** 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.
3. This writer used many pseudonyms, including Silence Dogood,
Martha Careful, and Richard Saunders, but is now remembered
under his real name. What name?
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.
7. Eric Blair is the real name of this writer whose pseudonym was
inspired by a river he used to live near.
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?
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?
** Game 4, Round 10 - Entertainment Challenge Round - Movies
* A. Legal Movies
A1. This movie contains the line "What's a yout?"
* C. Satires
C1. A small country declares war on the US in order to qualify
for foreign aid.
C2. A US Air Force general goes insane and attacks the Soviet
Union.
* D. Other Comedies
D1. A TV reporter lives the same day over and over.
D2. A documentary-style movie about a British rock group's tour
of the US.
* E. Dramas
E1. A former soldier of fortune meets his lost love in North
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.
** 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.
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?
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.
7. Eric Blair is the real name of this writer whose pseudonym was
inspired by a river he used to live near.
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?
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?
** 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.
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.
C2. A US Air Force general goes insane and attacks the Soviet
Union.
* D. Other Comedies
D1. A TV reporter lives the same day over and over.
D2. A documentary-style movie about a British rock group's tour
of the US.
* E. Dramas
E1. A former soldier of fortune meets his lost love in North
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.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-16,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
** 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.
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?
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.
7. Eric Blair is the real name of this writer whose pseudonym was
inspired by a river he used to live near.
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?
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.
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.
C2. A US Air Force general goes insane and attacks the Soviet
Union.
* D. Other Comedies
D1. A TV reporter lives the same day over and over.
D2. A documentary-style movie about a British rock group's tour
of the US.
* E. Dramas
E1. A former soldier of fortune meets his lost love in North
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.
** 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.
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?
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.
7. Eric Blair is the real name of this writer whose pseudonym was
inspired by a river he used to live near.
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?
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.
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.
C2. A US Air Force general goes insane and attacks the Soviet
Union.
* D. Other Comedies
D1. A TV reporter lives the same day over and over.
D2. A documentary-style movie about a British rock group's tour
of the US.
* E. Dramas
E1. A former soldier of fortune meets his lost love in North
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.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-16,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
** 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.
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?
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.
7. Eric Blair is the real name of this writer whose pseudonym was
inspired by a river he used to live near.
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?
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.
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.
C2. A US Air Force general goes insane and attacks the Soviet
Union.
* D. Other Comedies
D1. A TV reporter lives the same day over and over.
D2. A documentary-style movie about a British rock group's tour
of the US.
* E. Dramas
E1. A former soldier of fortune meets his lost love in North
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.
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