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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021 > Sam's Twisted Trivia Trivialities

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message 51: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 52: by Sam (last edited Apr 07, 2020 10:11AM) (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 3

Card: 10, Geography Yay
Link: Doom Castle
Doom Castle by Neil Munro
Pages: 322
Task: The book is set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author
Fits: It is both set in Scotland and written by a Scottish author
Specifications: N/A


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Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 54: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 4

Card: 13, Science Yay
Link: Swordland
Swordland by Edward Ruadh Butler
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 304 pages
Task: The book is on your tbr as any combination of digits found in 212.
Fits: It was number 121 on my TBR
Specifications: N/A


message 55: by Sam (last edited Apr 07, 2020 10:11AM) (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 5

Card: 29, Science Yay
Link: The Murder Bag
The Murder Bag by Tony Parsons
Pages: 464
Task: The genre is crime that is solved by the police. "Crime" needs to be on the main book page and it's required that you explain that it is a police procedural
Fits: Crime is on the main book page and it is about a series of murders solved by the police
Specifications: N/A


message 56: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 57: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 5

Card: 28, Art/Literature Nay
Link: Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems
Snow White Learns Witchcraft Stories and Poems by Theodora Goss
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 224 pages
Task: Genre is a retelling of a fairy tale
Fits: Has fairy tale retelling on the main book page
Specifications: N/A


message 58: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 6

Card: 19, Science Nay
Link: Haunted Hideout
Haunted Hideout by Michelle Dorey
Pages: I read the kindle version, Amazon has the paperback listed with 179 pages
Task: The word "Electric" (exact) is in the title, or there is lightning on the cover
Fits: It has lightning on the cover
Specifications: N/A


message 59: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 60: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 7

Card: 9, Sport Yay
Link: What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
Pages: 304
Task: The genre is non-fiction or humour
Fits: It has both non-fiction and humour on the main book page
Specifications: N/A


message 61: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 62: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 8

Card: 11, Sport Nay
Link: The Final Minute
The Final Minute (Tina Boyd #7) by Simon Kernick
Pages: 392
Task: The book is set in 2010 to present day
Fits: Takes place in 2014/2015
Specifications: N/A


message 63: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 64: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 9

Card: 26, History Yay
Link: Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Collection
Edgar Allan Poe The Complete Collection by Edgar Allan Poe
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 236 pages
Task: Read an anthology of Poe's stories, or a book about Poe
Fits: It has all of Poe's writing included
Specifications: N/A


message 65: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 4, Book 1

Card: 11, History Nay
Link: Make Me
Make Me (Jack Reacher #20) by Lee Child
Pages: 512
Task: Two of the words in the title start with the letter M
Fits: Both words of the title start with M
Specifications: N/A


message 66: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 67: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 10

Card: 24, Geography Yay
Link: I Bought a Mountain
I Bought a Mountain by Thomas Firbank
Pages: 256
Task: There are mountains on the cover
Fits: There are indeed mountains on the cover
Specifications: N/A


message 68: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 6

Card: 2, Science Yay
Link: Dracula
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Pages: 548
Task: The title is one word only, and starts with the letter "D"
Fits: One word that starts with D
Specifications: N/A


message 69: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 70: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 4, Book 2

Card: 3, Sport Nay
Link: The Plague Charmer
The Plague Charmer by Karen Maitland
Pages: 562
Task: The book is positioned 0-40 on your Goodreads TBR shelf
Fits: It was number 1 on my TBR shelf
Specifications: N/A


message 71: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 11

Card: 30, Entertainment Nay
Link: Golden Fox
Golden Fox (Courtney #8) by Wilbur Smith
Pages: 466
Task: There is a fox on the cover, or the word "Fox" is in the title
Fits: Fox is in the title
Specifications: N/A


message 72: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 73: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 12

Card: 22, Art/Literature Nay
Link: Frankenstein
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 335 pages
Task: The genre is classic science fiction
Fits: Classic and science fiction are listed on the main book page
Specifications: N/A


message 74: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 75: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 13

Card: 17, Entertainment Nay
Link: While My Pretty One Sleeps / Loves Music, Loves to Dance / The Anastasia Syndrome)
While My Pretty One Sleeps / Loves Music, Loves to Dance / The Anastasia Syndrome) by Mary Higgins Clark
Pages: The whole book is 647, Loves Music Loves to Dance is 318 pages
Task: The title has the word "Tango" or "Dance" in it
Fits: Dance is in the title
Specifications: N/A


message 76: by Sam (last edited Jun 16, 2020 01:20AM) (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 14

Card: 12, Science Nay
Link: Red Notice: How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy
Red Notice How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy by Bill Browder
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardcover has 380 pages
Task: There are stars on the cover
Fits: There are stars on the cover, the amazon page shows the cover on my version:
Amazon link
Specifications: N/A


message 77: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 7

Card: 8, Science Yay
Link: Set Me On Fire: A Poem For Every Feeling
Set Me On Fire A Poem For Every Feeling by Ella Risbridger
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 240 pages
Task: The cover has a large eye on it
Fits: There is a large eye on the cover
Specifications: N/A


message 78: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 79: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 15

