Lynn,
I have run a couple of versions of this contest in the past. Here are copies
of my handouts, in case you want to paste them into a word processor. I awarded
first, second, and third prizes, which were various sizes of heart-shaped boxes of
chocolates. Everyone who submitted an entry got a foil-wrapped heart-shaped
chocolate.
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NAME_________________________________
LITERARY LOVERS
Listed here are the titles of 20 works of literature, and corresponding red hearts
posted in the library contain the name of one half of the couple who are in love in
the work. On the line at the right of each title, write the name of the MISSING
half of the couple. Drop your completed entry in the box at the circulation desk
before noon on Thursday. First, second, and third prizes will be drawn from all
correct entries at 1:00 on Thursday, February 13. GOOD LUCK!
1. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte. __________________________________
2. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens __________________________________
3. Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain __________________________________
4. Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmund Rostand __________________________________
5. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo __________________________________
6. Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell __________________________________
7. Dr. Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak __________________________________
8. Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo __________________________________
9. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne __________________________________
10. The Pearl, by John Steinbeck __________________________________
11. The Good Earth, by Pearl Buck __________________________________
12. Antigone, by Sophocles __________________________________
13. The Odyssey, by Homer __________________________________
14. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte __________________________________
15. A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway __________________________________
16. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald __________________________________
17. 1984, by George Orwell __________________________________
18. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker __________________________________
19. Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton __________________________________
20. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen __________________________________
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***Note*** The names below were written on red hearts with white chalk and
displayed all around the circ desk. If you want to increase library attendance, do
not give the list of names at the bottom to the students, or they just grab a
handout, look up names on the Internet at home, and hand in the entry. Having
names only on posted hearts makes kids work on the contest in the library itself,
which may or may not be your goal.***
VALENTINES
Win chocolates for your Valentine Sweetie!!!! Identify the literary works that
immortalize the lovers named. Put entries in the box before period 8 on Thursday,
February 14, and help yourself to a chocolate mini-heart. (Everyone is a winner!)
First, second, and third prizes will be awarded to whoever has the most correct
answers. Winners will be announced on the PA at 2:00.
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________
8. ______________________________________________________
9. ______________________________________________________
10. ______________________________________________________
11. ______________________________________________________
12. ______________________________________________________
13. ______________________________________________________
14. ______________________________________________________
15. ______________________________________________________
16. ______________________________________________________
17. ______________________________________________________
18. ______________________________________________________
19. ______________________________________________________
20. ______________________________________________________
21. ______________________________________________________
22. ______________________________________________________
23. ______________________________________________________
24 ______________________________________________________
25. ______________________________________________________
YOUR NAME:__________________________________________ GRADE:_______
R. Montague and J. Capulet
Tom and Becky
Catherine and Frederic
Darcy and Elizabeth
Heathcliff and Cathy
Henry and Eliza
Jane and Rochester
Lancelot and Guinevere
Lara and Yuri
Pip and Estella
Rhett and Scarlett
Shug and Albert
Valjean and Fantine
Daisy and Gatsby
*Adam, Cathy and Samuel
Ethan, Zeena and Mattie
*Emma and Rudolphe
Christine and Raoul
Samson and Delilah
Arthur and Hester
Roxanne and Cyrano
Esmeralda and Quasimoto
Oberon and Titania
Hermione and Harry
Wang Lung and Olan
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I also found Kay Goss's original posting in the archives:
* To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
* Subject: Share: Literary Valentines-Answers
* From: Kay Goss <fup001@MAIL.CONNECT.MORE.NET>
* Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:02:33 -0500
* Reply-To: Kay Goss <fup001@mail.connect.more.net>
* Sender: School Library Media & Network Communications
<LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Dear LM_NET:
I apologize for the delay; we have been out three days for snow.
