Tag: Quiz: Non-fiction

Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 1st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Known as “The Shocking Alternative,” Lewis gave the 3rd talk on this date (2/1) in 1942 on the BBC from What Christians Believe series.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about ‘misery.'”

The Shocking Alternative
(Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

One of the few times Lewis discuss politics was published in an essay on what date last month (January) in what year (Hint: It related to one of the commandments)?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 17th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s “The Efficacy of Prayer” essay appeared in the January issue of The Atlantic Monthly in 1959.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Simply to say prayers is not to pray; otherwise a team of properly trained parrots would serve as well.”

The Efficacy of Prayer
(Published in the January, 1959 issue of The Atlantic Monthly)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What other fictional book by Lewis was published the same year as the final Narnia book “The Last Battle?”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 11th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (1/11) in 1942 Lewis gave his first talk in the second BBC series called “What Christians Believe.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God.”

What Christians Believe
(First BBC Broadcast on 1/11/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What academic title was released on what date this month by Lewis?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 4th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection was first published (but now out of print) on this day (1/4) in 1965.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
from “Is Theology Poetry?”
(Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the first book of essays that Lewis himself had published?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 21st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“We Have No ‘Right to Happiness’” was first published in the December 21-28, 1963 edition of The Saturday Evening Post.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We depend for a very great deal of our happiness or misery on circumstances outside all human control. A right to happiness doesn’t, for me, make much more sense than a right to be six feet tall, or to have a millionaire for your father, or to get good weather whenever you want to have a picnic.”

We Have No ‘Right to Happiness’
(Published in The Saturday Evening Post 12/21-28/1963)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What non-fiction book did Lewis write that was not credited to him until after his death?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 14th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis gave the annual Commemoration Oration at King’s College today (12/14) in 1944. His topic was “The Inner Ring.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.”

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

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book was first published this month after Lewis’s death that dealt with topics from his professional career?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 30th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics was released today (11/30) in the US in 1970. It was edited by Walter Hooper.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place of training and correction and it’s not so bad. ”

Answers to Questions on Christianity
(Published in God in the Dock; 11/30/1970)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What landmark talk did Lewis give this month that was latter published and a version of it was even heard on the radio?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 15th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On 11/14/1958 Lewis wrote to Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher to accept his invitation to become a member of the Commission to Revise the Psalter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Despair is a greater sin than any of the sins which provoke it.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXIX
(First published in The Guardian on 11/14/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

One fictional series ended this month and another began (in different years); what are they?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 8th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“Faith” is the chapter title of what was the 8th and final BBC talk from Lewis’s third series that became the book Christian Behaviour (where it is chapter 12).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are a great many things [in Christianity] that cannot be understood until after you have gone a certain distance along the Christian road.”

Faith
(Given as a talk on the BBC on November 8, 1942 and later published as chapter 12 in Christian Behavior)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the talk Lewis gave this month that was later an essay published that has a question mark in the title.
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