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   Message 31,729 of 32,813   
   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 3, Rounds 4-6: plates,    
   30 Oct 23 03:49:30   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - US State License Plates   
      
   > 2. Live Free or Die.   
      
   New Hampshire   
      
   > 3. Great Faces, Great Places   
      
   South Dakota   
      
   > 4. Wild, Wonderful.   
      
   Colorado; Montana   
      
   > 5. The Natural State.   
      
   Idaho   
      
   > 6. Ocean State.   
      
   Rhode Island   
      
   > 8. The First State.   
      
   Delaware   
      
   > 9. Land of Enchantment.   
      
   New Mexico   
      
   > 10. Life Elevated.   
      
   Utah   
      
   > 11. Constitution State.   
      
   Connecticut   
      
   > 12. Native America.   
      
   Hawaii   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 5 - Audio - The Inaugural Address   
      
   > 1. "We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness   
   >    invite challenge.  We will confront weapons of mass destruction,   
   >    so that a new century is spared new horrors.  The enemies   
   >    of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America   
   >    remains engaged in the world, by history and by choice, shaping   
   >    a balance of power that favors freedom."   
      
   George W. Bush; Obama   
      
   > 2. "Through a crucible for the ages America has been tested anew,   
   >    and America has risen to the challenge.  Today we celebrate   
   >    the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause, the cause of   
   >    democracy.  The people -- the will of the people has been heard,   
   >    and the will of the people has been heeded.  We've learned again   
   >    that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile.  At this   
   >    hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed."   
      
   Biden   
      
   > 3. "There is no longer a clear division between what is foreign   
   >    and what is domestic.  The world economy, the world environment,   
   >    the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all.   
   >    Today, as an old order passes, the new world is more free   
   >    but less stable.  Communism's collapse has called forth old   
   >    animosities and new dangers.  Clearly, America must continue   
   >    to lead the world we did so much to make."   
      
   Clinton   
      
   > 4. "But we have no promise from God that our greatness will endure.   
   >    We have been allowed by Him to seek greatness with the sweat   
   >    of our hands and the strength of our spirit.  I do not believe   
   >    that the Great Society is the ordered, changeless, and sterile   
   >    battalion of the ants.  It is the excitement of becoming -- always   
   >    becoming..."   
      
   Lyndon Johnson   
      
   > 5. "For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not   
   >    a weakness.  We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and   
   >    Hindus -- and nonbelievers.  We are shaped by every language and   
   >    culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.  And because we have   
   >    tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation and emerged   
   >    from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help   
   >    but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass..."   
      
   Obama   
      
   > 6. "This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole   
   >    truth, frankly and boldly.  Nor need we shrink from honestly   
   >    facing conditions in our country today.  This great nation   
   >    will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.   
   >    So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only   
   >    thing we have to fear is -- fear itself."   
      
   Franklin Roosevelt   
      
   > 7. "...both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both   
   >    rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both   
   >    racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the   
   >    hand of mankind's final war.  So let us begin anew, remembering   
   >    on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and   
   >    sincerity is always subject to proof.  Let us never negotiate   
   >    out of fear.  But let us never fear to negotiate."   
      
   George H. W. Bush   
      
   > 8. "The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several   
   >    decades.  They will not go away in days, weeks, or months, but   
   >    they will go away.  They will go away because we as Americans   
   >    have the capacity now, as we've had in the past, to do whatever   
   >    needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion   
   >    of freedom.  In this present crisis, government is not the   
   >    solution to our problem; government is the problem."   
      
   Reagan   
      
   > 9. "Together, we will determine the course of America and the world   
   >    for many, many years to come.  We will face challenges, we will   
   >    confront hardships, but we will get the job done.  Every 4 years,   
   >    we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful   
   >    transfer of power..."   
      
   Hoover   
      
   > 10. "I have taken an oath today in the presence of God and my   
   >    countrymen to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United   
   >    States.  And to that oath I now add this sacred commitment:   
   >    I shall consecrate my Office, my energies, and all the wisdom   
   >    I can summon to the cause of peace among nations.  Let this   
   >    message be heard by strong and weak alike..."   
      
   Carter; Truman   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Entertainment - Not Related To   
      
   > 1. Her songs include "California Gurls" and "I Kissed a Girl".   
   >    He's best known for a sitcom that ran from 1994 to 2004.   
   >    To repeat, they aren't related but have the same surname;   
   >    name both.   
      
   Katy and Matthew Perry   
      
   > 2. The woman has appeared in 8 movies where Woody Allen either   
   >    starred or directed.  The man's been in a number of superhero   
   >    movies, and he was nominated -- but didn't win -- for Best   
   >    Actor in the movie that did win Best Picture for 2014.   
      
   Diane and Michael Keaton   
      
   > 3. One woman is known for falling in love with a vampire; the other   
   >    publishes a magazine named after her, and has hosted two TV shows   
   >    named after her, one before and one after her prison sentence.   
      
   Kristin and Martha Stewart   
      
   > 4. One woman starred in a Hitchcock movie where she's killed in   
   >    the first half; the other starred in, and won Best Actress for,   
   >    the Best Picture winner for 1939.   
      
   Janet and Vivien Leigh   
      
   > 5. She was "Unfaithful Under the Tuscan Sun" -- no, wait, those   
   >    were two of her movies.  He's starred in "The Producers" both   
   >    on stage (winning a Tony) and on screen.   
      
   Diane and Nathan Lane   
      
   > 6. These two women have 5 Best Actress Oscars between them.   
      
   Katherine and Audrey Hepburn   
      
   > 7. He won an Oscar for "Training Day"; she won a TV Guide Fan   
   >    Favorite Award for "Scandal".   
      
   Denzel and Kerry Washington   
      
   > 9. He played himself as the title character of a sitcom, and   
   >    currently hosts a long-running game show; she sang "All I Want   
   >    for Christmas is You", and many other songs.   
      
   Drew and Mariah Carey   
      
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