BIOGRAPHIES

The title of a biography or autobiography is given, along with a clue. Name the person who is the subject of the book. (e.g., “Crusader in Crinoline.” Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe.)

Freshman level

1. “Me.” His nicknames include “Rocket Man” and “I’m Still Standing.”

2. “A Thousand Days.” The U.S. president from 1961 to 1963.

3. “G-Man.” The first director of the FBI.

Graduate level

4. “Will in the World.” About “The Bard of Avon.”

5. “The First Tycoon.” American 19th century industrialist and philanthropist.

6. “American Prometheus.” The leader of the Manhattan Project.

Ph.D. level

7. “The Snowball.” Investor known as “The Oracle of Omaha.”

8. “Red Comet.” Poet and novelist who authored “The Bell Jar.”

9. “The Dead Are Arising.” Human rights activist who was assassinated in 1965.

Answers: 1. Elton John. 2. John F. Kennedy. 3. J. Edgar Hoover. 4. William Shakespeare. 5. Cornelius Vanderbilt. 6. J. Robert Oppenheimer. 7. Warren Buffett. 8. Sylvia Plath. 9. Malcolm X.

— North America Syndicate