Here are the answers to the Literary Valentine Quiz:
Name the book for each pair of Valentines
Adam, Cathy and Samuel= East of Eden
Amy and Laurie=Little Women
Anne and Gilbert=Anne of Green Gables
Arthur and Hester---Scarlet Letter
Catherine and Frederic= Farewell to Arms
Chips and Katherine=Goodbye Mr. Chips
Christine and Raoul=Phantom of the Opera
Daisy and Jay=The Great Gatsby
Darcy and Elizabeth=Pride and Prejudice
Emma and Rudolphe=Madame Bauvary
Ethan, Zeena, and Mattie=Ethan Frome
Heathcliff and Cathy=Wuthering Heights
Henry and Eliza--Pygmalion
Hunchback and Esmerelda=The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jane and Rochester=Jane Eyre
Lancelot and Guinevere=Le Morte D'Arthur
Laura and Almanzo=Little Town on the Prairie
Lara and Yuri=Dr. Zhivago
Pip and Estella=Great Expectations
Rhett and Scarlett=Gone with the Wind
Rick and Ilsa=Casablanca (Everybody Comes to Rick's)
Robert and Elizabeth=Sonnets from the Portuguese
Romeo and Juliet=Romeo and Juliet
Samson and Delilah=The Bible
Shug and Albert=The Color Purple
Tarzan and Jane=The Legend of Tarzan
Tom and Becky=Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Valjean and Fantine=Les Miserables
Kay Goss
Director, Library Media Services
Mansfield Secondary Library
316 West Ohio Ave.
Mansfield, MO. 65704
417-924-3236 Ext. 311
fup001@mail.connect.more.net
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and lastly, there was a huge list posted by KB Kale:
* To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
* Subject: Re: GEN: Valentine's "characters" - ANSWER!
* From: Melissa Davis <mbdavis@TENET.EDU>
* Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:58:57 -0600
* Reply-To: Melissa Davis <mbdavis@TENET.EDU>
* Sender: School Library Media & Network Communications
<LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
J'aime Foust wrote:
>
> Several people wanted the hit, but nobody had the original. Finally I
> decided to put those darn research skills to work, and found it in the
> archives. Thanks to Kay Goss who posted the original last year - this
> time I plan to keep it! (PS - I just typed in "valentine" and looked
> through many hits). I could only find the answers; don't have a clue what
> the quiz looks like!? If you find it, please post for everyone - J'aime
Below is a post from 1997 that I found in one of my folders.
<I knew I'd need it someday, you see.>
I also found several different lists by searching Google for
"famous pairs"
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Melissa Davis Librarian
Splendora Middle School Splendora I.S.D.
26175 FM 2090 Splendora, TX 77372
Internet: mbdavis@tenet.edu PHONE: (713)689-2853
mbdavis@splendora.k12.tx.us FAX: (713)689-8445
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Subject: Famous pairs
Date: 19 Feb 1997 07:32:03 -0600
From: kbkale@CBN.NET.ID (K. B. Kale)
Reply-To: "K. B. Kale" <kbkale@CBN.NET.ID>
<LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Organization: CBN.NET.ID
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Newsgroups: list.lm_net
About 4 weeks (or so) ago, one of us requested the fellow members to
submit the names of the famous pairs in literature as well as history.
After she got the names, she posted a HIT too. Apparently she misplaced
the list and requested for a "repost" from the fellow netters. Unfortunately
I couldn't locate the list at that time and now I do not remember who it
was who wanted this info.
While going through my old diskettes, I ran into this list today. I am
sorry to post to all the members of the Net, but I hope I will make at
least one person very happy.
Here you go.....
