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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 1, Rounds 7-8: 1-word t   
   07 Oct 23 11:32:37   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - One-Word Movie Titles   
   >   
   > 2. From a novel subtitled "a novel about three army doctors".   
      
   MASH   
      
   > 6. The life and times of the former first lady of Argentina.   
      
   Evita   
      
   > 9. An alien creature comes to Earth to do a little hunting.   
      
   Alien   
      
   > 10. Remade several times.  In the original a prehistoric creature   
   >    attacks Tokyo.   
      
   Godzilla   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 8 - History - 1809   
   >   
   > 1. In 1809 Napoleon's French Empire was at war with several other   
   >    countries.  Name any one of the countries that the French were   
   >    fighting in the Peninsular War.   
      
   Great Britain   
      
   > 2. Meanwhile on another peninsula, France completed its invasion   
   >    and annexation of the Papal States.  How did Pope Pius VII   
   >    react to this?   
      
   He banned Napoleon   
      
   > 3. On February 12, about 4,000 miles apart, there were born a   
   >    future scientist and a future politician, both of whose fame   
   >    still endures today.  Name either one.   
      
   Abraham Lincoln   
      
   > 4. On June 8 the author of the 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense" died.   
   >    Name him.   
      
   Thomas Jefferson   
      
   > 5. Name either the US president whose term ended in 1809, or the   
   >    one who succeeded him.   
      
   Madison   
      
   > 8. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have   
   >    finished with the previous one.  Meanwhile in Lower Canada,   
   >    a steamboat financed by John Molson made its maiden voyage.   
   >    Name either the starting point of the trip, or the endpoint.   
      
   I did decode into to rot13, but the text was unreadable?   
      
   > 10. This Austrian composer of over 100 symphonies died in Vienna in   
   >    1809.  The Requiem by his friend Mozart was played at his   
   >    funeral.  Name him.   
      
   Haydn   
      
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