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In 1995, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded its prestigious "genius grant" fellowship — a no-strings-attached prize of $295,000 — to a science fiction author for the first time in the program's history. The recipient had published Kindred (1979), a time-travel novel confronting American slavery, and Parable of the Sower (1993), a dystopian survival story set in a collapsed California. Name this author.
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Possible QScores
100
80.37
56.13
43.86
Answer Breakdown
| Clues Used | |||||
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Submissions | 168 | 67 | 66 | 25 | 326 |
| % of Total | 51.53% | 20.55% | 20.25% | 7.67% | |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Correct | 160 | 64 | 63 | 24 | 311 |
| % of Correct | 51.45% | 20.58% | 20.26% | 7.72% | |
| % of Answers | 49.08% | 19.63% | 19.33% | 7.36% | |
| Clues Used | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Incorrect | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| % of Incorrect | 53.33% | 20% | 20% | 6.67% | |
| % of Answers | 2.45% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.31% | |
95.4%
4.6%
48.47%
Most Common Incorrect Answer
| Answer | Count |
|---|---|
| “Leguin” | 2 |