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   Message 31,415 of 32,826   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 1, Rounds 2-3: sport   
   24 May 23 17:38:52   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 12:01:39 AM UTC-5, 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.    
   >    
   > 1. Baseball, 1908-2016.    
      
   Chicago Cubs   
      
   > 2. Baseball, 1948-present.    
      
   Cleveland Guardians   
      
   > 3. Hockey, 1940-94.   
      
   New York Rangers   
       
   > 4. Hockey, 1961-2010.    
      
   Chicago Blackhawks   
      
   > 5. American football, 1969-present.    
      
   New York Jets   
      
   > 6. American football, 1964-present.    
      
   Detroit Lions   
      
   > 7. Soccer World Cup, 1966-present.   
      
   England   
       
   > 8. Soccer World Cup, never won. Lost World Cup final in 1974,    
   > 1978, and 2010.    
      
   Netherlands   
      
   > 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.   
      
   "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"   
       
   > 3. "Anne of Green Gables", by Lucy Maud Montgomery.    
      
   "Anne of Avonlea"   
      
   > 5. "The Shining", by Stephen King.    
      
   "Doctor Sleep"   
      
   > 6. "Red Dragon", by Thomas Harris.    
      
   "The Silence of the Lambs"   
      
   > 7. "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee.   
      
   "Go Set a Watchman"   
       
   > 9. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", by Lewis Carroll.    
      
   "Through the Looking Glass"   
      
   > 10. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", by Roald Dahl.    
      
   "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator"   
      
   > 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.    
      
   Fhogvgyr nqqrq.   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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