Q 01/05

Which Dickens pet raven, stuffed and now displayed in a Philadelphia library, helped inspire Poe's poem?

A) Jip

B) Diogenes

C) Bull's-eye

D) Grip

Answer · why

D) Grip

Grip died in 1841, possibly from eating lead paint, and Dickens had her stuffed and mounted above his study desk. Poe met Dickens in Philadelphia in 1...

Q 02/05

How much did The American Review pay Poe for The Raven, the poem that made him famous almost overnight?

A) $9

B) $25

C) $100

D) $500

Answer · why

A) $9

$9 was the fee, and Poe later lamented that he was 'as poor now as ever I was in my life — except in hope, which is by no means bankable'. The poem wa...

Q 03/05

Which rival option shared the 1996 fan ballot that christened Baltimore's NFL team after Poe's poem?

A) Colts

B) Marauders

C) Terrapins

D) Mustangs

Answer · why

B) Marauders

Marauders, Americans and Bombers were all polled, but Ravens won over fans who liked the tie-in with the Orioles and could picture 'a tough, menacing ...

Q 04/05

Which actor narrated The Simpsons' 1990 Treehouse of Horror adaptation of The Raven?

A) Morgan Freeman

B) Patrick Stewart

C) James Earl Jones

D) Christopher Lee

Answer · why

C) James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones narrated the segment, written by Sam Simon, with Homer as the grieving scholar. Alf Clausen began scoring the show with this very epi...

Q 05/05

In The Simpsons' first Treehouse of Horror, which family member plays the raven?

A) Homer

B) Lisa

C) Maggie

D) Bart

Answer · why

D) Bart

Bart is the raven while Homer plays the narrator, Marge appears in a portrait as Lenore, and Lisa and Maggie are the angels. Bart complains in the tre...