From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 2:05:34 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 7 - Literature - First Lines of Novels   
   >   
   > We will give you the first line of a novel (or of its English   
   > translation, if applicable), along with the year that the novel   
   > was published, and you give us the novel's title.   
   >   
   > 1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in   
   > possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. (1812)   
      
   "Pride and Prejudice"   
      
   > 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)   
      
   "The Catcher in the Rye"   
      
   > 4. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing   
   > a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.   
   > (1922)   
      
   "Ulysses"   
      
   > 5. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy   
   > in its own way. (1877)   
      
   "Anna Karenina"   
      
   > 6. Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or   
   > whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages   
   > must show. (1850)   
      
   "David Copperfield"   
   (although I would have expected #3 to say "all that  kind of crap"   
   in that case)   
      
   > 7. It was a pleasure to burn. (1953)   
      
   "Fahrenheit 451"   
      
   > 8. In the town, there were two mutes and they were always together.   
   > (1940)   
      
   "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"   
      
   > 9. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some   
   > advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. (1925)   
      
   "The Great Gatsby"   
      
   > 10. Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without   
   > having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested. (1925)   
      
   "The Trial"   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   Mitsubishi   
      
   > 4. Insight.   
      
   Kia   
      
   > 5. Flex.   
      
   Isuzu   
      
   > 6. Tiguan.   
      
   Hyundai; Mitsubishi   
      
   > 7. Grand Vitara.   
      
   Pontiac; Buick   
      
   > 8. Tribute.   
      
   Acura; Infiniti   
      
   > 9. Santa Fe.   
      
   Pontiac; Buick   
      
   > 10. 300.   
      
   Audi   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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