Trivia For July 28, 2026

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American Women Authors of the 1960s

Question 1:

Fill in the blank: Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent __ helped jump-start the global environmental movement.

Spring

  • The book the documented the environmental harm caused by DDT and other chemical pesticdes, and exposed the chemical industry's false marketing which claimed that DDT was safe.

Question 2:

In E. L. Konigsburg's children's book, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967), two runaway siblings hide out in this New York City cultural institution.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • The book won the annual Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1968.

Question 3:

Name the 1967 coming-of-age novel with the iconic line, "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."

The Outsiders

  • One of the first young adult (YA) novels, S. E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was sixteen. Her given names are Susan Eloise, but she used initials so the book wouldn't be dismissed by reviewers and readers.

Question 4:

The Group (1963), by this author, is about eight recent graduates from Vassar College.

Mary McCarthy

  • McCarthy's novel touched on controversial topics for its time, such as free love, contraception, abortion, lesbianism, and mental illness. On release, it was banned in Australia, Italy, and Ireland.

Question 5:

In this 1961 book, Jane Jacobs critiques mid-century urban planning policy, and in particular the New York City infrastructure projects of Robert Moses.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

  • This extremely influential book advocated against large-scale urban renewal programs that affected entire neighborhoods and built freeways through inner cities. Instead, Jacobs prescribed dense mixed-use development and walkable streets.

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