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Join Jess and Rach in Sydney, Australia as they quiz each other about popular books and try to make each other laugh.
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Weekend Mini Quiz - Book Trivia (opens the original)
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Question 1: True or False: Fyodor Dostoevsky was a breeder of champion Pomeranian puppies? <img alt="books on white wooden shelf" class="sizing-normal" height="2778" src="https://images.unsplash.com/
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - Book Trivia Podcast (opens the original)
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Did A Tale of Two Cities really sell 200 million copies? Jess and Rach dig into Charles Dickens's French Revolution classic and the messy real life behind it.Dickens conceived the book while starring in The Frozen Deep, playing a man who sacrifices himself for the woman he loves. He had just fallen for 18-year-old actress Ellen Ternan and was about to separate from his wife, Catherine. Then a rival playwright staged a suspiciously similar story, and Dickens cried plagiarism, even though he may h
Weekend Mini Quiz - Book Trivia (opens the original)
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Weekend Mini Quiz - Book Trivia (opens the original)
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Question 1: True or False: Roald Dahl’s wife acted in a Truman Capote adaptation?Question 2: Name that book: A french marine biologist and two companions hunt a sea monster, but are then captured by the ‘monster’ which is actually a groundbreaking electric submarine - they then are forced to voyage around the world inside it until they escape.Question 3: What am I? A quiet physical vault where a civilization stores compressed thoughts, memories, and imagined realities using tiny patterns of ink
Heartburn - Nora Ephron - Book Trivia Podcast (opens the original)
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A pregnant wife, a cheating husband, and a cookbook that doubles as a weapon - this episode, Jess and Rach dig into Nora Ephron's Heartburn, the novel she wrote about her own very public divorce (and the ex-husband, Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein, who tried to stop it getting published).⚠️ Spoiler warning - we're assuming you've read it.Inside this episode:The real reason Carl Bernstein tried to block the book, and the deal that let it get published anywayThe exact vinaigrette recipe hidden i
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