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Who wrote the novel 1984?
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George Orwell
The answer was George Orwell. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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Why it's right
George Orwell published 1984 in 1949 as a dystopian political novel.
Source trail
This answer is checked against Encyclopaedia Wikipedia: George Orwell.
About the choices
A good trivia question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.
- Aldous Huxley - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- George Orwell - correct answer.
- Ray Bradbury - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Ernest Hemingway - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
What to remember
George Orwell is the one to remember. George Orwell published 1984 in 1949 as a dystopian political novel. Orwell also wrote Animal Farm, another influential political allegory.
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