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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIWSS24 Game 1, Rounds 7-8: aumme   
   08 Mar 25 13:04:11   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - So Long, Summer   
      
   > 2. Lois Duncan (book): Four teens fight to outsmart a killer who   
   >    intends to avenge a young boy's death.  This was adapted into a   
   >    1990s horror movie bearing little resemblance to the book's plot.   
      
   I Know What You Did Last Summer   
      
   > 3. Frances Mayes (book): A biographical novel that describes the   
   >    trials the recently divorced Frances and her new significant   
   >    other go through to renovate an abandoned villa.  This was   
   >    adapted into a movie.   
      
   Under the Tuscan Sun   
      
   > 4. Lorraine Hansberry (play): The Youngers are a working-class   
   >    family who live in Chicago's South Side.  They attempt to   
   >    improve their circumstances when they get an insurance payout,   
   >    but have to deal with racism and housing discrimination.   
   >    This was adapted into a movie.   
      
   A Raisin in the Sun   
      
   > 6. Ernest Hemingway (book): American and British expats travel to   
   >    San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls.   
      
   The Sun Also Rises   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 8 - Geography - African Capitals   
      
   > 1. Rabat.   
      
   A   
      
   > 2. Dakar.   
      
   E   
      
   > 3. Tripoli.   
      
   C   
      
   > 4. Kampala.   
      
   L   
      
   > 5. Khartoum.   
      
   I   
      
   > 6. Monrovia.   
      
   F   
      
   > 7. Windhoek ["wind-HOKE"].   
      
   P   
      
   > 8. Gabarone ["gah-bah-RONE"].   
      
   Q   
      
   > 9. Ouagadougou ["wog-a-DOO-goo"].   
      
   G   
      
   > 10. Antanarivo ["ant-an-a-REE-voe"].   
      
   S   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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