Content-Free Friday Presents: A New Game!
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featherynscaleWell, it's not exactly content-free, because it might be educational. This is my new journal game. It's called Top Ten.
In Top Ten, I have a list of ten things, often the Top Ten of whatever the thing is. The lists might be the Top Ten Science Fiction Movies of the 1980s, or the Top Ten Cities in Europe by Population, or the Top Ten Things You'll Find On My Nightstand, or anything, really. The only requirement is that it must be a list of ten things, and it must be a list that actually relates to something in the real world that is fixed (i.e. it can't be Top Ten Things I'm Thinking of Right Now, because that list is not verifiable and changes all the time).
Your job is to guess items that might be on the list. If you guess one right, I will add it to the Top Ten post, in its proper position on the list. Points are awarded for correct guesses, as follows: The first three guesses that appear on the list, regardless of their position on the list, earn their guessers 1 point each. The second three correct guesses earn 2 points each. The third three earn 3 points each, and the person who finishes the list by filling in the last spot gets 5 points.
Googling is cheating, and will undoubtedly be recorded by the angels in charge of such things. I hear they like to keep you from getting laid. :-P
For the first round, I'm celebrating Banned Books Week way out of season. To complete this list, give me one of the top ten most challenged books in school libraries in 2006 (the 2007 list isn't out yet, so this is the latest and greatest). HINT: Harry Potter doesn't make the list this year. People are much more worried about... what?
TOP TEN CHALLENGED BOOKS 2006:
1. “And Tango Makes Three” by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, for homosexuality, anti-family, and unsuited to age group (published 2005)
2. (published 2002-2007)
3. “Alice” series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor for sexual content and offensive language(published 1995-2007)
4. “The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things” by Carolyn Mackler for sexual content, anti-family, offensive language, and unsuited to age group(published 2004)
5. “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison for sexual content, offensive language, and unsuited to age group (published 1970)
6. “Scary Stories” series by Alvin Schwartz for occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence, and insensitivity(published 1981-2006)
7. “Athletic Shorts” by Chris Crutcher for homosexuality and offensive language (published 2002)
8. (published 1999)
9. “Beloved” by Toni Morrison for offensive language, sexual content, and unsuited to age group(published 1987)
10. “The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier for sexual content, offensive language, and violence. (published 1974)
CLUE: I'm adding publication dates to the blanks. Dates listed as a range represent a series.
In Top Ten, I have a list of ten things, often the Top Ten of whatever the thing is. The lists might be the Top Ten Science Fiction Movies of the 1980s, or the Top Ten Cities in Europe by Population, or the Top Ten Things You'll Find On My Nightstand, or anything, really. The only requirement is that it must be a list of ten things, and it must be a list that actually relates to something in the real world that is fixed (i.e. it can't be Top Ten Things I'm Thinking of Right Now, because that list is not verifiable and changes all the time).
Your job is to guess items that might be on the list. If you guess one right, I will add it to the Top Ten post, in its proper position on the list. Points are awarded for correct guesses, as follows: The first three guesses that appear on the list, regardless of their position on the list, earn their guessers 1 point each. The second three correct guesses earn 2 points each. The third three earn 3 points each, and the person who finishes the list by filling in the last spot gets 5 points.
Googling is cheating, and will undoubtedly be recorded by the angels in charge of such things. I hear they like to keep you from getting laid. :-P
For the first round, I'm celebrating Banned Books Week way out of season. To complete this list, give me one of the top ten most challenged books in school libraries in 2006 (the 2007 list isn't out yet, so this is the latest and greatest). HINT: Harry Potter doesn't make the list this year. People are much more worried about... what?
TOP TEN CHALLENGED BOOKS 2006:
1. “And Tango Makes Three” by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, for homosexuality, anti-family, and unsuited to age group (published 2005)
2. (published 2002-2007)
3. “Alice” series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor for sexual content and offensive language(published 1995-2007)
4. “The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things” by Carolyn Mackler for sexual content, anti-family, offensive language, and unsuited to age group(published 2004)
5. “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison for sexual content, offensive language, and unsuited to age group (published 1970)
6. “Scary Stories” series by Alvin Schwartz for occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence, and insensitivity(published 1981-2006)
7. “Athletic Shorts” by Chris Crutcher for homosexuality and offensive language (published 2002)
8. (published 1999)
9. “Beloved” by Toni Morrison for offensive language, sexual content, and unsuited to age group(published 1987)
10. “The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier for sexual content, offensive language, and violence. (published 1974)
CLUE: I'm adding publication dates to the blanks. Dates listed as a range represent a series.
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Date: 2007-12-10 03:35 pm (UTC)