Literary Lights from the Land of Pleasant Living

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1. The postman sure didn't have to ring twice on July 1, 1892 when which author was born in Annapolis, Maryland? James M. Cain Edgar Allen Poe Norman Mailer Cornel Woolrich

2. It was a topper of a day on March 27, 1892 when which bewitched author was born in Annapolis, Maryland? Lewis Carroll Thorne Smith Charles Dickens P. G. Wodehouse

3. There was certainly no red storm rising in Baltimore, Maryland on the beautiful spring day of April 12, 1947 when which author was born? Len Deighton Robert Ludlum Ken Follett Tom Clancy

4. Although there was not a single Maltese falcon circling over Hopewell and Aim farm in southern Maryland on May 27, 1894, which author was born there? Raymond Chandler Norman Mailer Graham Greene Dashiell Hammett

5. Noted as one of the most influential American authors of the first half of the 20th century, which "Sage of Baltimore" was appropriately born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 12, 1880? William Randolph Hearst H. L. Mencken Henry Luce Edmund Wilson

6. Pardon me, but which manner obsessed author was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 27, 1872? Mr. Blackwell Judith Martin Heloise Evans Emily Post

7. Which muckraking author was not born in the jungle, but in Baltimore, Maryland on September 20, 1878? Ernest Hemingway Mark Twain John Steinbeck Upton Sinclair

8. What author, known for his outrageously concocted anecdotes about American founding fathers, was born on October 11, 1759 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland? Pope John Paul Rev. Billy Graham Father Edward J. Flanagan Parson Weems

9. Which divine cry baby director and author was swaddled in polyester upon his birth in Baltimore on April 22, 1946? Ed Wood Roger Corman John Waters Andy Warhol

10. On August 3, 1924 which author let out a battlecry after making his exodus from his mother's womb in Baltimore, Maryland? Winston Churchill Leon Uris Leo Tolstoy Lew Wallace