Thaiger Talk Quiz #047 - Thailand in Novels

[BigHewer]

Quiz #47

Read any good books lately? This quiz is about novels and novelists with a Thai theme.

And now for the answers...

[King Cotton]

Well, who'd a thowt it? A splendid 5, there, although #3 made me think a while, before W. Somerset Maugham beat George Orwell in the tinker-tailor cycle . . . you remember the one, 'Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief'? . . . always managed to come up trumps! 

[Marc26]

  On 3/15/2022 at 1:59 AM, King Cotton said:

Well, who'd a thowt it? A splendid 5, there, although #3 made me think a while, before W. Somerset Maugham beat George Orwell in the tinker-tailor cycle . . . you remember the one, 'Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief'? . . . always managed to come up trumps! 

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4 out of 5

[Marble-eye]

2 out of 5, not enough Winnie the Pooh novels for my liking.

[BigHewer]

  On 3/15/2022 at 1:59 AM, King Cotton said:

Well, who'd a thowt it? A splendid 5, there, although #3 made me think a while, before W. Somerset Maugham beat George Orwell in the tinker-tailor cycle . . . you remember the one, 'Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief'? . . . always managed to come up trumps! 

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Q3 a tricky one. I’d expect you to have no problems with Q5, KC

[DwizzleyMatthews]

4/5 

Missed Q2 

Q5 made me stop and think, the late 70’s and early 80’s were a bit hazy ….. maybe it was me

[Faz]

5/5.

No. 2 more of a guess.

[Faz]

  On 3/15/2022 at 2:06 AM, Marble-eye said:

2 out of 5, not enough Winnie the Pooh novels for my liking.

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I always took you to be more of a fan of the 'Famous 5' novels by Enid Blyton. 

[Saltire]

5 out of 5, number 5 was a guess lol

Had read several of the others long time ago!

[Chaimai]

4/5.......Dwizzley Matthews sounds like he should be an author.

[DwizzleyMatthews]

  On 3/15/2022 at 3:21 AM, Chaimai said:

4/5.......Dwizzley Matthews sounds like he should be an author.

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I’ll give it a go……. as long as I don’t have to do joined up writing !!

[Thommo]

4/5   a bit surprised and I have already enjoyed KC's many bad words

[BigHewer]

  On 3/15/2022 at 3:21 AM, Chaimai said:

4/5.......Dwizzley Matthews sounds like he should be an author.

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Definitely agreed.

  On 3/15/2022 at 2:30 AM, DwizzleyMatthews said:

Q5 made me stop and think, the late 70’s and early 80’s were a bit hazy ….. maybe it was me

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Sounds like the opening line of a Hunter S Thompson novel

[DwizzleyMatthews]

  On 3/15/2022 at 4:28 AM, BigHewer said:

Definitely agreed.

Sounds like the opening line of a Hunter S Thompson novel

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Had to Google that guy !!

My ebook library mainly consists of books by Stephen Fry, Spike Milligan and Sven Hassel.

Currently reading Frank Skinner’s autobiography …… again .

A literary giant I am not

[HolyCowCm]

3/5. Seems I am slipping or not concentrating hard enough with my mouse click. But for this category I will take it!

[BigHewer]

  On 3/15/2022 at 5:07 AM, DwizzleyMatthews said:

Had to Google that guy !!

My ebook library mainly consists of books by Stephen Fry, Spike Milligan and Sven Hassel.

Currently reading Frank Skinner’s autobiography …… again .

A literary giant I am not

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I think “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” might be one to get onto your Kindle, DM.

[DwizzleyMatthews]

  On 3/15/2022 at 6:07 AM, BigHewer said:

I think “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” might be one to get onto your Kindle, DM.

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Will give it a go:

[Faraday]

Five....knew 4our of them....

[Sarisin]

5/5, here's one who wrote A Woman of Bangkok, published in 1956?

[Poolie]

Bloody hell 5/5. We are the Champions my friend....

[King Cotton]

  On 3/15/2022 at 3:13 PM, Sarisin said:

5/5, here's one who wrote A Woman of Bangkok, published in 1956?

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'A JR perchance?', says this self-accredited Google expert!

[Thaidup]

Bloodyell, the only one I got was the beach. LOL movie watcher not novel reader.

[KaptainRob]

5, but I guessed 2.

[Sarisin]

  On 3/15/2022 at 3:20 PM, King Cotton said:

'A JR perchance?', says this self-accredited Google expert!

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Jack Reynolds, bought it an an Asiabooks sale last year, the original westerner falls for bar girl story

[Cabra]

A first! A big fat goose egg... 0 of 5