Tuesday 27th June 2023
Difficulty: Very hard
The War Of The Worlds (Quiz #221)
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"The War of the Worlds" was an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel of the same name, directed and narrated by Orson Welles and performed and broadcast live on October 30, 1938 over the CBS Radio Network. The episode is famous for inciting a panic by convincing some members of the listening audience that a Martian invasion was taking place.
1. Where did the Martians first land, according to the radio broadcast?
2. At how many points during the broadcast were announcements made that "The War of the Worlds" was a dramatization of a work of fiction?
3. What coincidental event in a town called Concrete, in Washington, helped to increase the level of public panic?
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