QFTCI Final/04-02 R9: literature (corrected)

I accidentally deleted some words in question 3 when first posting
this round half an hour ago. Here goes again... feel free to post
an answer to question 3 separately if you responded to the first
posting before reading this one, and the correction helps you answer.

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-04-02,
and you must give the answers that were valid then and there.

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.

See my June 28 posting "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI): final questions" for further details.

I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.

In this round I wrote one triple and two questions in another triple.


Final, Round 9: Arts / Literature

* British Non-Fiction Authors

1. Name the author of these books:
* "The First World War, A Complete History"
* "The Second World War, A Complete History"
* "The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy"
* "Churchill, A Life"

2. Name the author of these books:
* "The Selfish Gene"
* "The Ancestor's Tale"
* "The Blind Watchmaker"
* "Climbing Mount Improbable"

3. Name the author of these books:
* "A Crack in the Edge of the World"
* "Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded"
* "The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford
English Dictionary")
* "The Professor and the Madman" (British title "The Surgeon
of Crowthorne")


* Magic Words

4. If you're Harry Potter, what do you say to make your wand give
off light?

5. If you're in the Fellowship of the Ring, what do you say to get
into the Mines of Moria? Answer in either English or Elvish.

6. If you're Mr. Mxyzptlk ["mix-yez-pittle-ick" is one pronunciation],
what word do you NOT want to say, because if you do -- probably
because Superman once again tricked you into saying it -- you'll
be instantly transported back to the fifth dimension?


* George Orwell

7. In 1936 Orwell was commissioned to write about poverty among
the working class in northern England. What book was the result?

8. In one of Orwell's essays he examines the effects of imperialism
on its practitioners, based on his own experience as a colonial
policeman in Burma, when he found himself obliged to shoot an
animal that he did not want to shoot, simply because he had to
in order to maintain his position of authority. What kind of
animal was involved -- its name appears in the title of the essay?

9. In which book does Orwell give a somewhat fictionalized account
of his experiences living as a menial worker and later as a tramp?


* Painters

We'll tell you the names of three paintings, all by the same
artist. You name the artist.

10. "The Sleeping Gypsy"; "The Snake Charmer"; "The Repast of
the Lion".

11. "The Burial of Count Orgaz"; "The Disrobing of Christ";
"Opening of the Fifth Seal".

12. "The Hay Wain"; "Dedham Vale"; "The Cornfield". (Hint:
it's not Hieronymous Bosch.)


* Irish writers

13. The novelist and satirist who lived from 1911 to 1966,
and wrote newspaper columns under the pseudonym Myles na
Gopaleen, also wrote novels such as "The Third Policeman",
"At Swim-Two-Birds", and "The Poor Mouth" under a second
pen name. What was that name?

14. This writer lived from 1871 to 1909. He was one of the
founders of the Abbey Theatre and spent many years collecting
Irish folklore. He is known for such plays as "Riders to the
Sea" and "The Playboy of the Western World".

15. This writer lived from 1923 to 1964. In his youth he was a
member of the IRA and went to prison for attempted murder.
He wrote plays such as "The Quare Fellow" and "The Hostage",
and a novel, "Borstal Boy".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto Well, somebody had to be the pedant here!
msb@xxxxxxx -- David Keldsen

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