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   On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 10:37:50 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - Children's Literature    
   >    
   > 1. He wrote 46 children's books, but had no children of his own.    
   > In 1991 he left an estate valued at roughly $500,000,000.    
   > His birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the date for National    
   > Read Across America Day. Name this author.    
      
   Dr. Seuss   
       
   > 2. This is a story about three animals traveling in the wilderness.    
   > It became a bestseller after it formed the basis of a successful    
   > Disney film. It is marketed as a children's book, and won    
   > the 1961 Canadian Children's Book of the Year award, but the    
   > author has stated that it was not intended as a children's book.    
   > Give the title.    
      
   "The Incredible Journey"   
      
   > 3. Benjamin Hoff used this character to explain Taoism.    
   > Frederick Crews rewrote stories from the same character's world    
   > in abstruse academic jargon to satirize philosophical approaches.    
   > John T. Williams uses the character as a backdrop to illustrate    
   > the works of philosophers, including Descartes, Kant, Plato,    
   > and Nietzsche. And the character also has a street named after    
   > him in Warsaw (Ulica Kubusia Puchatka) and another in Budapest    
   > (Micimackó utca). Name the character.    
      
   Winnie the Pooh   
      
   > 4. This children's book slowly became a bestseller. Annual sales    
   > grew from about 1,500 copies in 1953 to 20,000 in 1970.    
   > By 1990 the total number of copies sold was more than 4,000,000.    
   > The National Education Association named the book one of its    
   > "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" and the "School Library    
   > Journal" named it one of the top 100 picture books of all    
   > time. One feature of this book is the wealth of detail in the    
   > illustrations. The entire story takes place in a single room.    
   > Give the title of this book.    
      
   "Goodnight Moon"   
      
   > 6. Although no actual writings by this author survive and even    
   > his existence remains uncertain, numerous tales credited to him    
   > have been gathered across the centuries and in many languages,    
   > in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many    
   > of the tales, animals speak and have human characteristics.    
   > Name this alleged author.    
      
   Aesop   
       
   > 7. The popularity of these folk tales endured well beyond the    
   > lifetimes of the men who collected them. The tales are    
   > available in more than 100 translations and have been adapted    
   > to popular films. In the mid 20th century the tales were used    
   > as propaganda by the Third Reich. Later in the 20th century    
   > psychologists such as Bruno Bettelheim reaffirmed the value of    
   > the work, in spite of the cruelty and violence in the original    
   > versions of some of the tales that were sanitized. Name the    
   > *men who collected* these folk tales.    
      
   the brothers Grimm   
      
   > 8. She was an English author who lived 1866-1943. She was an    
   > illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known    
   > for her imaginative children's books featuring animals, which    
   > celebrated the British landscape and country life. The titles    
   > of most of her books begin with "The Tale of" or "The Story of".    
   > Who was this author?    
      
   Beatrix Potter   
      
   > 9. "The Chronicles of Narnia", a series of 7 high-fantasy novels by    
   > C.S. Lewis, is considered a classic of children's literature and    
   > is the author's best-known work. The first book is "The Lion,    
   > The Witch, and The Wardrobe"; the second is "Prince Caspian:    
   > The Return to Narnia". Name *any one* of the remaining 5 books.    
      
   "The Silver Chair"   
      
   > 10. He gave us "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "Through the    
   > Looking Glass and What Alice Found There", "The Hunting of the    
   > Snark", "A Tangled Tale", and other works. Lewis Carroll was    
   > his nom de plume. What was this author's *real* name?    
      
   Charles Dodgson   
       
   > * Game 1, Round 8 - Canadiana Entertainment - Toronto-Born Actors/Actresses    
      
   > 2. Born in Toronto in 1953, this comedic actor """is""" most famous    
   > for portraying one of the Mackenzie Brothers. (The other    
   > Mackenzie brother was born in St. Catharines.) Who is he?    
      
   Dave Thomas   
       
   > 3. Born in 1892 in Toronto, this actress was one of four co-founders    
   > of United Artists. Later she became one of the 36 founders of    
   > the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Before she    
   > died in 1979 she became a dual Canadian-American citizen.    
   > Who was this actress?    
      
   Mary Pickford   
      
   > 4. Born in downtown Toronto in 1918 with the name of Louis    
   > Weingarter, this Canadian comedic actor had a stage name very    
   > similar to an American actor whose real name was Marion Robert    
   > Morrison. What was the stage name of the Canadian actor,    
   > who died in 1990? First and last name required exactly.    
      
   Johnny Wayne   
      
   > 6. This actor who was born in Toronto in 1883, and won an Oscar    
   > for Best Supporting Actor in for a 1948 movie directed by    
   > his son. He died in 1950. Who was he?    
      
   Walter Huston   
       
   > 7. Born in Toronto in 1916, this comedic actor was a cousin of    
   > one of the co-creators of Superman. He died in 2002. Who was    
   > this actor?    
      
   Shuster   
      
   > 8. At the age of 82, at the Academy Awards presentation for 2011,    
   > this Toronto-born actor became the oldest actor ever to win    
   > an Oscar. Who """is""" he?    
      
   Christopher Plummer   
      
   > 9. Born March 14, 1968, this Toronto-born actress """is""" best    
   > known for her role of Anne Shirley in the 1985 CBC mini-series    
   > "Anne of Green Gables".    
      
   Megan Follows   
      
   > 10. Born in Toronto, January 8, 1979, this actress/screenwriter/    
   > director first became widely known at the age of 9 for her    
   > role in "The Road to Avonlea". In 1991, at the age of 12,    
   > she caused controversy by wearing a peace sign at an awards    
   > ceremony, to protest the first Gulf War. Who """is""" she?    
      
   Sarah Polley   
      
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