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FOURTH CONTEST |
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Who are William Cox and Kathleen Beauchamp? Famous authors writing under other names! |
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Identify the pen
names that appeared on the books (Answers below.) |
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| Their real names | Hints (not that you need them) |
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| 1 | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson | An easy one to start. If you don't know the answer, go ask Alice. | |||||||||
| 2 | Aurora Dudevant | The baroness had a sex change—on paper, that is. | |||||||||
| 3 | William Cox | There's a reason we don't tell you his middle name. | |||||||||
| 4 | Nathan Weinstein | At least he didn't have to change his monogrammed handkerchiefs. | |||||||||
| 5 | François-Marie Arouet | It's not Molière (he was in the last contest), so it must be the other classic French writer you know. | |||||||||
| 6 | William Sydney Porter | For some reason, his name gives me a craving for chocolate. | |||||||||
| 7 | Francis Bacon | According to some, anyway. | |||||||||
| 8 | Alyssa Rosenbaum | Renaming herself after a typewriter, she became the centre of a cult. | |||||||||
| 9 | Solomon J. Rabinowitz | "Peace be with you," he says from every book cover. | |||||||||
| 10 | Kathleen Beauchamp | Those who think writing is a man's field should read Kate's stories. | |||||||||
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We had six people get all the answers right. The three names drawn to receive prizes were Arnold Choi of Toronto, T.A. Williard of Ottawa, and Annie Johnson of Cleveland. They've chosen Felicia's Journey, Hamlet and The Garden Party and Other Stories from among the book prizes offered. Answers: 1. Lewis Carroll 2. George Sand 3. William Trevor 4. Nathaniel West 5. Voltaire 6. O. Henry 7. William Shakespeare 8. Ayn Rand 9. Sholom Aleichem 10. Katherine Mansfield |
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