it is amazing how many classical quotes Rowling had produced in her books, specially for Dumbledore. I think that is the real secret of her success- she is actually a very good writer.
8. It is indeed from '
The Godfather' and said by Don Corleone. Was going for '
I will make him an offer he cannot refuse' but that would have been too easy!
9.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.". All folks who went through the SSC education process should remember this-
Pride and Prejudice was the non-detailed text in one of the senior years. This is the starting line of the novel. Apparently Jane Austen was less than 21 years of age when she wrote this, her second novel.
10. "
All the world is a stage". Well, everyone got this one of course. It is from
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. It is play that is full of quotable stuff, even for Shakespeare.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
The play's the thing
and many more.
11. It is certainly the inimitable Mark Twain- the book is 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and the character is Huck Finn, who has got to be one of the most lovable characters ever written. A true American classic. Where is that lost art of the American novel now?
12. It is indeed from
The Journey to the center of the Earth and the character is Alex, a reluctant hero and nephew of Prof Lidenbrock. Here is another author whose views are ever so contemporary. He wrote about the marvels of science, but always with a sense of impending doom, his heroes always playing with powers that they can barely understand.
Well that's it folks- Congratulations on cracking the quiz so quickly. I will follow soon with another round, or of course, others can put together one too.
