Which children's author was born on March 2, 1904, a date now celebrated as Read Across America Day?

The British royal family's surname, adopted in 1917, comes from which castle? "Castle Richmond" (1860) is a novel by which author of "Barchester Towers"? Castles offered great protection until the 1400s, when which weapons came into wide use? Castor and Pollux are known as the twin sons of which god? Who wrote the play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"? What is the name of the portly patriarch in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"? In a 1971 Top 40 hit, Cat Stevens sings of being followed by what? A catamaran is a boat with two of what?