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   Message 31,495 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 3, Rounds 7-8: tarot   
   24 Jun 23 21:42:10   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 6:06:12 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >    
   > * Game 3, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Tarot Cards    
   >    
   > The tarot deck includes 22 individually named cards called the    
   > "major arcana". Each question is to be answered with one of those    
   > card names. (For each one only the key word or phrase matters.    
   > If there was a card called "the Computer", we might ask you for    
   > "computers" or "a computer", and any of these would be correct.)    
   >    
   > 1. Carrie Nation could tell you about taking her 19th-century    
   > saloon-hatcheting alongside the WCTU, the Women's Christian    
   >  Union.    
      
   Temperance   
       
   > 2. Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp could tell you about a 2011 scandal    
   > involving their now defunct tabloid, "News of ".    
      
   The World   
      
   > 3. Nicola Yoon could tell you about her young adult novel whose    
   > title suggests that "The Sun is also ".    
      
   A Star   
      
   > 4. Philosopher John Rawls could tell you about his veil of ignorance    
   > thought experiment, which is a part of his "Theory Of ."    
      
   Justice   
      
   > 5. Director Georges Méliès could tell you about his early 1902    
   > short movie about "A Trip to ."    
      
   The Moon   
      
   > 7. Paolo and Francesa, Tristan and Isolde, or Romeo and Juliet    
   > could tell you about their experiences as .    
      
   Lovers   
       
   > 8. Stephen Vincent Benét could tell you about an encounter between    
   > American lawyer Daniel Webster and .    
      
   The Devil   
      
   > 9. Men with first names David, Lance, Doug, Penn, and Raymond    
   > could tell you about their jobs as , though Raymond    
   > won't be saying much of anything. Name their profession.    
      
   Magicians   
      
   > 10. Residents of Minas Morgul or Orthanc could tell you that they    
   > live in one of a pair of s, as indicated by the title    
   > of the second installment in a 20th-century literary trilogy.    
      
   Towers   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 8 - Entertainment - Tony-Winning Musicals    
   >    
   > We give the year of the Tony Award and the titles of three songs;    
   > you name the musical.    
   >    
   > 1. 1950; "Some Enchanted Evening", "There is Nothing like a Dame",    
   > "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair".    
      
   "South Pacific"   
      
   > 2. 1958; "Trouble", "76 Trombones", "Till There Was You".    
      
   "The Music Man"   
      
   > 3. 2016; "My Shot", "The Schuyler Sisters", "The Room Where    
   > It Happens".    
      
   "Hamilton"   
      
   > 4. 2005; "He is Not Dead Yet", "The Song that Goes like This",    
   > "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".    
      
   "Spamalot"   
      
   > 5. 1983; "Old Deuteronomy", "Memory", "The Journey to the    
   > Heaviside Layer".    
      
   "Cats"   
      
   > 6. 1967; "Willkommen", "Tomorrow Belongs to Me", "Money".    
      
   "Cabaret"   
      
   > 7. 1971; "Getting Married Today", "The Ladies Who Lunch",    
   > "Being Alive".    
      
   "Company"   
      
   > 8. 1996; "La Vie Bohème", "Seasons of Love", "Take Me or Leave Me".    
      
   "Rent"   
      
   > 9. 1965; "Matchmaker, Matchmaker", "If I Were a Rich Man",    
   > "Sunrise, Sunset".    
      
   "Fiddler on the Roof"   
      
   > 10. 1957; "The Rain in Spain", "Get Me to the Church on Time",    
   > "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face".    
      
   "My Fair Lady"   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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