Volante wrote:
I was in an authors mindset for final...Charles Dickens was the closest in range I could come up with, but he was pretty beloved. Once Alex spotted 'theory' after the clue, Oh. Duh. Darwin. Of COURSE the church would hate him. Curse me and my inability to think like an institution fighting the tides of the future!
I went down the same wrong path, thinking maybe it was an author who had books banned, then trying to think of a 19th century British author that famously had a book banned, which had me pretty much drawing a blank. Just to have something, I wrote down Huxley, thinking that Brave New World may have been banned at some point, though I don't even know very much about what it is about. While it was a pretty poor guess, as Huxley wasn't born until 1894, I wasn't terribly off-base, as the novel has been banned and challenged at various times. According to Wikipedia it was banned in Ireland for "its language, as well as being anti-family and anti-religion". It was also banned in Missouri and India, though no mentions of banning in England.
An interesting bit of trivia about Huxley, kind of the opposite from Darwin. Can you name two other famous people who died the same day he did?
Sherm wrote:
Though I couldn't think he ever did something so bad that the church would go back and forgive him after the fact.
Being Jewish?
I can't picture a church is going to forgive someone after the fact due to thier ethnicity. Thats just firestorm material. If Disraeli was on orthodox Jew that said some things offensive to the church of his era. Now, you might have something. Easy to know Disraeli was jewish based on his name, upon reading about him, he basically never practiced his jewish faith his entire life.
I'm one of those guys that is always going to write down some answer. I try to never leave it blank. Disraeli was my shot in the dark, based pretty much on the timeframe of birth and the fact that he ended up being a prominent Englishman that I knew not everyone liked.
They didn't have my favorite web music parody. For all you Breaking Bad fans, you must watch it, but be warned, it contains spoilers, and it will get stuck in your head.
thenextofken wrote:I was hoping Taylor would advance for a couple of reasons. One, she's from my neck of the woods. Two, this didn't come out in the show, but she has an inoperable brain tumor, according to an article in the Dallas Morning News. But that hasn't kept her from getting on with her life.
Best wishes go out to Taylor. If you're good enough to get on the show, you're already a winner.
