The American Dream
Evil and Violence
Dystopia
South Africa
Literature and war
100

How many states make up the US?

50. Not 49, 51 or 52. 50.

100
At which university did the prison experiment take place?

Stanford

100

What is the opposite of dystopia?

Utopia
100

Name the most famous president of South African history

Nelson Mandela

100

When did World War One take place?

1914 - 1918

200

To which party does the current US president belong?

Republicans

200

Who played Tom Stall in "A History of Violence"?

Viggo Mortensen

200

Who wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four?

George Orwell

200

Which president abolished apartheid?

De Klerk

200

In "Soldier's Home", what does Harold Krebs (probably) suffer from?

PTSD/shell shock

300

Which state was Arnold Schwarzenegger governor of?

California

300

What's the difference between moral and natural evil?

One "just happens", the other is done voluntarily

300

All animals are equal, but ...

... some animals are more equal than others

300

At the end of The Guilt, what symbolically takes the place of the main character's dead husband's place?

A gun

300

Who directed "They Shall Not Grow Old"?

Peter Jackson

400

When is the original Independence Day?

July 4, 1776

400

According to "Do ruthless people really get ahead?", what traits make up "the dark triad"?

Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy

400

In 2BR02B, the US population is stable at how many people?

40 million "souls"

400

What is the name of the main character of The Guilt?

Lilian Thurgood

400

If I should die, think only this of me
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is ________ (two words)

forever England

500

Fill in the blank: "Give me your tired, your poor, your ______ yearning to breathe free" (two words - exact quote!)

huddled masses

500

Who wrote "The Lottery"?

Shirley Jackson
500

In Children of Men, what does Kee name her newborn baby?

Dylan

500

Who wrote Country Lovers?

Nadine Gordimer

500

Who wrote "Counter-Attack"?

Siegfried Sassoon