From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 4/25/23 21:22, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Literature - In the Voice of Animals   
   >   
   > This round is about books where animals speak or otherwise make   
   > their thoughts known.   
   >   
   > 1. Name the *author* of the novel "Flush".  It is an imaginative   
   >     biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel.   
   >     Commonly read as a modernist consideration of city life seen   
   >     through the eyes of a dog, it serves as a harsh criticism of   
   >     the treatment of female intellectuals, including, perhaps,   
   >     the novel's well-known author.   
   >   
   > 2. Give the *specific type of animal* featured in the fantasy series   
   >     "Guardians of Ga'Hoole", written by Kathryn Lasky.  Published by   
   >     Scholastic from 2003 to 2013, the series has 15-plus books.   
   >     A successful 2010 movie was made from part of the series.   
   >   
   > For the remaining questions, in each case give the title.   
   >   
   > 3. A 1945 dystopian novel by George Orwell, an allegory for events   
   >     from the Russian Revolution of 1917 through the Stalin era.   
      
   Animal Farm   
      
   >   
   > 4. A 1952 children's novel by American author E.B. White, which   
   >     tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friends.   
      
   Charlotte's Web   
      
   >   
   > 5. A 1972 adventure novel, written by English author Richard Adams.   
   >     Set in south-central England, the story features a small group   
   >     of rabbits.  Evoking epic themes, the novel is the "Aeneid"   
   >     of the rabbits, as they escape the destruction of their warren   
   >     and seek a place to establish a new home, encountering perils   
   >     and temptations along the way.   
      
   Watership Down   
      
   >   
   > 6. A 1981 psychological horror novel about the eponymous rabid dog.   
   >     The author has said that the sequences from the dog's point of   
   >     view about violent headaches may have been influenced by the   
   >     author's own raging alcoholism at the time.   
   >   
   > 7. A book written in 1877 by English author Anna Sewell, about a   
   >     carriage horse, and animal welfare in general.  With 50,000,000   
   >     copies sold, it is one of the best-selling books of all time.   
   >   
   > 8. This 1906 novel by American author Jack London is titled after   
   >     a wild wolf-dog.  The story takes place during the Klondike gold   
   >     rush and details the dog's journey to domestication.  Much of   
   >     the book is written from the dog's viewpoint, enabling London   
   >     to examine the violent world of wild animals and the equally   
   >     violent world of humans.   
   >   
   > 9. Give the name of the graphic novel released in 1991 by American   
   >     cartoonist Art Spiegelman.  It depicts the Holocaust experiences,   
   >     with humans depicted as different kinds of animals: Jews as   
   >     mice, Germans as cats, non-Jewish Poles as pigs.  In 1992 it   
   >     became the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize.   
   >   
   > 10. Give the title of the 1983 novel narrated by Will Shakespeare's   
   >     dog, who reports on the young poet and playwright's tumultuous   
   >     Stratford household and on his and his master's shared and   
   >     growing desire to be away to London.   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 7, Round 10 - Entertainment Challenge Round - Movies   
   >   
   > In honor of the Oscars, here are questions on movies.   
   > For Categories A-E, in each case name the movie.   
   >   
   > *  Science   
   >   
   >     A1. Name the 1990 movie based on a true account from neurologist   
   >         Oliver Sacks.  A doctor uses a new drug to revive a catatonic   
   >         patient, who regains normal functioning for a brief interval.   
   >   
   >     A2. Name the 1955 movie, based on a true story, that follows   
   >         the RAF's development of a bomb to attack dams in the Ruhr   
   >         Valley and hinder Germany's industry during World War II.   
      
   The Dam Busters   
      
   >   
   >   
   > *  Entertainment   
   >   
   >     B1. In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren applies   
   >         the methods normally used to animate drawings or puppets   
   >         to live actors instead.  The story is a parable about two   
   >         people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.   
   >   
   >     B2. This Oscar-winning short film is an impressionistic record   
   >         of a dance class given to senior students of the National   
   >         Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain,   
   >   
   >   
   > *  Sports   
   >   
   >     C1. This 1981 movie follows two 1924 Olympic runners, a Christian   
   >         and a Jew, as they race for spiritual and political   
   >         reasons.  At the time of its theatrical run, it became the   
   >         highest-grossing foreign film of all time.   
      
   Chariots of Fire   
      
   >   
   >     C2. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo each took home an Oscar for   
   >         their work on this critically acclaimed 2010 boxing movie.   
   >         Bale owes his award more to his character's crack cocaine   
   >         addiction than his boxing skills.   
   >   
   >   
   > *  Literature   
   >   
   >     D1. Name the 1996 romantic drama directed by Anthony Minghella,   
   >         based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje.   
   >         The movie's invocation of fate, romance, and tragedy unfolds   
   >         in World War II Italy through the story of a burn victim,   
   >         a once dashing archeologist whose sacrifices to save the   
   >         woman he loves spell his end.   
      
   The English Patient   
      
   >   
   >     D2. Name the 1999 American movie based on the 1996 novel of the   
   >         same name by Chuck Palahniuk.  The film was directed by   
   >         David Fincher and stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena   
   >         Bonham Carter.  Norton plays the unnamed protagonist, an   
   >         "everyman" who is discontented with his white-collar job.   
   >   
   >   
   > *  History   
   >   
   >     E1. Americans hidden in the Canadian embassy escape from Iran   
   >         during the 1979 hostage crisis.   
   >   
   >     E2. A German businessman saves the lives of more than 1,000   
   >         Jewish refugees, mostly Polish, during the Holocaust by   
   >         employing them in his factories.   
      
   Schindler's List   
      
   >   
   >   
   > *  Geography   
   >   
   > In this category we give you the movie and you name the *US state*   
   > where it is set.   
   >   
   >     F1. "Pulp Fiction" (1994).   
      
   California   
      
   >     F2. "Scarface" (1983).   
      
   Illinois   
      
      
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