Book Club Fun
Once a year, the church book club sets aside the monthly discussion questions in lieu of an evening of drinks, hor’dourves and fun.
Sometimes the evening will feature the movie version of a favorite book and other times the high point will be a game of trivia drawn from the year’s reading list.
For December ‘09, Anne compiled a jeopardy game using information from the following books:
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The categories and the questions were as follows:
The British Isles
1. A channel island between England and France where our August selection took place: (Guernsey Island)
2. The Marks & Company address Helene Hanff sends her reading requests to: (84 Charing Cross Rd)
3. Lucy Green is given a dog while visiting this country: (Scotland)
4. Biddy, Patch & No No’s mother lives in this country: (England)
5. The Lion Park Hotel in London plays a big role in this book : (The Third Angel)
Food & Drink
1. Precious Ramotswe enjoys this particular brew: (bush tea)
2. Rebecca Davitch gets this spilled all over her shoes by her future mother-in-law: (ham)
3. Dessert was always provided by the weekly hostess of this group:
(Persian Pickle Quilt Club)
4. Will Allenby’s nightly dinner: (chili)
5. Tinned ham and eggs were some of the gifts Helene sent because of this in 84 Charing Cross Rd: (rationing)
Mysteries
1. Besides coal, this other fuel was also discovered in the Cardinal coal mine:
(natural gas)
2. Ella Crooks husband Ben disappeared and was found here: (buried in a field)
3. The problem with Michael Macklin’s room on the 7th floor of the Lion Park Hotel: (haunted/ghost -of Teddy Healy)
4. Mma Makutsi figures out that Mr J.L.B. Matekoni’s house is being used as this: (illegal bar – shebeen)
5. Mma Ramotswe’s secret that she can’t bring herself to tell anyone:
(she thinks she is still married to her 1st husband)
Friends, Relatives & Others
1. Mma Ramotswe’s office manager proudest achievement:
(97% on her final exam from Botswana Secretarial College)
2. Louisa Mae & Oz Cardinal go to live with this relative when their parents died: (great-grandmother)
3. Juliet & Dawsey decide to do this: (get married)
4. How Helene Hanff and Frank Doel kept in touch: (letter writing/post/mail)
5. The gift Zepha leaves for Queenie when she and Blue leave suddenly:
(Quilt- called Road to California)
Name That Book
Identify book by location
1. Takes place in Appalachia – (Wish You Well)
2. Kansas – (Persian Pickle Club)
3. New York and London – (84 Charing Cross Rd)
4. Baltimore – (Back When We Were Grownups)
5. Botswana – (In The Company of Cheerful Ladies)
Note: Elly won the prize for the most correct answers.
** To facilitate this year-end trivia bash, refer to the discussion questions distributed monthly.
What does your bookclub do for fun?
***Thanks to Anne for sharing the jeopardy book trivia with my readers!!
