Question

A character created by this author titles a painting in which a seated, bare-chested woman wears a large hat and robe of the same red color and mossy decalcomania texture as the surrounding landscape. For a Maecenas Press printing of a book by this author, a melting clock table was illustrated in one of twelve heliogravures by Salvador Dali. One reptile’s body serves as a ship on which six similar figures sit in a painting and sculpture titled for a poem by this author and created (15[1])by (*) Leonora Carrington. This author dropped the chapter (10[1])“The Wasp in a Wig” on the advice of an illustrator who drew a duchess based on Quentin Matsys’s Ugly Duchess, (10[1])per an annotated edition by Martin Gardner. (10[1])This author created a character who wears a horseshoe-shaped headband now named for her in illustrations by John Tenniel. For 10 points, name this author of (10[1])Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Lewis Carroll [or Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (The first line refers to Max Ernst’s Alice in 1941; the Carrington artworks are both titled How Doth the Little Crocodile.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofNortheast by Northwestern8515
Justin WytmarWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?BHSU ReFantazio9310
Henry CafaroThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)BHSU Rebirth11410
Annabelle YangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking12110
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysClown Squad14710
Stephen HeritageNotre DameClown Senpais15210

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