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   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 6, Round 4 - Literature - Children's Literature   
      
   > 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 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.   
      
   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...   
      
   Goodnight 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   
      
   > 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   
      
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   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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