Question
This author coined the word "factoid." For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author who made his name with a war novel that used the word "fug" as a euphemism for the f word. A 1957 essay by this author helped define "hipster."
ANSWER: Norman Mailer [or Nachem Malech Mailer] (The "fug" book was The Naked and the Dead.)
[10e] Mailer, who also coined the word "ballsy," first used "factoid" in a book on this actress, a blonde sex symbol of the 1950s who was photographed standing over a subway grate in publicity for her film The Seven Year Itch.
ANSWER: Marilyn Monroe [or Norma Jeane Mortenson; prompt on Marilyn]
[10m] Mailer defined "factoid" as "newspaper creations ... to manipulate emotion in" this group. A 1969 Richard Nixon speech was addressed to this group which opposed the counterculture and supported the Vietnam War.
ANSWER: silent majority [accept great silent majority; prompt on majority]
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