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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   
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