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Bill
24th March 2005, 11:05 AM
As a way of celebrating Book Group Online’s very first sponsorship deal – <a href ="http://www.thebookplace.com/bookplace/spring2005.asp?CID=BGO733" TARGET="_blank">The Book Pl@ce</a> now kindly pay for our Top 20 Book Charts - I have put together the second BGO Book Quiz. If you wish to buy any of the books in our Top 20s, all you have to do is click on an individual entry and then click on the book jacket. The Book Place is an online bookshop which provides excellent discounts on all our chart books. The only exceptions to this are where they are selling signed copies.

The lengths of book titles, especially non-fiction, are expanding year by year. No self-respecting non-fiction title these days is without its subtitle. Some of them seem to be almost as long as the book itself. In this quiz, I’ve taken twelve books from the current Non-Fiction Paperback and Hardback Top 20s, and I’ve mixed up the main titles and the subtitles. All you have to do is work out which subtitle genuinely goes with which book. As you will see, some of the new titles are more appropriate than the real ones.

The only rule is that no poster can answer more than one question in a row. You must wait for another member to post an answer before you can answer another question. (Otherwise one person could answer them all and ruin it for everyone.) I will return regularly to say whether answers are right or wrong, then when they are all answered correctly, I will write a post containing all the answers.

1. Grumpy Old Women: The Rough Guides Travel Guide

2. Long Way Round: The Easy, Healthy Way To Permanent Weight Loss

3. The Da Vinci Code: The True Story Of A Convent Childhood

4. Eastenders: Wake Your Mind Up!

5. GI Diet: Intimate Adventures Of A London Call-Girl

6. He’s Just Not That Into You: My Life With John Thaw

7. The Two Of Us: But Still Feeling 18 Inside

8. Mind Gym: Chasing Shadows Around The World

9. Belle De Jour: The Origins Of The Phrases We Use Everyday

10. You Are What You Eat: The No-Excuses Truth To Understanding Guys

11. Red Herrings And White Elephants: The Plan That Will Change Your Life

12. Rock Me Gently: 20 Years In Albert Square

megustaleer
24th March 2005, 11:28 AM
You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life

Starry
24th March 2005, 12:17 PM
Eastenders: 20 years in Albert Square

happyfriday
24th March 2005, 12:38 PM
The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw

Claire
24th March 2005, 01:16 PM
Yay! I loved the last quiz.

Mind Gym: Wake Your Mind Up.

Harriet
24th March 2005, 01:25 PM
The Da Vinci Code: The Rough Guides Travel Guide

Grammath
24th March 2005, 01:30 PM
Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins Of The Phrases We Use Everyday.

Deinonychus
24th March 2005, 03:31 PM
Number 7 is obviously Jordan's biography.

No doubt you'll see what I've done there.

Everdene
24th March 2005, 03:50 PM
Belle De Jour - Intimate Adventures of a London Call-Girl

sebastian melmoth
24th March 2005, 03:59 PM
rock me gently: the true story of a convent childhood

megustaleer
24th March 2005, 04:10 PM
Grumpy Old Women: But Still Feeling18 Inside

(actually, I feel 23 inside, was still too insecure at 18)

Tess
24th March 2005, 04:11 PM
He’s Just Not That Into You:The No-Excuses Truth To Understanding Guys

Bill
24th March 2005, 04:30 PM
Ten answers from ten different members. Can this be kept up for the final two?

Number 7 is obviously Jordan's biography.

No doubt you'll see what I've done there.

I do, but you must admit that I did all the hard work in the build-up, before presenting you with an easy tap-in.

donna1501
24th March 2005, 04:49 PM
GI Diet: The Easy, Healthy Way To Permanent Weight Loss

Deinonychus
24th March 2005, 10:25 PM
I do, but you must admit that I did all the hard work in the build-up, before presenting you with an easy tap-in.

Don't knock the positional skills, sonny...

Bill
26th March 2005, 09:25 PM
Still one answer to go, which can be got by a process of elimination. Would anyone care to do the honours, preferably someone who has yet to post an answer?

(I've got a slightly harder quiz up my sleeve which I will unveil soon; this was just an extended joke really.)

babelbel
27th March 2005, 12:48 PM
Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Around The World

Over to you again Bill!

Bill
28th March 2005, 09:41 AM
Thank you iggi. Well done to the 12 who got one right each.

So here are the answers, all at once:

1. Grumpy Old Women: But Still Feeling 18 Inside

2. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Around The World

3. The Da Vinci Code: The Rough Guides Travel Guide

4. Eastenders: 20 Years In Albert Square

5. GI Diet: The Easy, Healthy Way To Permanent Weight Loss

6. He’s Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth To Understanding Guys

7. The Two Of Us: My Life With John Thaw

8. Mind Gym: Wake Your Mind Up!

9. Belle De Jour: Intimate Adventures Of A London Call-Girl

10. You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life

11. Red Herrings And White Elephants: The Origins Of The Phrases We Use Everyday

12. Rock Me Gently: The True Story Of A Convent Childhood

You can buy any of these books from <a href ="http://www.thebookplace.com/bookplace/spring2005.asp?CID=BGO733" TARGET="_blank">The Book Pl@ce</a> by going into their individual entries and clicking on their book jackets.

The Paperback Non-Fiction charts are here: http://www.bookgrouponline.com/forum/forumdisplay.html?f=14

The Hardback Non-Fiction charts are here: http://www.bookgrouponline.com/forum/forumdisplay.html?f=15

Or simply scroll down the front page to the start of the Non-Fiction forums.