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Question 1

Works By F. Scott Fitzgerald (5)

Answer 1

The Side of Paradise (1920)
The Beautiful and the Damned (1922)
The Great Gatsby (1925)
Tender is the Night (1934)
The Last Tycoon (Posthumous, 1941)

Question 2

Fitzgerald’s Wife

Answer 2

Zelda

Question 3

1959 Biographical Novel

Answer 3

Beloved Infidel

Question 4

Term Coined by Fitzgerald to Describe 1920s

Answer 4

Jazz Age

Question 5

Fitzgerald Distance Cousin and namesake

Answer 5

Francis Scott Key

Question 6

Portrayed Jay Gatsby on Film

Answer 6

1974 – Robert Redford

2013 – Leonardo DiCaprio

Question 7

Portrayed Daisy Buchanan

Answer 7

1974 - Mia Farrow

2013 - Carey Mulligan

Question 8

2013 The Great Gatsby Film

Answer 8

directed by Baz Luhrmann,
Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway

2 Academy Awards – Best Production Design, Best Costume Design

Question 9

To Kill a MockingBird Author

Answer 9

Harper Lee

Question 10

Defense Law in TKAMB

Answer 10

Atticus Finch

Question 11

Atticus’s Daughter

Answer 11

Scout Fince

Question 12

TKAMB Mysterious Character

Answer 12

Arthur “Boo” Radley

Question 13

He Portrayed Atticus Finch

Answer 13

Gregory Peck (1962)

Question 14

He Portrayed Boo Radley

Answer 14

Robert Duvall

Question 15

Harper Lee’s Hometown Friend

Answer 15

Truman Capote (Dill in the book)

Question 16

TKAMB defendent

Answer 16

Tom Robinson

Question 17

Birthplace of Tennessee Williams

Answer 17

Columbus, Mississippi

Question 18

Major Plays by Tennessee Williams (8)

Answer 18

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Pulitzer)
The Glass Menagerie
The Rose Tattoo (Tony)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Pulitzer)
Suddenly Last Summer
Night of Iguana
Orpheus Descending
Sweet Bird of Youth

Question 19

Tennessee Williams Novel

Answer 19

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Question 20

Award for Tennessee Williams

Answer 20

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Question 21

Academy Award Noms/Awards for TKAMB

Answer 21

8 Noms (Including Best Picture)

• -Best Actor (Gregory Peck)
• -Best Adapted Screen Play
• -Best Art Direction

Question 22

Close TW friend and Streetcar Director

Answer 22

Elia Kazan
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),
On the Waterfront (1954) – Best Director AA
East of Eden (1955).

Question 23

Dr. Seuss Real Name

Answer 23

Theodore Geisel

Question 24

How the Grinch STole Christmas Narrator

Answer 24

Boris Karloff

Question 25

James Patterson Detective

Answer 25

Alex Cross

Question 26

Portrayed Alex Cross in 2 movies

Answer 26

Morgan Freeman

Question 27

Notable Works by James Patterson

Answer 27

``` Kiss the Girls Miracle on the 17th Green Along Came a Spider Jack and Jill Roses are Red First to Die Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas ```

Question 28

Arthur Miller Birthplace

Answer 28

Harlem

Question 29

Arthur Miller University

Answer 29

U Michigan

Question 30

Arthur Miller 2nd Wife

Answer 30

Marilyn Monroe

Question 31

Arthur Miller Notable Works

Answer 31

``` Death of A Salesman (Pulitzer and Tony Awards) An Enemy of the People The Crucible A View from the Bridge After the Fall The Misfits ```

Question 32

The Last Picture Show Terms of Endearment (1975) Lonesome Dove (Pulitzer) Brokebake Mountain (Oscar winning Screenplay-- book by Annie Proulx)

Answer 32

Larry McMurtry

Question 33

Dickens Nickhame

Answer 33

Boz

Question 34

Notable Dickens Works

Answer 34

``` Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Bleak House Hard Times A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations The Old Curiosity Shop Our Mutual Friend (Last completed novel) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Unfinished) ```

Question 35

Popular Works By Joseph Conrad

Answer 35

Heart of Darkness (basis for Apocalypse Now) Lord Jim Nostromo

Question 36

Conrad Nationality

Answer 36

Polish