The Moving Finger Writes

All of today’s questions are about writers who were born on December 16th.

Contrary to my previous statement, this is Mark Twain, a writer, but not one born on December 16th. See question one.
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One

Everytime I read … I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone

To which writer, born this day in 1775, was Mark Twain referring when he said the above?

Two

What television writer, born in 1943, was a creator of both Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue?

Three

Ubik, a 1969 science fiction novel by an American writer born in 1928, was selected by Time magazine in 2009 as one of the 100 greatest novels since 1923. Who was the writer?

Four

Born on this day in 1899, this English playwright, actor and composer had a part as a convict in The Italian Job (1969). Who was this?

Five

In Arthur C. Clarke’s 1953 short story The Nine Billion Names of God, what unexpected device do Tibetan monks acquire to complete a sacred task that has taken generations?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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Author: Scott F

As a retired trivia writer, editor and quiz compiler, I wholeheartedly agree with Bertrand Russell’s quote: “There’s much pleasure to be gained in useless knowledge.” Trivia of all sorts has always fascinated me, and for many years, I’ve written and compiled trivia for various media, including traditional TV and radio quiz shows, newspapers and magazines, apps, and other digital platforms.

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