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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: pseudon   
   17 Nov 23 22:38:18   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Literature - Pseudonyms   
      
   > 1. These sisters' first books were published under the pseudonyms   
   >    Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, but it's their real names that   
   >    they're known by today.  Name *any one* of them.   
      
   Charlotte Bronte   
      
   > 3. This writer used many pseudonyms, including Silence Dogood,   
   >    Martha Careful, and Richard Saunders, but is now remembered   
   >    under his real name.  What name?   
      
   Benjamin Franklin   
      
   > 4. This author's real name was Mary Ann Evans, but she used a   
   >    pseudonym for all seven of her novels.  Name it.   
      
   George Eliot   
      
   > 5. This author used the pseudonym Boz ["boze"] for some of his   
   >    early writing, but his best-known works were published under   
   >    his real name.  What's that?   
      
   Charles Dickens   
      
   > 6. When David Cornwell started writing, he had to use this   
   >    pseudonym because he was actually working in the field that he   
   >    was writing about.   
      
   John le Carre   
      
   > 7. Eric Blair is the real name of this writer whose pseudonym was   
   >    inspired by a river he used to live near.   
      
   George Orwell   
      
   > 8. This author wrote several books under the name Richard Bachman   
   >    while other novels were also appearing under his own name.   
   >    Once this became public, it was stated that Bachman had died from   
   >    "cancer of the pseudonym".   
      
   Steven King   
      
   > 9. This author used his real name, Charles Dodgson, for his   
   >    professional writing about math.  He is now better known to   
   >    most people by what pseudonym?   
      
   Lewis Carroll   
      
   > 10. This author is best known by a slight variation on her real   
   >    name, but she uses the pseudonym Robert Galbraith for a series   
   >    of novels featuring a private detective named Cormoran Strike.   
   >    What, then, is her better-known name?   
      
   J. K. Rowling   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Entertainment Challenge Round - Movies   
      
   > * A. Legal Movies   
      
   >    A1. This movie contains the line "What's a yout?"   
      
   My Cousin Vinny   
      
   > * C. Satires   
      
   >    C1. A small country declares war on the US in order to qualify   
   >        for foreign aid.   
      
   The Mouse That Roared   
      
   >    C2. A US Air Force general goes insane and attacks the Soviet   
   >        Union.   
      
   Dr. Strangelove   
      
   > * D. Other Comedies   
      
   >    D1. A TV reporter lives the same day over and over.   
      
   Groundhog Day   
      
   >    D2. A documentary-style movie about a British rock group's tour   
   >        of the US.   
      
   This is Spinal Tap   
      
   > * E. Dramas   
      
   >    E1. A former soldier of fortune meets his lost love in North   
   >        Africa.   
      
   The English Patient   
      
   >    E2. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter becomes the kept man of a   
   >        silent-movie star.   
      
   Sunset Boulevard   
      
   > * F. Suspense   
      
   >    F1. A writer comes to postwar Vienna to meet up with an old   
   >        friend who, it turns out, is now a black-marketeer.   
      
   The Third Man   
      
   >    F2. Mistaken for a spy, an ad executive must find a man who   
   >        doesn't exist.   
      
   North by Northwest   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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