• QFTCIMM24 Game 7, Rounds 2-3: Irish celebs, post-apocalpyse

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    * Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities

    Happy St. Patrick's Day! Although not a major holiday in Ireland,
    March 17 is celebrated in North America as an excuse to drink green
    beer and claim Irish heritage. Get in on the fun by naming these
    10 Irish celebrities -- including Northern Ireland.

    1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
    well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
    action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".

    2. Born in Galway in 1987, she rose to fame as the "wee lesbian"
    Clare in "Derry Girls", and is getting her own season of
    Bridgerton as Penelope Featherington.

    3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
    is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
    even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
    was released 24 years ago.

    4. Born in County Limerick in 1971, her voice is remembered as
    one of the most iconic of the 1990s. Her five albums with the
    Cranberries include songs like "Linger" and "Zombie".

    5. Born in County Dublin in 1963, he's known for his campy humor,
    saucy innuendo, and eponymous comedy chat show. You might also
    recognize him from his Eurovision commentary for the BBC.

    6. Born in Cork in 1976, this actor got his start in theater and
    independent movies before making it big with "28 Days Later"
    and his four films with Christopher Nolan, especially the
    most recent.

    7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
    of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
    Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
    and "Miracle on 34th Street".

    8. Born in Dublin in 1988, this mixed martial artist and boxer is
    equally known for popularizing UFC fights worldwide and his
    mouthy trash-talk. In 2021, Forbes named him the world's
    highest-paid athlete with an income of $180,000,000 US.

    9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
    family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
    only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
    filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".

    10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
    TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
    to play the world's most famous spy.


    * Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

    Just when you were having a good time, along comes a novel about
    the end of the world as we know it. Here are 10 apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels. Given the year of publication, the author,
    and a brief description, name the novel.

    1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
    and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
    devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
    narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.

    2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
    way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
    Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
    with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.

    3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
    survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
    population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
    physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
    him the good guy or the bad guy?

    4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
    in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
    radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
    Each person deals with their impending death differently.

    5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
    most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
    herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
    Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
    pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
    world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.

    6. Emily St. John Mandel, 2014. The Georgia Flu devastates the
    world, including Toronto. 20 years later, members of a nomadic
    group of actors and musicians known as the Traveling Symphony
    encounter a violent cult, led by a man who is unknowingly linked
    to a member of the troupe through a mysterious graphic novel.

    7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
    infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
    not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
    follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
    of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.

    8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
    scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
    and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
    bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
    of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
    organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
    maybe, actually, restore the nation.

    9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
    by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
    3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
    starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.

    10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
    Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
    the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
    themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
    escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
    to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.

    --
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  • From Dan Tilque@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Thu May 2 05:42:06 2024
    On 5/1/24 23:59, Mark Brader wrote:


    * Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities

    Happy St. Patrick's Day! Although not a major holiday in Ireland,
    March 17 is celebrated in North America as an excuse to drink green
    beer and claim Irish heritage. Get in on the fun by naming these
    10 Irish celebrities -- including Northern Ireland.

    1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
    well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
    action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".

    2. Born in Galway in 1987, she rose to fame as the "wee lesbian"
    Clare in "Derry Girls", and is getting her own season of
    Bridgerton as Penelope Featherington.

    3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
    is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
    even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
    was released 24 years ago.

    4. Born in County Limerick in 1971, her voice is remembered as
    one of the most iconic of the 1990s. Her five albums with the
    Cranberries include songs like "Linger" and "Zombie".

    5. Born in County Dublin in 1963, he's known for his campy humor,
    saucy innuendo, and eponymous comedy chat show. You might also
    recognize him from his Eurovision commentary for the BBC.

    6. Born in Cork in 1976, this actor got his start in theater and
    independent movies before making it big with "28 Days Later"
    and his four films with Christopher Nolan, especially the
    most recent.

    7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
    of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
    Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
    and "Miracle on 34th Street".

    8. Born in Dublin in 1988, this mixed martial artist and boxer is
    equally known for popularizing UFC fights worldwide and his
    mouthy trash-talk. In 2021, Forbes named him the world's
    highest-paid athlete with an income of $180,000,000 US.

    9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
    family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
    only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
    filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".

    10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
    TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
    to play the world's most famous spy.


    * Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

    Just when you were having a good time, along comes a novel about
    the end of the world as we know it. Here are 10 apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels. Given the year of publication, the author,
    and a brief description, name the novel.

