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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 8, Rounds 7-8: firs   
   08 Mar 22 19:59:59   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 8, Round 7 - Literature - First Lines of Novels   
   >   
   > 2. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking   
   >    thirteen.  (1949)   
      
   1984   
      
   > 3. If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll   
   >    probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy   
   >    childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all   
   >    before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of   
   >    crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know   
   >    the truth.  (1951)   
      
   To Kill a Mockingbird   
      
   > 7. It was a pleasure to burn.  (1953)   
      
   Farenheit 451   
      
   > 10. Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without   
   >    having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested.  (1925)   
      
   Catch-22   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Cars and their Manufacturers   
   >   
   > We give you a name of a """current""" car model (or it might   
   > be a minivan, SUV, or crossover, but not a pickup); you tell   
   > us which manufacturer """makes""" it, from the list provided.   
   > For manufacturers with distinct marque divisions, you must give   
   > us the division.  For example, if we said Enclave, Buick would be   
   > the correct answer and not General Motors.  Answers may repeat.   
   >   
   >       | Acura             | Infiniti          | Nissan   
   >       | Audi              | Isuzu             | Pontiac   
   >       | BMW               | Jeep              | Saab   
   >       | Buick             | Kia               | Saturn   
   >       | Chevrolet         | Land Rover        | Scion   
   >       | Chrysler          | Lexus             | Suzuki   
   >       | FIAT              | Lincoln           | Toyota   
   >       | Ford              | Mazda             | Volkswagen   
   >       | General Motors    | Mercedes          | Volvo   
   >       | Honda             | Mercury   
   >       | Hyundai           | Mitsubishi   
   >   
   > 1. Volt.   
      
   Chevrolet   
      
   > 2. Venza.   
      
   Fiat   
      
   > 3. Forte.   
      
   Lexus   
      
   > 4. Insight.   
      
   Lincoln   
      
   > 5. Flex.   
      
   Acura   
      
   > 6. Tiguan.   
      
   Chevrolet   
      
   > 7. Grand Vitara.   
      
   Isuzu   
      
   > 8. Tribute.   
      
   Scion   
      
   > 9. Santa Fe.   
      
   Mercury   
      
   > 10. 300.   
      
   BMW   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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