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|    Message 30,965 of 32,813    |
|    Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 4, Rounds 2-3: pr    |
|    31 May 22 18:08:20    |
      From: gromit82@hotmail.com              On Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 4:00:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:              > * Game 4, Round 2 - History - The Older Professions       >       > Not *the* oldest, but certainly older profession names. We give       > several titles for the *same job*; you tell what that person does.       > For example, if we said "wainwright", the answer would be "wagon       > maker".       >       > 1. Redsmith, aurifaber.              goldsmith              > 3. Fletcher, tipper, piler.              arrow maker              > 5. Verger, sexton, barton, bedman.              janitor              > 6. Webster, tapiter, tapicer, tixtor.              clothmaker              > 8. Trampler, stuff gownsman, pettifogger.              lawyer              > 9. Tranqueter, cooper, woodbreaker, backmaker.              barrelmaker              > * Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Literature - Toronto Writers       >       > All of these writers have lived much or all of their lives       > in Toronto. We name two or three books; you name the writer.       > We've even kindly provided a cheat sheet:       >       > Ian Adams Hugh Garner Peter C. Newman       > Margaret Atwood Phyllis Gotleib Michael Ondaatje       > Mel Bradshaw Katherine Govier Andrew Pyper       > Austin Clarke Sandra Gulland Paul Quarrington       > John Robert Colombo Lawrence Hill Michael Redhill       > Robertson Davies Anne Ireland Nino Ricci       > Cory Doctorow Guy Gavriel Kay Peter Robinson       > Jill Edmondson Anne-Marie MacDonald Robert J. Sawyer       > Howard Engel Rosemary McCracken Susan Swan       > Marian Engel Judith Merril Margaret Visser       > Northrop Frye Anne Michaels Bob Ward       > Mavis Gallant Rohinton Mistry       >       > 1. "Cabbagetown", "Death in Don Mills".              Phyllis Gotleib; Mel Bradshaw              > 2. "Such a Long Journey", "A Fine Balance".              Katherine Govier; Andrew Pyper              > 3. "Lunatic Villas", "The Glassy Sea", "Bear".              Austin Clarke; Sandra Gulland              > 4. "Black Berry", "Sweet Juice", "The Book of Negroes".              Rohinton Mistry; Ian Adams              > 5. "The Polished Hoe", "Growing Up Stupid under the Union Jack".              Hugh Garner; Peter C. Newman              > 6. "The Neanderthal Parallax", "Calculating God", "Flashforward".              Robert J. Sawyer              > 7. "Fables of Brunswick Avenue", "The Ghost Brush", "Angel Walk".              Howard Engel; Rosemary McCracken              > 8. "From the Fifteenth District", "Home Truths", "Paris Notebooks".              Susan Swan; Marian Engel              > 9. "Fall on Your Knees", "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning       > Juliet)".              Margaret Visser; Anne Michaels              > 10. "Anatomy of Criticism", "the Well-Tempered Critic", "The       > Educated Imagination".              Northrop Frye              --       Joshua Kreitzer       gromit82@hotmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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