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|    Message 31,202 of 32,813    |
|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 8, Rounds 9-10: slog    |
|    17 Dec 22 11:27:06    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > ** 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?              Marsden              (My mind is not really able to find the exact name. I believe that is       actually the name of a rock'n'roller. But I can at least try it.)              > * D. I Pity the Fool       >       > In each case, name the trash-talking boxer.       >       > D1. He had these words for his opponent Lennox Lewis in 2002:       > "My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable.       > And I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want       > to eat his [sic] children. Praise be to Allah."              Mick Tyson              > D2. In 1975 he said his opponent Joe Frazier "is so ugly that he       > should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife". Later,       > in the build-up to the notorious Thrilla in Manila, he said,       > "It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when       > I get the gorilla in Manila."              Muhammed Ali              > * 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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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