From: swp@aol.com   
      
   msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in   
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   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
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   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers   
   > and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may   
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation   
   > of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2023-05-24   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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."   
      
   charlotte's web   
      
   > 2. Name the book:   
   >   
   >       Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan,   
   >       Edmund and Lucy.   
      
   the chronicles of narnia   
      
   > 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.   
      
   percy jackson   
      
   > 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.   
      
   a series of unfortunate events   
      
   > 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.   
      
   the hunger games   
      
   > 6. Name the book:   
   >   
   >       These two very old people are the father and mother of   
   >       Mr. Bucket.   
      
   charlie and the chocolate factory   
      
   > 7. Name the picture book:   
   >   
   >       In the great green room   
   >       There was a telephone   
   >       And a red balloon   
   >       And a picture of...   
      
   good night moon   
      
   > 8. Name the picture book:   
   >   
   >       The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one   
   >       kind or another...   
      
   where the wild  things are   
      
   > 9. Name the picture book:   
   >   
   >       In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.   
      
   the very hungry caterpillar   
      
   > 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 ?   
      
   tiger woods   
      
   > 3. Who won the 2023 Canadian Open?   
      
   nick taylor   
      
   > 4. Five tournaments count as majors in women's golf.  Two are the   
   >    British and US opens.  Name *any one* of the other three.   
      
   women's pga championship   
      
   > 5. Which Canadian golfer, man or woman, has won the most   
   >    tournaments?   
      
   brooke henderson   
      
   > 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the   
   >    previous question: Orsber Oebbxr Uraqrefba, jub jnf gur lbhatrfg   
   >    Pnanqvna gb jva n tbys znwbe?   
      
   mike weir?   
      
   > 7. Who was the last Canadian man to win a golf major?   
      
   mike weir?   
      
   > 8. Who won the Womens' US Open in 2023 at Pebble Beach?   
      
   paige spiranac   
      
   > 9. According to the rules of golf, what is the maximum number   
   >    of clubs you can carry with you?  If you carry more than this,   
   >    you risk being disqualified.   
      
   14   
      
   > 10. In 2028, new rules for golf balls will come into force.   
   >    What is the reason for the change manufacturers will have   
   >    to make?   
      
   to reduce the impact pros hitting distances have on golf's long-term   
   sustainability.   although I don't see the point, you drive for show and putt   
   for dough.   
      
      
   swp   
      
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