Here are the answers to the questions I posted earlier.
All of today’s questions are about writers who were born on December 16th.
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One
Everytime I read Pride and Prejudice 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?
Answer: Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an English novelist known for her six novels that critique the English landed gentry and explore women’s dependence on marriage. Although her novels were moderately successful during her lifetime, they gained widespread acclaim and popularity after her death. Austen’s work has inspired numerous adaptations and critical essays.
Two
What television writer, born in 1943, was a creator of both Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue?
Answer: Steven Bochco
Steven Bochco, an American television writer and producer, developed numerous crime dramas including 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?
Answer: Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick was an American science fiction writer known for exploring philosophical and social questions in his work. He wrote 45 novels and 121 short stories, gaining acclaim with The Man in the High Castle and later works like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Ubik. His posthumous influence extended to Hollywood, inspiring numerous films and TV adaptations.
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?
Answer: Noël Coward
Noël Coward was a prolific English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer known for his wit and flamboyance. He achieved enduring success with over 50 plays, numerous songs and a diverse body of work spanning six decades.
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?
Answer: Computer
When the story was published, computers were still room-sized, rare machines known mainly to scientists and governments. Clarke’s tale is often cited as one of the earliest and most striking examples of science fiction exploring the uneasy intersection between advanced technology and ancient religious belief—ending with a famously chilling final line as the task is completed.
The Moving Finger Writes
The post title comes from
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM by Omar Khayyam
(Translated by Edward Fitzgerald)
— Full text at Project Gutenberg
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