Question
Sexual experiences for the speaker of Phillip Larkin’s poem “Annus Mirabilis” began between the end of this book’s ban and “the Beatles’ first LP.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this book, which Gerald Gardiner defended for Penguin. During the obscenity trial for this book, Mervyn Griffith-Jones’ asked whether it was “a book that you would even wish your wife or servants to read?”
ANSWER: Lady Chatterley's Lover
[10h] A 1969 lawsuit over this other Penguin book caused the collapse of Australia’s censorship regime. This novel’s narrator tells stories of sexual encounters with an Assistant Commissioner of Human Opportunity.
ANSWER: Portnoy’s Complaint
[10e] In 2023, Penguin began printing unexpurgated versions of this author’s books after previously censoring fatphobic language in novels like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
ANSWER: Roald Dahl
<Literature - British Literature>
Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Gatherer | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers | Lehigh B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Yale | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |