From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 11:09:42 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases   
   >   
   > This round is an in situ test of whether you are compos mentis   
   > of Latin phrases, those short italic inclusions in sentences.   
   > Give the most common intent or usage for each of terms, or you   
   > will be kicking yourself ex post. Don't expect romanes eunt domus.   
   >   
   > *Note* that the "most common" intent or usage is not necessarily   
   > the same as a literal translation of the Latin. In some cases a   
   > literal translation will be deemed too far from the most common   
   > usage today, and marked wrong. Feel free to explain your answers   
   > at length to clarify the meaning; just be sure, if you make two   
   > guesses that are similar, to clearly identify them as separate   
   > answers rather than one answer and a clarification.   
   >   
   > 1. Mala fide.   
      
   bad faith   
      
   > 2. Alma mater.   
      
   the school from which one graduated   
      
   > 3. Ante bellum.   
      
   before the war   
      
   > 4. Caveat emptor.   
      
   let the buyer beware   
      
   > 5. Corpus delicti.   
      
   evidence of crime   
      
   > 6. Cum laude.   
      
   with honors   
      
   > 7. De jure.   
      
   by law   
      
   > 8. Ex cathedra.   
      
   from a bishop's seat (used in reference to a declaration to indicate its   
   officialness)   
      
   > 9. In camera.   
      
   in (a judge's) chambers   
      
   > 10. Pro tempore.   
      
   temporary   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse   
   >   
   > We give you the year of a novel, poem, or other work, and a list   
   > of some of its chapter, verse, or other sub-divisional titles   
   > (in order as they occur in the work). You name the work.   
   >   
   > 1. 1964: "The First Two Finders", "Grampa Joe Takes a Gamble",   
   > "The Big Day Arrives", "Good-Bye Violet", "The Nut Room",   
   > "The Other Kids Go Home".   
      
   "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"   
      
   > 2. 1850: "The Prison Door", "Hester At Her Needle", "Pearl",   
   > "The Leech and His Patient", "The Minister's Vigil", "The Pastor   
   > and His Parishioner", "The Procession".   
      
   "The Scarlet Letter"   
      
   > 3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell   
   > Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years   
   > Later".   
      
   "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"   
      
   > 4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",   
   > "Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns   
   > to Battle", "The Death of Hector".   
      
   "The Iliad"   
      
   > 5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig   
   > and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".   
      
   "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"; "Through the Looking Glass"   
      
   > 6. 1859: "The Wine-Shop", "The Shoemaker", "Five Years Later",   
   > "Monseigneur in Town", "Two Promises", "Still Knitting",   
   > "The Knitting Done", "The Footsteps Die Out Forever".   
      
   "A Tale of Two Cities"   
      
   > 7. 1950: "What Lucy Found There", "Turkish Delight", "A Day   
   > with the Beavers", "Aslan is Nearer", "Peter's First Battle",   
   > "The Hunting of the White Stag".   
      
   "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"   
      
   > 8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",   
   > "Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".   
      
   "Ulysses"   
      
   > 9. 1885: "Our Gang's Dark Oath", "I Fool Pap and Get Away",   
   > "I Spare Miss Watson's Jim", "An Arkansas Difficulty", "Why   
   > They Didn't Hang Jim".   
      
   "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"   
      
   > 10. 1937: "An Unexpected Party", "Over Hill and Under Hill",   
   > "Riddles in the Dark", "Flies and Spiders", "Barrels out   
   > of Bounds", "On the Doorstep", "A Thief in the Night", "The   
   > Return Journey".   
      
   "The Hobbit"   
      
   > This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like   
   > for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 11. 5th Century BC: "Laying Plans", "Tactical Dispositions", "Weak   
   > Points and Strong", "Maneuvering", "Terrain", "The Use of Spies".   
      
   "The Art of War"   
      
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