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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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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