Statistics for Words from Literature

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Author	Definition	Answer	% Correct
		1984	85%
		Utopia	85%
Sir Thomas More	A perfect society	Utopia	85%
Joseph Heller	A situation that is unwinnable because of conflicting or paradoxical conditions	Catch-22	78%
		Catch-22	78%
George Orwell	An authority with complete control over people's lives	Big Brother	74%
		Gulliver's Travels	74%
Jonathan Swift	Very small	Lilliputian	63%
		The Odyssey	56%
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	56%
		"Jabberwocky" / Through the Looking-Glass	55%
Karel Čapek	An automated and programmable machine that can carry out complex tasks	Robot	53%
L. Frank Baum	Something, especially a person, that is short in stature	Munchkin	51%
		Paradise Lost	42%
Homer	An experienced or trusted adviser or teacher	Mentor	37%
Lewis Carroll	A sort of chuckling snort	Chortle	27%
John Milton	Wild and noisy confusion; chaos	Pandemonium	20%
		"Burning Chrome" / Neuromancer	16%
Dr. Seuss	A person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted, or lacking social skills	Nerd	16%
William Gibson	The online world of information, or a virtual reality representation of that world	Cyberspace	13%
		R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots)	4%
		If I Ran the Zoo	1%