What Was Jules Verne questions
Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
Daniel Defoe - publication 1719
Who influenced Jules' own writing?
Edgar Allan Poe
Who was Nellie Bly?
Elizabeth Cochran (1864-1922) American journalist; 72 days complete trip around world
Where did Jules and friend Aristide Hignard go in 1859?
England and Scotland
When was Jules Verne born?
February 8, 1828
Who did Jules meet at a friend's wedding in 1856?
Honorine-Anna-Hebee de Viane Morel
What were Hot-Air Balloons?
1783 Montgolfier brothers of France - inflated huge cloth bag with hot air-1st manned flight
Who was Alexandre Dumas?
1802-1870; one of the most famous French writers in 1800s; most famous stories were The Three Musketeers and Count of Monte Cristo
Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
1809-1849; poet, editor, and author; "father of American mystery writing"; The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart
Who wrote Swiss Family Robinson?
1812 Swiss author, Johann David Wyss
When was Jules' first novel published?
1863
Who was William Golding?
1911-1993 author of Lord of the Flies
How many miles did Nellie Bly travel?
24,899
Who did Jules become friends with?
Alexandre Dumas
What is the book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea about?
Captain Nemo going on an around-the-world underwater adventure
Who was the "father of science fiction"?
Jules Verne
What did William Golding grow up reading?
Jules Verne books
What happened in 1861?
Jules and Honorine's first child was born
What happened in January of 1857?
Jules married Honorine
What happened in 1866?
Jules signed a new contract with Hetzel
What happened while Jules was with his nephew Gaston in 1886?
Jules was shot in the leg by Gaston and he was badly hurt
What happened in August of 1870?
Jules went to Paris to receive his National Order of the Legion of Honor
When did Jules Verne die?
March 24, 1905 from a stroke at the age of 77
Where did many ships around the world arrive in France?
Nantes
Where was Jules Verne born?
Nantes, France
What is science fiction?
Sci-fi; part science and part imagination
Where did Jules and his friend go in 1859?
United Kingdom
What is 20,000 leagues?
about 60,000 miles
What did Jules's dad insist that Jules do after graduating from high school?
become a lawyer
What did Jules do in 1852?
began working at Lyric Theater as a secretary
What is artificial intelligence?
computers
What was the hotel on 5th Avenue in New York the first to have?
elevator
What was the inflated bag sometimes called?
envelope
What did Jules Verne's dad want him to become?
lawyer
What happened in the summer of 1838?
little ship sank making him feel like a castaway
Who was Pierre-Jules Hetzel?
magazine and book publisher
What is a league?
measurement of about three miles
What was a dowry?
money woman gives husband as a gift when married
Who was sent into space before humans in the 1960s?
monkeys and dogs
What do some experts refer to Jules as?
most translated author of all time
What was Nautilus?
name of submarine
How long did it take Jules to write 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?
nearly three years
What happened to Jules during the war between France and Prussia?
ordered to use a Saint-Michel as a patrol boat
What happened in August of 1848?
passed and became a lawyer
What is serial writing?
published chapter by chapter in magazine
The twist ending to Around the World in Eighty Days involves a trio who?
realizes they had gained a day by traveling east instead of west
What were shrouds?
ropes
What is true of Jules's book From the Earth to the Moon and its sequel?
seemed to foretell actual details of space flight to the moon
What is a quayside?
shoreline
What happened in 1886?
shot in the leg by his nephew and friend and publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel died
What is inconsolable?
so sad no way to make feel better
What happened in 1851?
sold his first magazine story
What did Jules Verne's father say he was going to do in 1852?
stop sending money
What are castaways?
survivor or shipwreck
What brought the wonders of the world right to Jules' doorstep?
the Universal Exposition of 1867 in Paris
What did Jules Verne long to do his whole life?
travel
What did Jules refuse to use?
typewriter
What happened in late 1870?
war between France and Prussia
What did Jules do on the balconies of his home in Nantes when he was a young boy?
watch boats move up and down the river
What did Jules do during his first sea voyage?
went to England and Scotland with friends on a cargo ship
Who did Jules meet through his uncle?
writer, Victor Hugo
What was included in the contract that Jules signed with Pierre-Jules Hetzel?
writing serial adventure that would be published chapter by chapter
What did Jules Verne's dad think was a waste of time?
writing stories
What were two of the most popular castaway stories?
Robinson Crusoe and Swiss Family Robinson
Who perfected the telegraph in the 1830s?
Samuel Morse
What was The Universal Exposition of 1867?
April 1st through October 31, 1867 French government hosted a huge fair in Paris
What was published in 1872?
Around the World in Eighty Days
What did Jules see at Gibraltar in 1884?
Barbary apes - only wild monkeys living in Europe
Who was the Prussian leader?
Otto von Bismarck
