From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 12:40:19 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Nursery Rhymes    
   >    
   > For most Western children their earliest exposure to literature is    
   > through nursery rhymes, which are also sometimes called Mother Goose    
   > rhymes. Here are some of the old standbys. We will read the first    
   > few lines and you will supply the next line. Warning: *Be exact!*    
   > Variations will be allowed only in a few specific minor words.    
   >    
   > 1. Georgie Porgie, puddin' and pie,    
   > Kissed the girls and made them cry,    
   > When the boys came out to play...    
      
   Georgie Porgie ran away   
      
   > 3. Jack Sprat could eat no fat,    
   > His wife could eat no lean,    
   > And so betwixt the two of them...    
      
   They licked the platter clean   
       
   > 4. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree.    
   > Merry, merry king of the bush is he.    
   > Laugh, Kookaburra,    
   > Laugh, Kookaburra...    
      
   Gay your life must be   
      
   > 5. Ladybug! Ladybug!    
   > Fly away home.    
   > Your house is on fire...    
      
   Your children alone   
      
   > 6. Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep    
   > And can't tell where to find them.    
   > Leave them alone,    
   > And they'll come home...    
      
   Wagging their tails behind them   
      
   > 7. Mary, Mary, quite contrary,    
   > How does your garden grow?    
   > With silver bells and cockleshells...    
      
   And pretty maids all in a row   
      
   > 8. Old King Cole was a merry old soul,    
   > And a merry old soul was he.    
   > He called for his pipe,    
   > And he called for his bowl...    
      
   And he called for his fiddlers three   
      
   > 9. Simple Simon met a pieman,    
   > Going to the fair.    
   > Said Simple Simon to the pieman...    
      
   May I taste your ware?   
      
   > 10. Three blind mice. Three blind mice.    
   > See how they run. See how they run.    
   > They all ran after the farmer's wife...    
      
   She cut off their tails with a carving knife   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 8 - Geography - Geographical Dogs    
   >    
   > Many purebred dog breeds have names that connect them to their    
   > country or region of origin. The numbered photos    
   >    
   > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/4-8/geogs.jpg    
   >    
   > are of 12 such breeds. In each case, give the name of the breed,    
   > including the geographical descriptor (which may be the whole name    
   > or just part of it).    
      
   No answers for me here.   
      
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   Joshua Kreitzer   
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