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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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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