From: gromit82@hotmail.com
On 5/15/2024 4:36 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Literature - As Book Titles Go, It Could've Been Verse
>
> 1. From Genesis 4:16:
>
> "And the Lord placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him
> would kill him. So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord
> and settled in the land of Nod on the ."
"East of Eden"
> 2. From Ecclesiastes 3, verses 1-3:
>
> "To everything there is a season,
> A time for every purpose under heaven:
> A time to be born,
> And a time to die;
> A time to plant,
> And a time to pluck what is planted;
>
> And a time to heal;
> A time to break down,
> And a time to build up".
"A Time to Kill"
> 3. From W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming":
>
> "Turning and turning in the widening gyre
> The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
> ; the centre cannot hold;
> Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world".
"Things Fall Apart"
> 4. From the "Battle Hymn of the Republic":
>
> Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,
> He is trampling out the vintage where
> are stored,
> He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,
> His truth is marching on."
"The Grapes of Wrath"
> 5. From Ecclesiastes 1, verses 1-4:
>
> "One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
> But the earth abides forever.
> , and the sun goes down,
> And hastens to the place where it arose."
"The Sun Also Rises"
> 6. From Shakespeare's "Macbeth":
>
> "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
> "That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
> "And then is heard no more. It is a tale
> "Told by an idiot, full of ,
> Signifying nothing."
"(The) Sound and (the) Fury"
> 7. From Robert Burns, "To a Mouse":
>
> "But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,
> In proving foresight may be vain:
> The best laid schemes
> Gang aft agley,
> An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain."
"Of Mice and Men"
> 8. From Frank Green's "Ten Little Soldiers":
>
> "Two little Soldier Boys sitting in the sun;
> One got frizzled up and then there was one.
> One little Soldier Boy left all alone;
> He went out and hanged himself ".
"And Then There Were None"
> 9. From the epic of Gilgamesh:
>
> "I had the people of Uruk mourn and moan for you,
> I filled happy people with woe over you,
> and after you died, I let a filthy mat of hair grow over my body,
> and roamed the wilderness."
"The English Patient" ;-)
> 10. From Shakespeare's "Hamlet":
>
> "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of Foster Wallace title>, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne
> me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my
> imagination it is!"
"Infinite Jest"
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Show Quotes
>
> Identify the TV show from the catchphrase or quote.
>
> 1. "No soup for you!"
"Seinfeld"
> 3. "We were on a break!"
"Friends"
> 2. "Who loves ya, baby?"
"Kojak"
> 4. "Don't have a cow, man!"
"The Simpsons"
> 5. "Just one more thing..."
"Columbo"
> 8. "Much as you try to bury it, the truth is out there. Greater
> than your lies, the truth wants to be known."
"The X-Files"
> 9. "It's going to be legen-- wait for it, and I hope you're not
> lactose intolerant, because the second half of the word is
> 'dary!' Legendary!"
"How I Met Your Mother"
> 10. "I am not in danger, Skyler. I *am* the danger. A guy opens
> his door and gets shot, and you think that's me? No -- I am
> the one who knocks!"
"Breaking Bad"
--
Joshua Kreitzer
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