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Thursday’s Child
Five relevant questions today, though answering number six may be harder because the theme is more cryptic than usual. Award yourself five extra points for identifying the exact theme at the first question; four for the second; three for the third; two for the fourth; and one for the fifth.
One
Umberto Eco’s debut novel was titled what?
Two
In the 1975 James Clavell novel Shogun the hero was loosely based on the English navigator William Adams. Who was this hero?
Three
“The two …, Boxer and Clover, came in together”, what word (hyphenated in the original) is missing from this quote from the 1945 novella Animal Farm?
Four
This archenemy of a superhero first appeared in Action Comics in April 1940 and has been depicted as both a mad scientist and corrupt businessman. Who is he?
Five
In 1969, the Atlantic Ocean was crossed in a facsimile of an ancient Egyptian boat named Ra, who made the voyage?
Six
Who or what is relevant to today and links the foregoing questions?
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
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