Question
At the end of this story, the protagonist realizes that he can now understand Stowsher Bill while sitting on a bench in the Domain and crying. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this story in which the aging former boxing champion Tom King finds that he is too literally hungry to beat the younger Sandel, who is merely figuratively hungry.
ANSWER: “A Piece of Steak” (by Jack London)
[10e] The term “filet mignon” first appeared in “A Service of Love,” a story from this author's collection The Four Million, which also contains his “The Gift of the Magi.”
ANSWER: O. Henry [or William Sydney Porter]
[10m] The Japanese TV show My American Wife! promotes beef eating in this author's novel My Year of Meats. This Canadian-American author also explored cultural differences between the US and Japan in her 2013 novel A Tale for the Time Being.
ANSWER: Ruth Ozeki
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