    1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
    and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
    devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
    narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.

    2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
    way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
    Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
    with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


    3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
    survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
    population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
    physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
    him the good guy or the bad guy?

    Omega Man


    4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
    in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
    radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
    Each person deals with their impending death differently.

    On the Beach


    5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
    most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
    herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
    Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
    pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
    world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.

    6. Emily St. John Mandel, 2014. The Georgia Flu devastates the
    world, including Toronto. 20 years later, members of a nomadic
    group of actors and musicians known as the Traveling Symphony
    encounter a violent cult, led by a man who is unknowingly linked
    to a member of the troupe through a mysterious graphic novel.

    7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
    infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
    not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
    follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
    of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.

    8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
    scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
    and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
    bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
    of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
    organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
    maybe, actually, restore the nation.

    The Postman


    9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
    by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
    3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
    starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.

    Day of the Triffid


    10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
    Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
    the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
    themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
    escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
    to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.


    --
    Dan Tilque

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  • From Erland Sommarskog@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Thu May 2 20:21:18 2024
    Mark Brader ([email protected]) writes:
    * Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

    2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
    way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
    Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
    with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.

    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
    most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
    herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
    Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
    pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
    world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.

    The Handmaid's Tale

    9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
    by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
    3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
    starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.

    The Uprising of the Triffids?

    (I read the book in Swedish, but it was very long ago, and I am not
    even 100 per cent sure about the Swedish title. I never paid attention
    to the title in English, so I will have to construct it.)

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  • From Dan Blum@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Fri May 3 03:19:01 2024
    Mark Brader <[email protected]> wrote:

    * Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities

    1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
    well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
    action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".

    Liam Neeson

    3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
    is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
    even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
    was released 24 years ago.

    Sinead O'Connor

    7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
    of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
    Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
    and "Miracle on 34th Street".

    Maureen O'Hara

    9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
    family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
    only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
    filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".

    Ronan

    10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
    TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
    to play the world's most famous spy.

    Pierce Brosnan

    * Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

    1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
    and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
    devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
    narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.

    World War Z

    2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
    way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
    Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
    with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
    survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
    population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
    physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
    him the good guy or the bad guy?

    I Am Legend

    4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
    in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
    radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
    Each person deals with their impending death differently.

    On the Beach

    5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
    most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
    herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
    Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
    pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
    world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.

    Oryx & Crake

    6. Emily St. John Mandel, 2014. The Georgia Flu devastates the
    world, including Toronto. 20 years later, members of a nomadic
    group of actors and musicians known as the Traveling Symphony
    encounter a violent cult, led by a man who is unknowingly linked
    to a member of the troupe through a mysterious graphic novel.

    Station Eleven

    7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
    infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
    not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
    follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
    of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.

    Children of Men

    8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
    scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
    and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
    bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
    of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
    organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
    maybe, actually, restore the nation.

    The Postman

    9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
    by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
    3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
    starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.

    The Day of the Triffids

    10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
    Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
    the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
    themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
    escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
    to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.

    The Maze Runner

    --
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Dan Blum [email protected]
    "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Fri May 3 00:03:59 2024
    On 5/2/2024 1:59 AM, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities

    Happy St. Patrick's Day! Although not a major holiday in Ireland,
    March 17 is celebrated in North America as an excuse to drink green
    beer and claim Irish heritage. Get in on the fun by naming these
    10 Irish celebrities -- including Northern Ireland.

    1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
    well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
    action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".

    Neeson
    3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
    is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
    even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
    was released 24 years ago.

    Enya

    6. Born in Cork in 1976, this actor got his start in theater and
    independent movies before making it big with "28 Days Later"
    and his four films with Christopher Nolan, especially the
    most recent.

    Murphy

    7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
    of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
    Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
    and "Miracle on 34th Street".

    O'Hara

    8. Born in Dublin in 1988, this mixed martial artist and boxer is
    equally known for popularizing UFC fights worldwide and his
    mouthy trash-talk. In 2021, Forbes named him the world's
    highest-paid athlete with an income of $180,000,000 US.

    McGregor

    9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
    family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
    only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
    filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".

    Ronan

    10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
    TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
    to play the world's most famous spy.

    Brosnan

    * Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

    Just when you were having a good time, along comes a novel about
    the end of the world as we know it. Here are 10 apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels. Given the year of publication, the author,
    and a brief description, name the novel.

    1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
    and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
    devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
    narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.

    "World War Z"

    2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
    way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
    Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
    with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.

    "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

    3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
    survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
    population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
    physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
    him the good guy or the bad guy?

    "I Am Legend"

    4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
    in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
    radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
    Each person deals with their impending death differently.

    "On the Beach"
    7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
    infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
    not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
    follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
    of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.

    "The Children of Men"

    8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
    scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
    and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
    bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
    of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
    organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
    maybe, actually, restore the nation.

    "The Postman"

    9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
    by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
    3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
    starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.

    "The Day of the Triffids"

    10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
    Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
    the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
    themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
    escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
    to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.

    "The Maze Runner"

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    [email protected]

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  • From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 5 04:23:47 2024
    Mark Brader:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-18,
    and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
    please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
    Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


    * Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities

    Happy St. Patrick's Day! Although not a major holiday in Ireland,
    March 17 is celebrated in North America as an excuse to drink green
    beer and claim Irish heritage. Get in on the fun by naming these
    10 Irish celebrities -- including Northern Ireland.

    This was the easiest round in the original game.

    1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
    well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
    action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".

    Liam Neeson. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    2. Born in Galway in 1987, she rose to fame as the "wee lesbian"
    Clare in "Derry Girls", and is getting her own season of
    Bridgerton as Penelope Featherington.

    Nicola Coughlan ["COCK-lan"].

    3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
    is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
    even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
    was released 24 years ago.

    Enya. 4 for Joshua.

    4. Born in County Limerick in 1971, her voice is remembered as
    one of the most iconic of the 1990s. Her five albums with the
    Cranberries include songs like "Linger" and "Zombie".

    Dolores O'Riordan.

    5. Born in County Dublin in 1963, he's known for his campy humor,
    saucy innuendo, and eponymous comedy chat show. You might also
    recognize him from his Eurovision commentary for the BBC.

    Graham Norton.

    6. Born in Cork in 1976, this actor got his start in theater and
    independent movies before making it big with "28 Days Later"
    and his four films with Christopher Nolan, especially the
    most recent.

    Cillian ["KILL-ee-an"] Murphy. 4 for Joshua.

    7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
    of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
    Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
    and "Miracle on 34th Street".

    Maureen O'Hara. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    8. Born in Dublin in 1988, this mixed martial artist and boxer is
    equally known for popularizing UFC fights worldwide and his
    mouthy trash-talk. In 2021, Forbes named him the world's
    highest-paid athlete with an income of $180,000,000 US.

    Conor McGregor. 4 for Joshua.

    9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
    family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
    only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
    filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".

    Saoirse ["SEAR-shuh"] Ronan. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
    TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
    to play the world's most famous spy.

    Pierce Brosnan. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.


    * Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

    Just when you were having a good time, along comes a novel about
    the end of the world as we know it. Here are 10 apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels. Given the year of publication, the author,
    and a brief description, name the novel.

    1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
    and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
    devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
    narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.

    "World War Z". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
    way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
    Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
    with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.

    "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque,
    Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua.

    3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
    survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
    population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
    physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
    him the good guy or the bad guy?

    "I am Legend". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
    in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
    radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
    Each person deals with their impending death differently.

    "On the Beach". 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.

    5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
    most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
    herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
    Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
    pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
    world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.

    "Oryx and Crake". 4 for Dan Blum.

    6. Emily St. John Mandel, 2014. The Georgia Flu devastates the
    world, including Toronto. 20 years later, members of a nomadic
    group of actors and musicians known as the Traveling Symphony
    encounter a violent cult, led by a man who is unknowingly linked
    to a member of the troupe through a mysterious graphic novel.

    "Station Eleven". 4 for Dan Blum.

    7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
    infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
    not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
    follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
    of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.

    "The Children of Men". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
    scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
    and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
    bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
    of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
    organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
    maybe, actually, restore the nation.

    "The Postman". 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.

    9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
    by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
    3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
    starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.

    "The Day of the Triffids". 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
    No points for "The Uprising of the Triffids".

    10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
    Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
    the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
    themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
    escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
    to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.

    "The Maze Runner". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.


    Scores, if there are no errors:

    GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 8 3 TOTALS
    TOPICS-> Ent Lit
    Joshua Kreitzer 28 32 60
    Dan Blum 16 40 56
    Dan Tilque 0 16 16
    Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4

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