David Sedaris
In “Us and Them,” the Tomkeys refuse to own this household technology.
A television
What is a social media detox?
An intentional break from social media
Nick Carraway moves to this area of Long Island, New York.
West Egg
The article “Being a Man” was written by this travel writer and essayist.
Paul Theroux
Who is Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper?
Mrs Hudson
In “Rubbish,” what does Sedaris try to find out about his neighbours by going through their rubbish?
Their personal/private lives
In the Black Mirror episode Nosedive, people constantly rate other on a scale of one to...?
5
Gatsby throws extravagant parties mainly to attract this person (full name).
Daisy Buchanan
The article on transgender women in sport discusses tensions between inclusion and this concept.
Fairness in sport.
In both the original and modern versions, Sherlock preserves a single, non-monetary souvenir of Irene; a photograph in the book, and this item in the show.
A smartphone
In “Jesus Shaves,” the students struggle to explain this Christian holiday in French class.
Easter
Jonathan Haidt argues that this generation experienced increased anxiety and depression partly because of smartphones and social media.
Gen Z / teenagers born after the mid-1990s
This symbol across the bay represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams.
The Green Light
On average, how many times more testosterone do men have in their bodies compared to women?
Four
In the original story, Irene Adler's profession is an opera singer, but in the modern TV adaptation, she works as this high-class profession.
A dominatrix
“Now We Are Five” mainly explores grief after the death by suicide of Sedaris’s ______.
Sister (Tiffany)
In Nosedive, Lacie’s social downfall begins after this important event goes wrong.
A wedding speech
In The Great Gatsby, Myrtle's husband, who eventually kills Gatsby, is called...?
George Wilson
Virginia Woolf invents this fictional sister of Shakespeare to demonstrate women’s lost potential.
Judith Shakespeare
In Belgravia, Irene's phone is protected by a 4-digit PIN; Sherlock cracks it because the code spells out this 4-letter word.
SHER (part of "I AM SHERLOCKED)
"Now we are Five" recounts a Sedaris family trip to a beach house on a certain isle in California. What is it called?
Emerald Isle
Haidt argues that social media affects teenagers negatively partly because it replaces this important developmental activity.
What is real-life social interaction / independent play / face-to-face interaction?
Meyer Wolfsheim
In A Room of One's Own, Woolf describes a meeting with a bishop who compares women to a certain animal, suggesting that both beings lack souls. What animal?
Cats
A Scandal in Belgravia features a phone packed with political secrets, including a government plot to let an aeroplane blow up. What is the number of the flight? (Clue: think of another well-known British fictional character)
Flight 007