From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, May 2, 2022 at 9:07:15 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 2 - History - Time Man of the Years   
   >   
   > This round is about people who have been "Time" magazine's   
   > "Man of the Year" *twice*. Given the years and maybe another   
   > clue, identify the person. Except as otherwise noted, all were   
   > [1] male, [2] American, and [3] politicians (or might be considered   
   > politicians), in both years. Non-Americans are identified here   
   > only by continent.   
   >   
   > 1. 1943 (not then a politician) and 1947.   
      
   George Marshall   
      
   > 2. 1939 and 1942, European.   
      
   Adolf Hitler   
      
   > 3. 1940 and 1949, European.   
      
   Winston Churchill   
      
   > 4. 1944 (not then a politician) and 1959.   
      
   Dwight Eisenhower   
      
   > 5. 1964 and 1967.   
      
   Lyndon Johnson   
      
   > 6. 1987 and 1989, European.   
      
   Mikhail Gorbachev   
      
   > 7. 1978 and 1985, Asian.   
      
   Deng Xiaoping   
      
   > 8. 1980 and 1983.   
      
   Ronald Reagan   
      
   > 9. 1992 and 1998.   
      
   Bill Clinton   
      
   > 10. 1945 and 1948.   
      
   Harry Truman   
      
   > Continuing to the present, when the title is "Person of the Year",   
   > there've been one or two others, depending on how you count.   
   > "The American soldier" was named generically in 1950 and 2003.   
   > Answer the other if you like for fun, but no points:   
   >   
   > 11. 2008 and 2012.   
      
   Barack Obama   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 3 - Literature - Children's Stories   
   >   
   > In each case, from the list of three children's books by one author,   
   > name that author.   
   >   
   > 1. "Matilda", "Fantastic Mr. Fox", "James and the Giant Peach".   
      
   Dahl   
      
   > 2. "Stuart Little", "The Trumpet of the Swan", "Charlotte's Web".   
      
   White   
      
   > 3. "Thumbelina", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Ugly Duckling".   
      
   Anderson   
      
   > 4. "The Bad Beginning", "The Ersatz Elevator", "The Penultimate   
   > Peril".   
      
   Lemony Snicket   
      
   > 5. "The Giving Tree", "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "A Light in   
   > the Attic".   
      
   Silverstein   
      
   > 8. "The Tale of Pigling Brand", "The Tale of Tom Kitten",   
   > "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies".   
      
   Potter   
      
   > 9. "If I Ran the Zoo", "Bartholomew and the Oobleck", "Yertle the   
   > Turtle and Other Stories".   
      
   Dr. Seuss   
      
   > 10. "Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or: There Must be More to Life",   
   > "Mommy?", "Where the Wild Things Are".   
      
   Sendak   
      
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   Joshua Kreitzer   
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