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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 1, Rounds 2-3: sport   
   24 May 23 21:11:52   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 1, Round 2 - Sports - Droughts   
   >   
   > 3. Hockey, 1940-94.   
      
   Montréal Canadiens   
      
   > 4. Hockey, 1961-2010.   
      
   Detroit Red Wings   
      
   > 5. American football, 1969-present.   
      
   Green Bay Packers   
      
   > 6. American football, 1964-present.   
      
   Green Bay Packers   
      
   > 7. Soccer World Cup, 1966-present.   
      
   England   
      
   > 8. Soccer World Cup, never won.  Lost World Cup final in 1974,   
   >    1978, and 2010.   
      
   Netherlands   
      
   > 9. Hockey, never won (although an unrelated team last won in 1927).   
   >    Lost Stanley Cup final in 2007.   
      
   Vancouver Cannucks   
      
   > 10. American football, never won.  Lost Super Bowl in 1991, 1992, 1993,   
   >    and 1994.   
      
   Green Bay Packers   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - The Next Book   
   >   
   > We'll give you the author, and one of their works.  You tell us   
   > the sequel (or in general the next book in the series).   
   >   
   > 1. "2001: A Space Odyssey", by Arthur C. Clarke.   
      
   2010   
      
   > 7. "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee.   
      
   Oops. OK, there was eventually a second book released under her   
   name - but did she actually write it?   
      
   > 8. "Catch-22", by Joseph Heller.   
   > 9. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", by Lewis Carroll.   
      
   Through the Looking Glass   
      
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg   
   > dhrfgvba, gur frdhry, yvxr gur svefg obbx, unf n znva gvgyr   
   > naq n fhogvgyr.  Vs lbh bayl tnir gur znva gvgyr, tb onpx naq   
   > pbzcyrgr gur nafjre.  Vs lbh qvq vapyhqr gur fhogvgyr naq vg jnf   
   > "Gur Lrne Jr Znxr Pbagnpg", gura lbh'er guvaxvat bs gur zbivr   
   > irefvba (juvpu, vapvqragnyyl, jnf nyfb vffhrq jvgubhg n fhogvgyr),   
   > naq jr'yy trarebhfyl nyybj lbh gb tb onpx naq pbeerpg gur fhogvgyr.   
      
   Well, I tried to get away with only the year. But it seems that I   
   don't.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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