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|    Dan Tilque to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCI23 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: pseudon    |
|    18 Nov 23 12:00:52    |
      From: dtilque@frontier.com              On 11/17/23 02:05, Mark Brader wrote:       >       >       > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Literature - Pseudonyms       >       > In each case, you must give the name that the author is best       > known by today. This may be their real name or a pseudonym, and       > you have to give it in the form that's usually used, *including       > given names or initials* as applicable.       >       > 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.              Emily Bronte              >       > 2. This author's name at birth was Howard O'Brien. She has used       > several pseudonyms but is best known today by one. Name it.       >       > 3. This writer used many pseudonyms, including Silence Dogood,       > Martha Careful, and Richard Saunders, but is now remembered       > under his real name. What name?              Ben Franklin              >       > 4. This author's real name was Mary Ann Evans, but she used a       > pseudonym for all seven of her novels. Name it.       >       > 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?       >       > 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".       >       > 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?       >       > Reminder: In each case you must give their commonly known names       > in full.       >       >       > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Entertainment Challenge Round - Movies       >       > In each case name the movie.       >       > * A. Legal Movies       >       > A1. This movie contains the line "What's a yout?"       >       > A2. A young boy witnesses the suicide of a Mafia lawyer,       > and a prosecutor tries to use him to take down a mob family.       > The boy hires an attorney to protect him.       >       >       > * B. War Movies       >       > B1. An American destroyer engages in a battle of wits with a       > German U-boat.              Das Boot              >       > B2. This movie tells the story of the liberation of Paris during       > World War II.       >       >       > * C. Satires       >       > C1. A small country declares war on the US in order to qualify       > for foreign aid.              The Mouse the Roared              >       > C2. A US Air Force general goes insane and attacks the Soviet       > Union.              Dr Strangelove, or: How I stopped worrying and love the bomb              >       >       > * 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.              Out of Africa              >       > E2. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter becomes the kept man of a       > silent-movie star.       >       >       > * 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.       >       > F2. Mistaken for a spy, an ad executive must find a man who       > doesn't exist.       >              --       Dan Tilque              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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