Question
This author's relatives in the banking industry informed her character Leo, a bank teller who is pressured to steal railroad bonds. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author, whose childhood inspired Toys in the Attic. This author of Watch on the Rhine wrote about teachers accused of a lesbian affair in The Children’s Hour.
ANSWER: Lillian Hellman
[10m] Hellman’s family inspired the Hubbard family in this play and its prequel. In this play, Regina Giddens allows her husband Horace to die of a heart attack after he threatens to change his will, and blackmails her brothers to wrest control of a cotton mill.
ANSWER: The Little Foxes (The prequel is Another Part of the Forest.)
[10h] Hellman's relationship with Dashiell Hammett led him to fictionalize her as a character with this name in The Thin Man. James Joyce's play Exiles was inspired by his time in Trieste with his lover with this name.
ANSWER: Nora [accept Nora Barnacle; accept Nora Charles]
<Literature - American Literature - Drama>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northside College Prep | Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |