CRIME SCRAPS COMPETITION:THE BROKEN SHORE WON
To win a copy of Peter Temples's novel The Broken Shore set in Australia the question was:
Who was the commander of the largest Allied army corps on the Western Front in 1918, and what is his connection with a university and $100?
The winner by a few hours "Ah now I see" over a runner up who stated:
" I can't believe how obvious the answer is....."
That greatly pleased me as I was beginning to think my questions were too difficult.
Of course the answer was Sir John Monash, commander of the Australian Corps in 1918, whose picture is on the Australian $100 bill, and for whom Monash University is named.
Prize courtesy of Picador USA.
posted by Uriah Robinson at 2:26 AM
3 Comments:
This was a great question. Tricky but not impossible. It reminds me of a professor at my university who would give his classes a list of twelve questions that came to be known as his "dirty dozen." They challenged the librarians as much as the students.
Like others, I got hung up on Black Jack Pershing because I found a connection to $100. If I had remembered in time that that the U.S. is not the only country using the dollar as a unit of currency I might now be eagerly awaiting my copy of The Broken Shore.
As it is, I learned a bit more about World War One and I count that as a success.
So I say don't change the type of questions you pose.
Thanks Mack. I won't.
Never change, Norm --- we love you as you are. They broke the mould when they made you.
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