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|    Dan Tilque to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 6, Rounds 4,6: KidLit    |
|    21 Apr 24 21:08:07    |
      From: dtilque@frontier.com              On 4/21/24 15:59, Mark Brader wrote:       >       >       > * Game 6, Round 4 - Literature - Children's Literature       >       > Name the following works (book or series, as indicated) based on       > the opening lines. Some are picture books; you will be told if       > this is the case.       >       > 1. Name the book:       >       > "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother       > as they were setting the table for breakfast.       >       > "Out to the hoghouse", replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were       > born last night."       >       > 2. Name the book:       >       > Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan,       > Edmund and Lucy.              The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe              >       > 3. Name the *series*:       >       > Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.       >       > If you're reading this because you think you might be one,       > my advice is: close this book right now. Believe whatever       > lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to       > lead a normal life.       >       > 4. Name the *series*:       >       > If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you       > would be better off reading some other book. In this book,       > not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning       > and very few happy things in the middle.       >       > 5. Name the *series*:       >       > When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers       > stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth but finding only the       > rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad       > dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did.       > This is the day of the reaping.       >       > 6. Name the book:       >       > These two very old people are the father and mother of       > Mr. Bucket.       >       > 7. Name the picture book:       >       > In the great green room       > There was a telephone       > And a red balloon       > And a picture of...       >       > 8. Name the picture book:       >       > The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one       > kind or another...       >       > 9. Name the picture book:       >       > In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.       >       > 10. Name the picture book:       >       > In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines...       > Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.              Madeline              >       >       > * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Golf       >       > 1. The US Open, the British Open, the PGA championship, and the       > Masters. If you win all four of these, you have achieved what?       > Hint: the term originated in the game of bridge.              Grand Slam              >       > 2. Name the last golfer to accomplish a |
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