Today’s Answers
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Today’s questions are not date-related but do all follow a theme, or at least the answers do.
One
In the DC universe, a mutant possessing psychic powers who wore a hooded costume and channeled emotions through a mystical source. Known by many aliases such as Mistress of Magic and Daughter of Darkness but named after a dark, intelligent creature. Who is this?
Answer: Raven.
Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, Raven is an empathic sorceress and daughter of Trigon and Arella. A key figure in Teen Titans, she appears in Justice League and media including Teen Titans Go! and Titans.
Two
What fictional character links Julianne Moore and Rebecca Breeds with author Thomas Harris?
Answer: Clarice Starling.
Clarice Starling, protagonist of Thomas Harris’s novels, was portrayed by Jodie Foster, Julianne Moore, and Rebecca Breeds. Foster’s performance earned an Academy Award and top rankings from the American Film Institute, Rolling Stone, and Entertainment Weekly.
Three
Scout and Jem, siblings, are two children at the centre of a 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel; what is their surname?
Answer: Finch.
Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a Pulitzer Prize winner, explores racial injustice and loss of innocence through Atticus Finch. Based on Monroeville observations, it is widely read but challenged. Adaptations include a film and play.
Four
Who partners Cormoran Strike in the crime novels written by Robert Galbraith?
Answer: Robin Ellacott.
J.K. Rowling, as Robert Galbraith, writes the Cormoran Strike series following Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott; eight novels include The Hallmarked Man; Sleep Tight, Evangeline is being published in 2026. Over 20 million copies sold globally, adapted into BBC One’s Strike.
Five
This supervillain is also a clinical psychologist. He first appeared in print in 1941. He has more recently been on the big screen. Both the supervillain name and that of the alias fit with today’s theme. Who are both these names?
Answers: Scarecrow; Jonathan Crane.
Scarecrow, created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff, is Dr Jonathan Crane, a psychologist turned criminal in Gotham City. Using a fear toxin, this adversary of Batman pursues sadistic fear experiments and wears a burlap mask.
Catch the Worm
The title draws on the phrase ‘the early bird catches the worm’, intended as a clue to use bird(s) as a theme.
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