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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 5, Rounds 7-8: Ameri   
   22 Jul 23 09:19:45   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 7/21/23 00:27, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 7 - Food And Drink - "American" Foods   
   >   
   > Looking to take a road trip down south this summer? Why not grab   
   > some iconic eats while you're at it?  Answer these questions about   
   > foods named after places in the United States.   
   >   
   > 1. Mustard, onion, tomato, a dill pickle, tomato, hot peppers,   
   >     bright green relish, and a dash of celery salt -- *but not   
   >     ketchup* -- go on a hot dog named for which third-most-populous   
   >     US city?   
      
   Chicago   
      
   >   
   > 2. Name this sushi roll that is inverted with rice on the outside   
   >     like a California roll, but is filled with cucumber, smoked   
   >     salmon, and cream cheese.   
   >   
   > 3. A focaccia-like crust with crispy cheese along the edge   
   >     characterizes *which city*'s style of pizza?  The pizza's   
   >     traditional preparation in drip pans used for oil changes   
   >     gives it a distinctive shape.   
   >   
   > 4. A cayenne pepper, butter, and vinegar hot sauce was created   
   >     at the Anchor Bar to create an innovative twist to a pub staple.   
   >     In which city would you find the original Anchor Bar?   
   >   
   > 5. Despite contenders like Pepper X, which pepper bred by Ed Currie   
   >     in 2017 currently holds the Guinness world record for hottest   
   >     pepper in the world?  Its two-word name includes a nod to the   
   >     state that's home to Currie's Puckerbutt Farm.   
   >   
   > 6. Scottish businessman David Jacks popularized a cheese originally   
   >     made by Friars in which California city?  A variation of that   
   >     cheese is named for the addition of chili and bell peppers.   
      
   Monterey   
      
   >   
   > 7. Next time you're in this state, you might try a Hot Brown,   
   >     a turkey, ham, and cheese sandwich.  If you hate your body,   
   >     you might then "double down" and visit a fast-food chain founded   
   >     in this state's city of Corbin.   
   >   
   > 8. Cayenne pepper gives a characteristic bright red color to   
   >     the Hot Chicken, a dish created by the Prince family in, and   
   >     sometimes named for, which southern city?   
      
   New Orleans   
      
   >   
   > 9. Celery, walnuts, apples, and grapes appear in a salad named for   
   >     which business?  Give the full, hyphenated name of that business   
   >     that was demolished in 1929 to build the Empire State Building.   
      
   Waldorf-Astoria Hotel   
      
   >   
   > 10. The Fig Newton is named not for a physicist, but for a city   
   >     in which state?  This state's largest city appears in the   
   >     slightly misleading name of a custard-filled cake topped with   
   >     chocolate.   
      
   Massachusetts   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 8 - Literature - Biographies   
   >   
   > We'll provide you the title of a famous person's biography or   
   > autobiography, and you provide us the name of the famous person.   
   >   
   > 1. Name the writer of the 1975 autobiography "I Am Not Spock"   
   >     and its 1995 follow-up "I Am Spock".   
      
   Leonard Nimoy   
      
   >   
   > 2. Name the standup comic and late-night talk-show host whose 1996   
   >     autobiography is titled "Leading With My Chin".   
   >   
   > 3. Provide the stage name of the rock-and-roller, born Chaim Witz,   
   >     whose 2002 Autobiography was titled "Kiss and Make-Up"   
   >   
   > 4. Name the author of the 2023 autobiography "Spare", whose title   
   >     makes reference to a nickname that was bestowed upon the author   
   >     from the moment of his birth.   
      
   Prince Harry   
      
   >   
   > 5. Name the former lawyer, prisoner, Nobel Peace Prize winner,   
   >     and world leader whose 1994 autobiography is titled "Long Walk   
   >     to Freedom".   
      
   Nelson Mandella   
      
   >   
   > 6. Name the talk-show host whose 2016 autobiography "Born a Crime"   
   >     was named for the fact that he had been born to mixed-race   
   >     parents   
   >   
   > 7. Name the US-born theoretical physicist who is the subject of   
   >     the 2005 biography "American Prometheus".   
   >   
   > 8. Name the pop star whose 2007 autobiography "Out of Sync"   
   >     detailed his struggles with being a gay man while also being   
   >     in one of the world's biggest bands   
   >   
   > 9. Provide the name of the WWE star whose 2013 autobiography is   
   >     titled "The Stone Cold Truth".   
      
   Steve Austin   
      
   >   
   > 10. Name the author of the 2009 autobiography "Getting it Through   
   >     my Thick Skull", which discusses her recovery from a 1992 attack   
   >     by the Long Island Lolita, and her eventual decision to finally   
   >     leave her dirtbag sociopathic ex-husband   
      
   Buttafuoco   
      
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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