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April 28, 2009

Dan Brown quiz answers

dan brown, the lost symbolAs promised, here are the answers to our quiz on Dan Brown, who wrote The Da Vinci Code and is preparing for the September release of The Lost Symbol. (Some readers asked about the source of the  information; it's from Brown's website and various articles.)

1. As a singer-songwriter and pianist, he recorded an album called Angels & Demons.

2-3. His first book, 187 Men to Avoid: A Survival Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman, was published under the pseudonym Danielle Brown.

4. Brown first learned of the mysteries hidden in Da Vinci's paintings while studying art history at the University of Seville.

5. To battle writer’s block, he has hung upside down by using gravity boots.

6. He doesn't believe in pop culture myths such as extraterrestrial visitors, crop circles and the Bermuda Triangle.

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.
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