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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIWSS24 Game 8: Rounds 2-3: Fawke   
   24 Jun 25 08:50:26   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 6/24/2025 12:21 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Gane 8, Round 2 - History - Guy Fawkes Day   
   >   
   > The English have been celebrating Guy Fawkes Day since 1606.   
   > Here are 10 questions about it.   
   >   
   > 1. The Gunpowder Plot -- the plot Guy Fawkes was a part of --   
   >     was a plot to kill the ruler of England in 1605.  Who was that?   
   >     Name and number required if applicable.   
      
   James I   
      
   > 3. The Gunpowder Plot was so named because a large amount of   
   >     gunpowder was to be used to blow up the place where    
   >     would be.  What place was that?  Be fully specific.   
      
   Palace of Westminster   
      
   > 6. Please decode the rot13 for questions #6-7 only after you have   
   >     finished with the previous ones.  Bayl bar cebivapr va Pnanqn   
   >     fgvyy frrf jvqrfcernq pryroengvba bs Thl Snjxrf Qnl.  Va juvpu   
   >     cebivapr ner obasverf fgvyy pbzzbayl yvg ba Abirzore 5?   
      
   Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador   
      
   > 7. Thl Snjxrf Qnl obasverf genqvgvbanyyl vapyhqr na rssvtl bs Thl   
   >     Snjxrf, ohg fvapr nagv-Pngubyvpvfz unf qvrq qbja va Terng Oevgnva   
   >     bire gur lrnef, Thl Snjxrf Qnl pryroengvbaf abj bsgra srngher   
   >     rssvtvrf bs bgure pheerag pryroevgvrf pnhtug hc va fpnaqny.   
   >     Va 2012, znal rssvtvrf jrer bs *juvpu cebsrffvbany plpyvfg*?   
      
   Lance Armstrong   
      
   > 8. Complete this traditional rhyme (exact wording not essential):   
   >   
   >     Remember, remember the 5th of November,   
   >     Gunpowder Treason and Plot...   
      
   I see no reason why gunpowder treason   
   Should ever be forgot   
      
   > 9. The Guy Fawkes mask most commonly seen now was created first   
   >     for a comic book in the 1980s about a rebel in a dystopic,   
   >     fascist future Britain, which was then adapted into a 2005 movie   
   >     starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving.  What was the title   
   >     of that comic and movie?   
      
   "V for Vendetta"   
      
   > 10. The Guy Fawkes mask was adopted by which political/hacktivist   
   >     group as their symbol?   
      
   Anonymous   
      
   > * Gane 8, Round 3 - Entertainment - British Crime Shows   
   >   
   > Audiences on both sides of the pond love British police procedurals   
   > and their popularity has only increased in the age of streaming.   
   > In each case name the TV series described.   
   >   
   > 6. This series starred Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the   
   >     first female Detective Chief Inspectors in London's police   
   >     service.   
      
   "Prime Suspect"   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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