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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 6, Rounds 4,6: KidLit   
   23 Apr 24 04:21:20   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   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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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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