Jane Austen Name Quiz

It's been a while since I've done a game focusing solely on my favorite Authoress so I had lots of fun putting this game together! This Jane Austen quiz focuses on names of characters used in her six major novels. 

 To Play: Read the rules in each question category below and leave your answers in a comment. There will be only one answer for each question. Guess as many times as you want and I'll respond with your score. 

Scoring: There are 20 questions and each correctly guessed answer is worth 5 points. A total of 100 points can be earned. 

Same Name Questions: 

Rule: Tell what first name is shared by two or more characters.

#1. Charlotte Lucas's father and husband.

#2. Isabella Thorpe and Lucy Steele both have sisters named this.

#3. Maria Rushworth's husband and Catherine Morland's brother.

#4. Mrs. Croft and Miss Grey.

#5. What first name is shared by five men in Persuasion?

Used Once Questions: 

Rule: Each of these names is only used once, tell which novel they appear in.

#6. Anna-Maria

#7. Philip

#8. Julia

#9. Selina

#10. Lewis

Which Novel Questions:

Rule: Name which novel each of these minor characters appears in or is mentioned in.

#11. John Yates

#12. Mr. Shepherd

#13. Dr. Grant

#14. Mrs. Goddard

#15. Mrs. Philips

#16. James Benwick

#17. Mrs. Allen

#18. Mrs. Younge

#19. Miss Morton

#20. William Larkins

Happy Guessing!

Another Period Drama Dress Game - Answers!

These are the answers to the quiz Another Period Drama Dress Game that was posted last weekend. 

Which of these period drama dresses is your favorite?

Period Drama Dresses:

#1

Answer: Laura Timmins in Lark Ride to Candleford

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#2

Answer: Gwendolen Harleth in Daniel Deronda

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#3

Answer: Isabella Thorpe in Northanger Abbey 2007

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#4

Answer: Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre 2011

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#5

Answer: Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria

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#6

Answer: Estella Havisham in Great Expectations 2011

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#7

Answers: Anne Elliot in Persuasion 2007

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#8

Answer: Amy March in Little Women 1994

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#9

Answer: Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest 2002

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#10

Answer: Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility 1995

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#11

Answer: Mary Crawford in Mansfield Park 2007

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#12

Answer: Mary Smith in Cranford

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#13

Answer: Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey 2007

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#14

Answer: Lady Sybil Crawley in Downton Abbey

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#15

Answer: Marguerite St. Just in The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982

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Players Scores

birdienl - 48 points

Melody - 46 points

Kiri Liz - 44 points

Miss Elizabeth Bennet - 44 points

Sarah Grace - 44 points

Jillian B - 28 points

Johanna - 26 points

Jemimah - 24 points

Thanks for playing!

New Autumn 2012 Header

 
Thank you all for voting in my poll What Should Be The Theme Of My Next Blog Design?, the votes have been tallied and the wining choice is:

The Young Victoria -- 22 votes

I know what you're thinking (because reading minds may or may not be among my many talents), you're saying to yourself: "Wait, so if The Young Victoria won then why is Miss Laurie's blog currently decorated in a delightful Anne of Green Gables theme?"
And, the answer to that is that although The Young Victoria did get 22 votes I had a difficult time finding photos from that film that were particularly Autumn-ish. So, since Anne of Green Gables came in a close second with 21 votes and I found tons of Anne of Avonlea (aka The Sequel) photos that were very Autumn-ish I decided to use that as a theme for now and make up a very special The Young Victoria theme for Christmastime!  So all you Queen Victoria and Price Albert fans will have to wait a little bit longer, but not too long! :)

I've even made a new blog button featuring Anne of Avonlea for ya'll to use if you wish. Find it below or on the right hand sidebar.
(The old Molly Gibson button can be found on the Blog Buttons page)

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For memory's sake here is the previous header:

And the previous background image was this:

and this was my Please Comment button:

As I was gathering photos to make up this theme I couldn't help remembering how wonderful the Anne of Avonlea movie is (even if it isn't completely faithful to the books)!  Fond memories of watching both Anne movies with my mom, at least once a year, are still indelibly stamped on my mind and I still find myself getting teary-eyed just thinking about the sweetly sad scenes from both films. 

This scene makes me teary-eyed every time!

What do you think of the new header, button, background and overall theme?

Are you a fan of the Megan Follows Anne of Green Gables movies? Do you have a favorite scene?

Miss Laurie's Bookcase Tour!

Hello dear readers!
Many of you seemed interested in taking a tour of what books are on my bookcases so here's the vlog you've all been waiting for! My sister Bea helped me film this (thank Schookums!) and we had way too much fun! Sorry it took a little longer than I'd hoped to get this posted, I had some editing/publishing issues. You are hereby forewarned that this is my first attempt at any kind of vlog so I'm not quite used to being face to face with the camera or editing. All in all I don't think it came out too bad.

The tour is in two parts, one for each of my bookcases.

Bookcase One:

Miss Laurie's Bookcase Tour - Part 1


Bookcase Two:
Miss Laurie's Bookcase Tour - Part 2


Like I said at the end, if there are any books I shown that you'd like to know more about leave me a comment and I'll elaborate a bit more or even post a review.

Do you own or have you read any of the same books?

Would you be interested in seeing a vlog tour of my movies shelf?  What about a Q&A vlog?

Another Period Drama Dress Game

We had a dress quiz a few weeks ago and I had some dress photos left over to decided so post another dress game.

To Play: Look at the 15 dresses below and leave a comment guessing which period drama the dress is from and who is wearing the dress. You may guess as many times as you'd like and I'll respond with your score. Answers will be posted next Saturday. 

Scoring: Two points for each correctly guessed period drama and character. Highest possible score is 60 points.

Period Drama Dresses:

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#6

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#8

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#12

#13

#14

#15

Happy Guessing!