From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 10/14/2024 12:21 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 4 - Literature - Prison Writers   
   >   
   > As the questions will state, some of these writers wrote these   
   > works in prison, while others put their experiences to paper after   
   > serving their time.  In each case, name the author.   
   >   
   > 1. This Spanish author drew inspiration for his most famous novel   
   >     from the 5 years he was held as a slave by pirates from 1575   
   >     to 1580.  He began work on that book years later, while serving   
   >     prison time for embezzling state funds.  Name the writer.   
      
   Cervantes   
      
   > 2. Which English statesman, soldier, and explorer wrote his "History   
   >     of the World, Volume 1" while imprisoned in the Tower of London   
   >     from 1603 to 1612?   
      
   Raleigh; Drake   
      
   > 3. This British author and ex-politician was in prison from 2001   
   >     to 2003. He was convicted of perverting the course ofjustice over   
   >     a libel case around allegations he had sex with a prostitute.   
   >     While behind bars, he wrote a 3-volume memoir called "A Prison   
   >     Diary", with volumes fashioned after Dante's "Divine Comedy".   
      
   Archer   
      
   > 4. American author William Sidney Porter wrote 14 stories while in   
   >     prison for embezzlement between 1898 and 1901.  For this question   
   >     we need his *pen name*.   
      
   O. Henry   
      
   > 5. This Russian author spent 4 years of hard labor in a Siberian   
   >     prison camp, from 1849 to 1853.  His book "The House of the Dead"   
   >     was among the first to tell Russians about life in a labor camp.   
   >     Name him.   
      
   Gogol (?)   
      
   > 6. Which famous prisoner wrote an open letter entitled "Letter   
   >     from Birmingham Jail" from his cell in 1963?   
      
   Martin Luther King Jr.   
      
   > 7. Who wrote "Long Walk to Freedom", about his 28 years in a South   
   >     African prison?   
      
   Nelson Mandela   
      
   > 8. This French nobleman and writer, who died in 1814, is best   
   >     known for his graphic novels -- and for his imprisonment for   
   >     sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography.  His works included   
   >     "The 120 Days of Sodom".  He wrote in prison in tiny handwriting   
   >     to avoid attracting attention by using too much paper.   
      
   Marquis de Sade   
      
   > 9. This boxer was wrongfully convicted of a 1966 triple murder   
   >     and served nearly 20 years.  His book "The Sixteenth Round"   
   >     was written in prison and published in 1974.  The story inspired   
   >     a Bob Dylan song and a Norman Jewison film.   
      
   Rubin Carter   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Geography - Americas Extremes   
   >   
   > Questions #1-4 are about US cities with more than 1,000,000   
   > residents (in the city proper, *not* the metropolitan area)   
   > according to the 2020 census.   
   >   
   > 1. Which one is the westernmost?   
      
   San Jose   
      
   > 2. Which one is the easternmost?   
      
   New York   
      
   > 3. Which one is the northernmost?   
      
   Chicago   
      
   > 4. And which one is the southernmost?   
      
   San Antonio; San Diego   
      
   > 5. In which US state would you find the northernmost point in the   
   >     "lower 48" (contiguous) states?   
      
   Minnesota   
      
   > 7. The southernmost point in Canada is Middle Island, located in   
   >     *which of the Great Lakes*?   
      
   Lake Erie   
      
   > 9. In which *country* would you find Cape Froward, the southernmost   
   >     point on the South American mainland?   
      
   Chile; Argentina   
      
   > 10. The northernmost point on the South American mainland is Punta   
   >     Gallinas, in which country?   
      
   Colombia   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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