Card: 18, Entertainment Nay
Link: Feminist Theorists
Feminist Theorists by Dale Spender
Pages: 402
Task: The cover has a face in profile
Fits: The cover has a face in profile
Specifications: N/A


message 80: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 81: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 16

Card: 25, History Nay
Link: Bring Up the Bodies
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Pages: 482
Task: The book is set in the 1500's
Fits: Set in 1535 and 1536
Specifications: N/A


message 82: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 83: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 8

Card: 6, Geography Yay
Link: An Alligator in the Bathroom…And Other Stories: Memoirs of an RSPCA Inspector in Yorkshire
An Alligator in the Bathroom…And Other Stories Memoirs of an RSPCA Inspector in Yorkshire by Carter Langdale
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 288 pages
Task: There is an Alligator or Crocodile on the cover or in the title
Fits: There is both an alligator in the title and on the cover
Specifications: N/A


message 84: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 17

Card: 23, Geography Nay
Link: The Murders of the Black Museum 1870-1970
The Murders of the Black Museum 1870-1970 by Gordon Honeycombe
Pages: 608
Task: The setting is a museum
Fits: Set and inspired by the Black Museum
Specifications: N/A


message 85: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 86: by Sam (last edited Jul 21, 2020 01:13AM) (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 2, Book 18

Card: 20, Entertainment Nay
Link: Spy Line
Spy Line by Len Deighton
Pages: 288
Task: The book is set in the 1980's
Fits: It's set in 1987
Specifications: N/A


message 87: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 9

Card: 2, Art/Lit Nay
Link: Deliver Us From Evil
Deliver Us From Evil (A. Shaw, #2) by David Baldacci
Pages: 598
Task: Genre is Thriller
Fits: Thriller is on the main book page (2020-07-21)
Specifications: N/A


message 88: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments Congrats on finishing badge 2! :)


message 89: by Cherie (new)

Cherie (crobins0) | 21536 comments Yay Sam!


message 90: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 4, Book 3

Card: 22, Entertainment Nay
Link: Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency
Our Final Warning Six Degrees of Climate Emergency by Mark Lynas
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardcover has 384 pages
Task: The theme of the book is survival that does not involve war situations.
Fits: The book is about what is likely to happen if we do nothing about our climate impacts at different levels.
Specifications: Each chapter is separated into different degress of warming (1 deg C, 2 deg C etc.) and how these changes will affect our ability to feed ourselves, find fresh drinkable water, survive outside in summer, where we are able to live (reducing availability of habitable zones) as well as what increased storm numbers and intensities and changes in storm patterns might mean for the survival of different communities and humanity as a whole.


message 91: by Sam (last edited Jul 29, 2020 02:14PM) (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 4, Book 4

Card: 21, Geography Nay
Link: The Outsider
The Outsider by Stephen King
Pages: 496
Task: The book was originally published in 2018
Fits: First published May 2018
Specifications: N/A


message 92: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 4, Book 5

Card: 19, Sport Nay
Link: Bizarre Botany: An A-Z Adventure Through the Plant Kingdom
Bizarre Botany An A-Z Adventure Through the Plant Kingdom by Christina Harrison
Pages: 178
Task: The cover has plants other than trees or bushes on it
Fits: There are flowering plants on the cover that are not trees or bushes
Specifications: N/A


message 93: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 94: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 10

Card: 7, Sport Yay
Link: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
Mythos The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
Pages: 442
Task: Book is set in Prehistory up to Birth of Christ
Fits: Covers the Greek myths, all prior to the birth of christ
Specifications: N/A


message 95: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 4, Book 6

Card: 21, Entertainment Nay
Link: Bloody Lessons
Bloody Lessons (A Victorian San Francisco Mystery #3) by M. Louisa Locke
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 313 pages
Task: The cover is 75% pink
Fits: The cover is pink
Specifications: N/A


message 96: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 97: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 11

Card: 8, Sport Nay
Link: John Craven's Countryfile Handbook
John Craven's Countryfile Handbook by Ruth F. Craven
Pages: 304
Task: The book is originally published in 2010
Fits: Originally published in 2010
Specifications: N/A


message 98: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 12

Card: 7, History Yay
Link: Night of the Hunted
Night of the Hunted (Reed Ferguson #11) by Renee Pawlish
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 232 pages
Task: The title contains a word in which "hunt" is a root word. Eg - hunt, hunter, hunting, etc
Fits: Title contains the word hunted
Specifications: N/A


message 99: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59916 comments ✔️


message 100: by Sam (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 2354 comments Badge 3, Book 13

Card: 2, History Yay
Link: The Wildfire Season
The Wildfire Season by Andrew Pyper
Pages: 439
Task: There is fire on the cover
Fits: There is fire on the cover (approved 19/03/2020)
Specifications: N/A


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