Question
These objects partially title a puzzle novel in which the reader must solve a murder mystery by correctly ordering a hundred pages into a coherent story, by E. Powys Mathers. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these objects. Many medieval illustrations depict Cain as having slain Abel with one of these objects, possibly paralleling a story from Judges in which a man slays a thousand Philistines with one of them.
ANSWER: asses' jawbones [or donkeys' jawbones; accept Cain's Jawbone; prompt on partial answer]
[10h] Mathers has been credited with the invention of these puzzles, which he set under the pseudonym "Torquemada." Clues in these puzzles typically consist of both a definition and a wordplay-based component.
ANSWER: cryptic crosswords [reject "crosswords"]
[10e] Mathers is probably best known for Black Marigolds, a loose translation of Bilhana's The Love Thief that's recited by the marine biologist Doc in this author's novel Cannery Row.
ANSWER: John Steinbeck
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| throw away your cards, rally in the streets | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Thompson et al. | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |