Question
Allen Lane and his brothers founded this company to sell color-coded paperbacks through Woolworths for sixpence. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this company that publishes canonical literature through an imprint of “Classics” with black spines.
ANSWER: Penguin Books [accept Penguin-Random House, accept Penguin Classics; reject “Random House”]
[10h] The Penguin Classics series was started by this British poet and classicist whose translation of the Odyssey was the first book in the series.
ANSWER: E. V. Rieu [or Emile Victor Rieu]
[10m] Romek Marber, who designed the covers for the Penguin Crime series, added a small white figure to visually identify books by this author. This author wrote about an aristocratic detective in novels like The Nine Tailors.
ANSWER: Dorothy Sayers [or Dorothy Leigh Sayers] (The detective is Lord Peter Wimsey.)
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Georgia Tech A | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |