Packet 7: Tossup 2

A book by this author inspired the title of an econometrics textbook billed as “an empiricist’s companion” by Pischke and Angrist. This author (15[1])inspired the title of a book that proposes the “axiom of effability” that “what can’t be said can’t be translated,” written by David Bellos. A character created (15[1])by this author titles a song (15[2])whose singer bemoans “the dust and the screaming, the yuppies networking” (15[3])and claims that (15[1])“when I am (*) king, you will be (10[1])first (10[2])against (10[1])the wall,” (10[2]-5[1])which (10[1])is the second (-5[1])track on Radiohead’s OK (10[1])Computer. (10[1])Superfans of (-5[1])this author (10[1])celebrate (10[1])May 25th (-5[1])as Towel Day (10[1]-5[1])in reference (10[3])to (10[2])a series (10[4]-5[2])in which Earth (10[1])is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace (10[1])bypass. (10[2]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[1])the answer of 42 to the “Ultimate (10[1])Question of Life” comes from what author’s series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

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