From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 5/14/22 21:09, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Which US bank lost about $2,000,000,000 through a "terrible,   
   >     egregious mistake"?   
   >   
   > 2. Why was Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in the news this   
   >     week?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
      
   school that you graduated from   
      
   > 3. Ante bellum.   
      
   something from before the American Civil War   
      
   > 4. Caveat emptor.   
      
   let the buyer beware   
      
   > 5. Corpus delicti.   
      
   delicious body  :-)   
      
   > 6. Cum laude.   
      
   graduated with a high grade point average   
      
   > 7. De jure.   
      
   by law   
      
   > 8. Ex cathedra.   
      
   refering to papal decrees that are pronouncements of official doctrine   
      
   > 9. In camera.   
      
   legislative body acting as a committee of the whole   
      
   > 10. Pro tempore.   
      
   US Senate: President pro tempore -- substitute presiding officer when   
   the Vice President is not in attendance   
      
   (that's one answer, just in case you weren't sure)   
      
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   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   > Note: where applicable we need the specific novel, not the series.   
   > Also note: the works may not be in English, in which case the   
   > titles shown were taken from a noted translation.   
   >   
   > 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".   
   >   
   > 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".   
   >   
   > 3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell   
   >     Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years   
   >     Later".   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 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".   
      
   The Three Musketeers   
      
   >   
   > 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".   
   >   
   > 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".   
      
   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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