Stupid Literary Answers
It is the title of Stephen King's novel about the creepy clown Pennywise
What is It?
This knight was so plump his belly was equal to pi times his diameter
Who is Sir Cumference?
Relinquishing power to Emperor Meiji in 1867, Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the last ruler of Japan to bear this title
What is Shogun?
He dedicated a 2000 book to Phyllis, "who made me put the dragons in"
Who is George R. R. Martin?
From "Sports and the Movies": A Geena Davis Institute study found shortly after a 2012 franchise film's release, women's participation in this sport rose 105%
What is Archery?
An epidemic of the bubonic plague overwhelms a city in this 1947 novel by Albert Camus
What is The Plague?
He hoped his wilderness skills, like finding food & shelter & making fires in the wild, would come in handy when British society collapsed
Who is Sir Vivalist?
From 1948 to 1967 Jerusalem was divided between Israel & this country
What is Jordan?
"Infamy" by John Toland is dedicated to the victims of this 1941 event
What is Pearl Harbor?
From "Historic Statements": He wrote of his intent "to reserve & throw away my first fire, & I have thoughts even of reserving my second fire"
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
It's the one-word title of Scott Turow's 2010 sequel to Presumed Innocent
What is Innocent?
For a boundary dispute with a rival king, King Arthur called on this knight equipped to settle the issue
Who is Sir Veyor?
The resolution of this gulf in 1964 escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
He dedicated "Love in the Time of Cholera" to Mercedes, his wife & muse
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
From "The Movies": Centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood helped inspire one of the main characters & the narrator of this film from the 1990s
What is Titanic?
Helen Huntingdon takes the name Graham when she goes into hiding at this home in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
What is Wildfell Hall?
This knight had rhythm! Though sadly more to do with 24-hour time periods than with music
Who is Sir Cadian?
From 1516 to 1700 this dynasty ruled Spain, but a childless Charles II's death led to a war of succession
What is the Habsburg Dynasty?
She dedicated a 2017 book to those out on their own paths setting "Little Fires"
Who is Celeste Ng?
From "Entertainers": In 2022 Jeff Bezos awarded her $100 million to give to charitable causes because "she gives with her heart"
Who is Dolly Parton?
As a woman's "sons grow up, she selects them as lovers" was D.H. Lawrence's synopsis of this novel
What is Sons and Lovers
He always took the kind of route named for him--6 hours of twists & turns for what should be a 2-hour ride back to Camelot
Who is Sir Cuitous?
Italian for "rising again", it was the 19th century movement to unify Italy
What is the Risorgimento?
In Wild Fire Nelson DeMille thanked this author & Joan Didion, "whose books are... before & after mine on bookshelves"
Who is Don DeLillo?
From "TV and Film Characters": He debuted on TV in 1967; the show's creator wanted someone from behind the Iron Curtain to be on "our side"
Who is Chekhov?