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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 9, Rounds 2-3: la   
   01 Aug 22 16:12:00   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, August 1, 2022 at 5:16:18 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Famous Last Words   
   >   
   > We give you the reported last words (in translation if necessary)   
   > of a well-known personage, along with their the date of death and   
   > some more information. You name the person.   
   >   
   > 1. Died 0041-01-24; Roman emperor. "I am still alive!"   
      
   Nero   
      
   > 2. Died 1945-04-12; American. "I have a terrible headache."   
      
   Franklin Roosevelt   
      
   > 3. Died 1977-08-16; American singer. "I hope I haven't bored you."   
      
   Elvis Presley   
      
   > 4. Died 212 BC; Greek engineer/mathematician. "Do not disturb my circles."   
      
   Archimedes   
      
   > 5. Died 1793-10-16; French. "Pardon me, sir. I did not do it   
   > on purpose."   
      
   Marie Antoinette   
      
   > 6. Died 1882-04-19; British scientist. "I am not the least afraid   
   > to die."   
      
   Charles Darwin   
      
   > 8. Died 1883-03-14; multi-faceted German. "Go on, get out.   
   > Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."   
      
   Karl Marx   
      
   > 9. Died 1967-10-09; Argentinian. "I know you have come to kill me.   
   > Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man."   
      
   Che Guevara   
      
   > 10. Died 1953-11-27; American playwright. "I knew it. I knew it.   
   > Born in a hotel room, and God damn it, died in a hotel room."   
      
   Eugene O'Neill   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 3 - Literature - 19th-Century Poets   
   >   
   > In this round, we give you the titles of three poems by a poet who lived   
   > sometime in the 19th century (although the poems may date from another   
   > century). You name the poet.   
   >   
   > 1. "Hyperion"; "To Autumn"; "The Eve of St Agnes".   
      
   Keats   
      
   > 2. "Gunga Din"; "The Female of the Species"; "If".   
      
   Kipling   
      
   > 4. "Sohrab and Rustum"; "The Scholar Gypsy"; "Dover Beach".   
      
   Arnold   
      
   > 7. "My Last Duchess"; "The Ring and the Book"; "The Pied Piper   
   > of Hamlin".   
      
   Browning   
      
   > 8. "Idylls of the King"; "In Memoriam A.H.H."; "Charge of the   
   > Light Brigade".   
      
   Tennyson   
      
   > 9. "Goblin Market"; "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Christmas carol);   
   > "When I am Dead My Dearest".   
      
   Rossetti   
      
   > 10. "The Dynasts"; "The Convergence of the Twain" (on the sinking   
   > of the Titanic); "The Darkling Thrush".   
      
   Hardy   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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