Question
In the 1920s, this author worked at the Brunner-Mond chemical plant where the Haber process was first commercialized in Britain. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author who was inspired by that factory to name a character “Mustapha Mond” in his novel Brave New World.
ANSWER: Aldous Huxley [or Aldous Leonard Huxley]
[10m] Though mostly complimentary to Alfred Mond, Brave New World is harsher to this real-life contemporary, whose lifetime defines year zero in the World State’s calendar.
ANSWER: Henry Ford
[10h] Aldous Huxley hinted at the dystopian future he would write about in Brave New World through a vision by Mr. Scogan in this novel which has a title resembling a chemical. Denis Stone attends a party in this first published novel by Aldous Huxley.
ANSWER: Crome Yellow
<Adam Silverman, Literature - British - Long Fiction> ~22177~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 21.11 | 97% | 78% | 36% |