1 Abbot and Costello(does this count?)
2 Abelard & Heloise
3 Aeneas & Dido
4 Aeneas & Dido
5 Al and Peg Bundy
6 Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine
7 Annie Oakley and Frank Butler
8 Antony & Cleopatra
9 Archie Bunker & Edith
10 Beanie &Cecil
11 Becky & Tom - Tom Sawyer
12 Ben & Jerry
13 Bill and Hillary
14 Bonnie and Clyde
15 Boris and Natasha
16 Boris Pasternak & Olga Ivinskaya
17 Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig
18 Captain and Tenille
19 Catherine & Frederic (Farewell to Arms)
20 Chanticleeer & Bertelode
21 Charles Darnay & Lucie Manette
22 Charlie Chaplin & Oona OĠNeill
23 Cinderella and the Prince
24 Clark Gable & Carole Lombard
25 Colin Powell & Alma Johnson
26 Cupid & Psyche
27 Dagwood and Blondie
28 Darcy & Elizabeth - Pride and Prejudice
29 Dashiell Hammett & Lillian Hellman
30 Doris Day and Rock Hudson
31 Dudley Doright and Nell
32 Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton
33 Elvis Presley & Priscilla Beaulieu
34 Emily & George - Our Town
35 Ernest Hemingway & Agnes Von Kurowsky
36 Esmeralda & Quasimoto
37 Esmeralda & Quasimoto
38 Eva and Juan Peron
39 Everly Brothers
40 Ferdinand and Isabella
41 Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
42 Frankie & Johnny
43 Franklin and Eleanor
44 Fred and Ethel Mertz
45 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
46 Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera
47 Garfield and Arlene
48 George and Barbara Bush
49 George and Jane Jetson
50 George and Martha Washington
51 George Burns and Gracie Allen
52 Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas
53 Grace Kelly & Prince Rainier III
54 Harry Truman & Bess Wallace
55 Heathcliffe and Catherine
56 Hector and Andromache
57 Heer (girl) and Raanzaa (boy)
58 Henry & Eliza - G.B.Shaw
59 Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimsdale
60 Hi and Lois
61 Hiawatha and Minnehaha
62 Holmes and Watson
63 Homer and Marge Simpson
64 Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
65 Ike and Mamie
66 Jackie and JFK.
67 Jackie Robinson & Rachel Isum
68 Jane & Rochester
69 Jenny & Oliver - Love Story
70 John Alden & Priscilla Mullens
71 John and Abigail Adams
72 John and Yoko
73 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
74 King Arthur and Guinevere
75 King Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson
76 Lady and the Tramp
77 Lara & Yuri
78 Laurel & Hardy
79 Leilaa (girl) and Majnu*(boy)(* Majnu is also referred to as"Keis").
80 Lois Lane and Clark Kent
81 Lola & Billy- Seventeen, Booth Tarkington
82 Lucy and Desi
83 Ma and Pa Kettle
84 Major Nelson and Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)
85 Margot Fonteyn & Roberto Arias
86 Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
87 Martin and Lewis
88 Mary and Joseph
89 Mary and Louis Leakey
90 Menelaus & Helen
91 Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse
92 Mutt & Jeff
93 Napoleon and Josephine
94 Nicholas and Alexandra
95 Nicky and Nora Charles
96 Oberon & Titania
97 Odysseus and Penelope
98 Paul and Linda
99 Pip & Estella _ Great Expectations
100 Popeye and Olive Oyl
101 Porgy & Bess
102 Prince Charles & Camilla P. Bowles
103 Rev. Billy Graham & Ruth Bell
104 Rhett & Scarlett
105 Rhett and Scarlet
106 Rob and Laura Petrie
107 Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
108 Rocky and Bullwinkle
109 Rogers and Hammerstein
110 Romeo & Juliet
111 Ronald and Nancy Reagan
112 Rowan and Martin
113 Roxanne & Cyrano
114 Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
115 Samson & Delilah
116 Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
117 Shug & Albert - Color Purple
118 Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen
119 Siegfried & Brunhild _ Ring des Nibelungen
120 Simon and Garfunkel
121 Sleeping Beauty and the Prince
122 Smothers Brothers
123 Snow White and the Prince
124 Soni (girl) and Mahiwaal (boy)
125 Sonny and Cher
126 Spencer Tracey and Katherine Hepburn
127 Stanford White and Evelyn Nesbit
128 Steve and Edie
129 Tarzan and Jane
130 Tom & Jerry
131 Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidder
132 Tom Hanks & Rita wilson
133 Tony and Maria
134 Tristan & Isolde
135 Troilus & Cressida
136 Valjean & Fantine
137 Valjean & Fantine - Les Miserables
138 Victoria and Albert
139 William R. Hearst & Marion Davies
140 Zeus & Hera
K. B. Kale
Jakarta
Indonesia
<kbkale@cbn.net.id>
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I hope this helps!
Bonnie
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________________________________
From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Lynn Johnson
Sent: Thu 2/2/2006 9:23 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: SEC:Literary character couples
I remember about 6 or 7 years ago on LM_NET someone posted a list of
literary couples for a valentine activity to have faculty and staff
match books to the couples. I would love to do it this year... I know
it is not much time. I am working on my own but wondered if anyone
saved it and has it to share.
Thanks!
Lynn Johnson, NBCT
Media Specialist
9th grade Academy
Bartram Trail High School
Jacksonville, FL
lynnrjohnson@earthlink.net
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