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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 8, Rounds 9-10: slog   
   16 Dec 22 22:32:08   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Slogans   
      
   > 1. "Because I'm worth it."   
      
   L'Oreal   
      
   > 2. "Think outside the bun."   
      
   Taco Bell   
      
   > 4. "The best a man can get."   
      
   Gillette   
      
   > 5. "Does she... or doesn't she?"   
      
   Clairol   
      
   > 6. "The happiest place on Earth."   
      
   Disney World   
      
   > 7. "Reach out and touch someone."   
      
   AT&T   
      
   > 10. "It's everywhere you want to be."   
      
   Visa   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - April Fool   
      
   > * A. What a Fool Believes   
      
   >    A2. The Ponzi scheme that he ran is considered to be the   
   >        largest financial fraud in US history.  He was arrested   
   >        in 2008.  Who """is""" he?   
      
   Bernie Madoff   
      
   > * B. A Fool's Paradise   
      
   >    B1. Who wrote it?   
      
   John Milton   
      
   >    B2. What biblical story is it based on?   
      
   Adam & Eve   
      
   > * C. Fool Me Once   
      
   >    C2. Name the 2002 movie that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as a man   
   >        who, after high school, began a short career of impersonating   
   >        professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots.   
      
   Catch Me If You Can   
      
   > * E. Fool's Gold   
      
   >    E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything with a purity   
   >        below what threshold in karats?  Answer within 2 karats.   
      
   14; 10   
      
   >    E2. What mineral has a superficial resemblance to gold, and   
   >        hence the common name "fool's gold"?   
      
   pyrite   
      
   > * F. A Fool to Try   
      
   >    F1. This tightrope-walking family was prominent from the 1930s   
   >        to the 1960s.  The great-grandson of the family patriarch   
   >        crossed Niagara Falls on a cable in 2012.  Give their   
   >        family name.   
      
   Wallenda   
      
   >    F2. This father and son performed stunts in different eras.   
   >        They both were best known for using motorcycles to jump   
   >        great distances.  Give their family name.   
      
   Knievel   
      
   --   
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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