Tag: Quiz: Narnia

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 2nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis, General

FACT OF THE DAY:

Originally an unsigned review, Lewis’s views on The Hobbit was published today in 1937 in The Times Literary Supplement.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The Hobbit…will be funniest to its youngest readers, and only years later, at a tenth or a twentieth reading, will they begin to realise what deft scholarship and profound reflection have gone to make everything in it so ripe, so friendly, and in its own way so true.”

A World for Children
(First published 10/2/1937 in The Times Literary Supplement)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

“They smell battle, said ________, pointing at the birds. They know we’re preparing a feed for them.” Which character said this in which Narnia book?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 29th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

A Grief Observed was published today in 1961, but it wasn’t until after his death that it was attributed to Lewis.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.”

A Grief Observed
(Published 9/29/1961)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What language is the word “Aslan?”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 25th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today in 1929 Lewis’s father (Albert) died. His financial support was vital to Lewis getting his degrees at Oxford.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXI
(First published in The Guardian on 9/19/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on this date in 1959.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on a feeling.”

Religion: Reality or Substitute?
(Published in September-October, 1941 issue of World Dominion)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Three Narnia books came out this month…which came out the latest in the month, regardless of the year?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 15th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ was first published today (9/15) in 1952. It was the third released Narnia story.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.”

The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’
(Published 9/15/52)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book was dramatized over the radio BEFORE Lewis died?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 11th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Blimpophobia” is an article written by Lewis that was published on September 9, 1944 in Time and Tide.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The scratches on your back, tear for tear, throb for throb, blood for blood, were equal to the stripes laid on the back of your stepmother’s slave because of the drugged sleep you cast upon her. You needed to know what it felt like.”

The Horse and His Boy
(Published 9/6/54)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis was on the cover of Time on this date (9/8) in 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.”

Reflections on the Psalms
(Published on 9/8/58)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Besides reading The Chronicles of Narnia in the order they were published, how many other “orders” can you read the series?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 4th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date (9/4) in 1943 “My First School” was printed in Time and Tide as “Notes on the Way.” Reprinted in Present Concerns.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right or wrong.”

Answers to Listeners’ Question transcript
(BBC Broadcast from 9/3/1941 known as “Some Objections” in Broadcast Talks)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How many languages has the Chronicles of Narnia been translated into?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“God in the Dock” was published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September ’48 in Lumen Vitae.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The ancient man approached God (or even the gods) as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is the judge: God is in the dock.”

Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers
(Published in September 1948 issue of Lumen Vitae)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What two Narnia books were released this month a year apart almost to the day?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 28th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Equality” is a shorter work by Lewis published August 27, 1943 in The Spectator.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other. It is when we are doing things together that friendship springs up – painting, sailing ships, praying, philosophizing, fighting shoulder to shoulder. Friends look in the same direction. Lovers look at each other: that is, in opposite directions.”

Equality
(Published in The Spectator on 8/27/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How many Narnia books were published for the first time during the month of September?
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