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|    Message 31,414 of 32,813    |
|    Dan Tilque to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 1, Rounds 2-3: sport    |
|    24 May 23 18:44:09    |
      From: dtilque@frontier.com              On 5/23/23 22:01, Mark Brader wrote:       >       > * Game 1, Round 2 - Sports - Droughts       >       > We all know that the Leafs have not won the Stanley Cup in 55       > years. Given a sport and the relevant span of years, identify       > the team which has failed to win the applicable championship.       > Please specify location and team name, e.g. Toronto Maple Leafs.       >       > 1. Baseball, 1908-2016.              Chicago Cubs              > 2. Baseball, 1948-present.              Detroit Tigers              > 3. Hockey, 1940-94.       > 4. Hockey, 1961-2010.       > 5. American football, 1969-present.              Indianapolis Colts              > 6. American football, 1964-present.              Chicago Bears              > 7. Soccer World Cup, 1966-present.              UK              > 8. Soccer World Cup, never won. Lost World Cup final in 1974,       > 1978, and 2010.       > 9. Hockey, never won (although an unrelated team last won in 1927).       > Lost Stanley Cup final in 2007.       > 10. American football, never won. Lost Super Bowl in 1991, 1992, 1993,       > and 1994.              Buffalo Bills              >       >       > * 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: Odyssey Two              > 2. "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy", by Douglas Adams.              Restaurant at the End of the Universe              > 3. "Anne of Green Gables", by Lucy Maud Montgomery.       > 4. "The Handmaid's Tale", by Margaret Atwood.       > 5. "The Shining", by Stephen King.       > 6. "Red Dragon", by Thomas Harris.       > 7. "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee.       > 8. "Catch-22", by Joseph Heller.       > 9. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", by Lewis Carroll.              Through the Lookingglass              > 10. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", by Roald Dahl.       >       >       > 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.       >              --       Dan Tilque              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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