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|    Message 30,899 of 32,813    |
|    Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: epi    |
|    27 Mar 22 12:52:57    |
      From: gromit82@hotmail.com              On Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 11:09:07 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:              > * Game 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)       >       > 2. Hospital pharmacists are threatening that unless the government       > amends its plans to reform professions that have high entry       > barriers, they will cut Italians off from what prescription drug?              Viagra              > * Game 10, Round 2 - History - Famous Epitaphs       >       > In each case we will provide you with the epitaph and the year       > that the person died, and you give us the name of the person.       > Obviously, some were not originally in English; in one case we       > provide the original version as well. Most of these are found on       > actual gravestones that can still be seen today, but not all.       >       > 1. "She did it the hard way." (1989)              Bette Davis              > 2. "The best is yet to come." (1998)              Frank Sinatra              > 3. "Hey Ram" (translation: "Oh, God"). (1948)              Gandhi              > 4. "Everybody loves somebody sometime." (1995)              Dean Martin              > 6. "A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough."       > (323 BC)              Alexander the Great              > 7. "Murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is not worthy to       > appear here." (1882)              Jesse James (?)              > 9. "And alien tears will fill for him, pity's long broken urn.       > For his mourners will be outcast men and outcasts always mourn."       > (1900)              Oscar Wilde              > 10. "This Grave contains all that was Mortal, of a YOUNG ENGLISH       > POET, Who, on his Death Bed, in the Bitterness of his Heart,       > at the Malicious Power of his Enemies, Desired these words to       > be engraven on his Tomb Stone: 'Here lies One Whose Name was       > writ in Water.'" (1821)              Keats              > * Game 10, Round 3 - Sports - Sports Venues       >       > Ten questions about venues from a variety of different sports.       >       > 1. In which US city """is""" the Rose Bowl played? (Specific city,       > not the metropolitan area.)              Pasadena              > 2. In which US city """is""" the Gator Bowl played? (Specific       > city.)              Jacksonville              > 3. Which European soccer club """plays""" their home games at the       > Santiago Bernabeu stadium? (City and team name.)              FC Barcelona              > 4. Which European soccer club """plays""" their home games at       > Ibrox Stadium? (City and team name.)              Glasgow Rangers; Glasgow Celtic              > 5. """There is""" a rotation of 9 golf courses that regularly       > host the British Open. The Old Course at St. Andrews is the       > the most famous of these courses. Name any one of the other 8.       > If you want to show off by naming additional ones that aren't       > part of your answer, please put them in parentheses so I know       > how many answers you're giving.              Troon              > 6. Name the famous and picturesque golf club located on the south       > side of California's Monterey peninsula. It """hosts""" the       > annual AT&T Pro-Am tournament, and """has hosted""" the US Open       > Championship 5 times.              Pebble Beach              > 8. Spruce Meadows """is""" a sports facility located in the       > foothills of the Alberta Rocky Mountains just south of the city       > of Calgary. It """is""" probably Canada's preeminent venue       > for which sport?              rodeo              > 9. At which arena did the Detroit Red Wings play their home games       > prior to moving to Joe Louis Arena in 1979?              Cobo Hall              > 10. At which arena did the Philadelphia Flyers play their home       > games from 1967 to 1996, before moving to their """current"""       > home at the Wells Fargo Center?              The Spectrum              --       Joshua Kreitzer       gromit82@hotmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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