Tag: Quiz: Narnia

Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 13th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date (1/13) in 1919 Lewis returned to Oxford after being demobilized the previous month (WWI, of course).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“He who converts his neighbour has performed the most practical Christian political act of all.”

Meditation on the Third Commandment
(Published in The Guardian on 1/10/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In what Narnia book was this said and who said it? “In our world too, a Stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Birth of Language” is a poem by Lewis published today (1/9) in Punch in 1946 (it uses planetary imagery).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“May God’s grace give you the necessary humility. Try not to think—much less, speak—of their sins. One’s own are a much more profitable theme!”

Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/9/1961)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How many mothballs fall out of the wardrobe when Lucy opens it for the first time? (submitted by Al Nolan)
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 6th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (1/6) in 1944 The Abolition of Man was first published. It came from a series of lectures from Feb. 1943.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved.”

The Abolition of Man
(Published on 1/6/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who is the first talking animal Prince Caspian hears when he regains consciousness?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 30th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On December 29, 1944 the essay “Private Bates” was published in The Spectator. Now available in Present Concerns.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We must get rid of our arrogant assumption that it is the masses who can be led by the nose. As far as I can make out, the shoe is on the other foot. The only people who are really the dupes of their favourite newspapers are the intelligentsia. It is they who read leading articles: the poor read the sporting news, which is mostly true.”

Private Bates
(Published in The Spectator on 12/29/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How long did it take Lewis to write the first five published Narnia books?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 26th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on 12/3/47; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”

Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 17 of Letters to Malcolm)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The Silver Chair was the fourth published Narnia story, but in order of the chronologies of the plots it falls where?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 23rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Good Work and Good Works” by Lewis was published in the Christmas 1959 issue of Good Work (formerly Catholic Art Quarterly).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The apostle says every one must not only work but work to produce what is ‘good.'”

Good Work and Good Works
(Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 issue)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What helpful thing does Lord Bern do and in which Narnia book does he do it?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 19th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Screwtape Proposes a Toast” first appeared today (12/19) in 1959 in The Saturday Evening Post.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Democracy is the word with which you must lead them by the nose. The good work which our philological experts have already done in the corruption of human language makes it unnecessary to warn you that they should never be allowed to give this word a clear and definable meaning.”

Screwtape Proposes a Toast
(Published in The Saturday Evening Post on 12/19/1959)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book took Lewis the shortest time to complete and how long was it?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 16th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis mentioned “Tolkien’s unfinished sequel to the Hobbit” in the preface of Essays Presented to Charles Williams (a book Lewis edited)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Of all passions the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things.”

The Inner Ring
(Talk given on 12/14/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How old was Pauline Baynes when she first began to illustrate the Narnia books?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“After Priggery – What?” is an essay by Lewis first published on December 7, 1945 in The Spectator. Available now in Present Concerns.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“To avoid a man’s society because he is poor or ugly or stupid may be bad; but to avoid it because he is wicked—with the all but inevitable implication that you are less wicked (at least in some respect)—is dangerous and disgusting.”

After Priggery – What?
(Published in The Spectator on 12/7/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When you read The Chronicles of Narnia in their published order what object first mentioned in LWW (The Lion…) is not fully explained (i.e., it’s origin) until The Magician’s Nephew?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 5th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus” is a satirical piece by Lewis published in the December 4, 1954 issue of Time and Tide.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Unless there is something about which the author is never ironical, there can be no true irony in the work.”

A Note on Jane Austen
(Published in Selected Literary Essays; released on 12/4/1969)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book has the character Strawberry in it, what new name is he given and what does it mean?
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