From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 5/2/22 19:07, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. After being charged with obstruction of justice in the   
   >     investigation of a tandem hang-gliding accident, why was pilot   
   >     William Jon Orders held in custody for longer than normal?   
   >   
   > 2. Explain the significance in this week's news of the phrase   
   >     "I'll Have Another".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   > *Hint:* FDR was Man of the Year three times, so he's not here.   
   >   
   > 1. 1943 (not then a politician) and 1947.   
      
   MacArthur   
      
   > 2. 1939 and 1942, European.   
      
   Hitler   
      
   > 3. 1940 and 1949, European.   
      
   Churchill   
      
   > 4. 1944 (not then a politician) and 1959.   
      
   Eisenhower   
      
   > 5. 1964 and 1967.   
      
   Johnson   
      
   > 6. 1987 and 1989, European.   
      
   Gorbachev   
      
   > 7. 1978 and 1985, Asian.   
      
   Deng Xiaoping   
      
   > 8. 1980 and 1983.   
      
   Reagan   
      
   > 9. 1992 and 1998.   
      
   Clinton   
      
   > 10. 1945 and 1948.   
      
   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.   
      
   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".   
   > 2. "Stuart Little", "The Trumpet of the Swan", "Charlotte's Web".   
   > 3. "Thumbelina", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Ugly Duckling".   
   > 4. "The Bad Beginning", "The Ersatz Elevator", "The Penultimate   
   >     Peril".   
   >   
   > 5. "The Giving Tree", "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "A Light in   
   >     the Attic".   
   >   
   > 6. "Lost in the Barrens", "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be", "Curse of   
   >     the Viking Grave".   
   >   
   > 7. "The Very Lonely Firefly", "The Grouchy Ladybug", "The Very   
   >     Hungry Caterpillar".   
   >   
   > 8. "The Tale of Pigling Brand", "The Tale of Tom Kitten",   
   >     "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies".   
   >   
   > 9. "If I Ran the Zoo", "Bartholomew and the Oobleck", "Yertle the   
   >     Turtle and Other Stories".   
      
   Dr Suess   
      
   >   
   > 10. "Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or: There Must be More to Life",   
   >     "Mommy?", "Where the Wild Things Are".   
   >   
      
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