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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Final, Rounds 2-3: arts&    |
|    09 Apr 22 11:04:51    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > 1. More Masters controversy. The CEO of this corporation is given       > a membership at Augusta National Golf Club. The problem with       > that is, their new CEO is (gasp) a woman! What company?              Hewlett-Packard              > ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature       >       > * Artists       >       > 8. Who painted the 17th century work "Girl With a Pearl Earring",       > sometimes referred to as the "Mona Lisa of the North"?              Vermeer              > 9. The 1633 painting, "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee", that       > depicted the miracle of Jesus calming the waves was stolen       > in 1990 from a Boston museum in what was considered to be the       > biggest art theft in history. This painting is the only known       > seascape by which great artist?              Rembrandt van Rijn              > * Last Lines from Novels       >       > In each case, name the novel whose last line is being given.       >       > 10. "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man       > to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible       > to say which was which."              Aninmal Farm              > ** Final, Round 3 - Science       >       > * Clouds       >       > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi-03/cloud/1.jpg              Cumulus              > 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi-03/cloud/3.jpg              Cirrus              > 15. Who wrote "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica"       > (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)?              Newton              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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