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6-Letter Literature Chain

For each hint, enter a 6-letter word. The last letter of this word will be the first letter of the next word.
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Last updated: January 8, 2024
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First submittedJanuary 8, 2024
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Hint
Answer
Country where "War and Peace"
took place
Russia
First name of mystery writer Christie
Agatha
Author of "I, Robot"
Asimov
City home to Romeo and Juliet
Verona
A word which modifies a verb
or an adjective
Adverb
Garment that can be "ripped"
in cheap romance novels
Bodice
Language created by J.R.R. Tolkien
Elvish
Shakespearean prince of Denmark
Hamlet
Vine-swinging man raised by apes
Tarzan
Drink of the Greek gods
Nectar
What Chaucer's couplets did
Rhymed
City where James Joyce grew up
Dublin
Hint
Answer
Fantasy land led by a talking lion
Narnia
Original language of "1001 Nights"
Arabic
Aladdin had a flying one
Carpet
Welsh poet: Dylan ______
Thomas
Dracula author: Bram ______
Stoker
Literary magazine: The Paris _____
Review
Merlin's job title?
Wizard
Young lady who might be in distress
Damsel
Greek island where Sappho lived
Lesbos
Island where part of Mario Puzo's
"The Godfather" takes place
Sicily
Two roads diverged in a ______ wood
Yellow
Now is the ____ of our discontent
Winter
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Level 61
Jan 9, 2024
Nice quiz! :)
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Level ∞
Jan 9, 2024
That was fast! Posted this about 60 seconds ago.
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Level 61
Jan 9, 2024
I have notifications for when new featured quizzes come out :)
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Level 79
Jan 9, 2024
Last time I checked, name "Shelley" has more than 6 letters :)
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Level ∞
Jan 9, 2024
Oh no! Replaced with Sicily.
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Level 67
Jan 9, 2024
good quiz, but even though it's a 6-letter chair, maybe "rhyme" should work for the Chaucer question because the couplets aren't in the past; they still rhyme today and they'll rhyme tomorrow.
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Level 65
Feb 17, 2024
I agree, I typed in rhyme and thought I was wrong.
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Level 77
Jan 9, 2024
Could you not rip off a blouse in a romance novel?
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Level 82
Jan 9, 2024
My first thought, too. Definitely the weak link in this chain.
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Level 79
Jan 10, 2024
And the least-correctly guessed. Can't say I've ever heard of bodice-ripper genre in Australia, although I would have known what a Mills & Boon genre was. I also failed but tried blouse.
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Level 83
Jan 9, 2024
Blouse is also the only thing that came to mind. Seems like you could make it an acceptable alternative since it fits anyway
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Level 69
Jan 9, 2024
You could, but "bodice-ripper" is an existing word for a genre in fiction, so is more relevant to literature. Perhaps the definition could be more specific, and refer to the historical background in the genre, but I agree with the Quizmaster that "bodice" should be the right reply.
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Level 78
Jan 10, 2024
Agreed. Bodice-ripper is a known term.
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Level 66
Mar 24, 2024
Yep please add blouse, it totally fits the clue.
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Level 74
Jan 9, 2024
This is good stuff, we need more
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Level 67
Feb 8, 2024
I don't read much literature but got 22 correct. So pretty good quiz, or maybe too easy?
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Level 68
Feb 8, 2024
I kept thinking "corset" instead of bodice, wouldn't that work?
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Level 76
Feb 17, 2024
No, because it's a chain. Each word has to start with the last letter of the answer before it, meaning that specific answer has to begin with a "b" and end with an "e."
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Level 46
Feb 17, 2024
Oh no wonder I had difficulty with this quiz. I was doing It with no first last letter clues. Lol. Always read directions.
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Level 72
Feb 17, 2024
Juxtaposing Hamlet and Tarzan made me wonder what his soliloquy would sound like if the Ape-Man delivered it:

"TO BEE-EE-EE-EE-EE OR NOT TO BE!"

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Level 46
Feb 17, 2024
:D
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Level 68
Feb 17, 2024
Tolkien's Elvish languages are called Sindarin and Quenya.
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Level 46
Feb 17, 2024
Can't stand scifi.
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Level 77
Feb 17, 2024
It's for kids, really.
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Level 88
Mar 22, 2024
Not really, you're just a curmudgeon.
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Level 88
Mar 22, 2024
I don't think anyone would define Tolkien's work as scifi.
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Level 46
Feb 17, 2024
Interesting. I'm sure no one complained this was "Americentric."
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Level 74
Feb 17, 2024
What the couplets did was rhyme. The couplets didn't "rhymed".
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Level 74
Feb 17, 2024
Very nice quiz otherwise though!
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Level ∞
Feb 17, 2024
What did you do yesterday?

a) "I ran"

b) "I run"

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Level 74
Feb 18, 2024
"What did you do yesterday" - "I run" -- That's ungrammatical.

"Run" would be grammatical, because it's an infinitive, and infinitives come without tense.

"Ran" would be ungrammatical again, because it's tensed. If it's tensed, you need a subject.

Coming back to the quiz question:

"What did the couplets do?"

a) "They rhymed."

b) "Rhyme."