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   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   
      
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