From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 7/4/2025 12:52 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Literature - Recurring Characters   
   >   
   > Many novelists enjoy returning to characters who have appeared   
   > in books they've written previously.  These differ from series   
   > characters in that these characters aren't always the leads of   
   > their books, but sometimes play supporting roles.  We'll name   
   > a recurring character in novels, and you name the novelist who   
   > couldn't quit them.   
   >   
   > 1. Kilgore Trout.   
      
   Kurt Vonnegut   
      
   > 2. John Yossarian.   
      
   Joseph Heller   
      
   > 3. Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins.   
      
   Walter Mosley   
      
   > 4. Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.   
      
   John Updike   
      
   > 7. Death.   
      
   Neil Gaiman   
      
   > 8. Randall Flagg.   
      
   Stephen King   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - *Fire!*   
   >   
   > * A. Fiery Books   
   >   
   >     A2. Name the author of the non-fiction book of essays "The Fire   
   >         Next Time", published in 1963.   
      
   James Baldwin   
      
   > * B. The Calgary Flames   
   >   
   >     B1. The Flames are the third major professional hockey team to   
   >         represent the city of Calgary.  Name *either* of the   
   >         previous teams.   
      
   (the earlier version of) the Calgary Flames   
      
   > * C. Fire Deities   
   >   
   >     C1. Name the Greek (not the Roman) god of blacksmiths, crafting,   
   >         fire, and volcanoes.   
      
   Hephaestus   
      
   >     C2. Pele ["Pell-ay"], often referred to as "Madame Pele" or   
   >         "Tutu Pele", is the much respected goddess of volcanoes   
   >         and fire, and the creator of the land, in what   
   >         religion/mythology?   
      
   Hawaiian; Polynesian   
      
   > * D. Firefighting Movies   
   >   
   >     D1. Name the 1989 Stephen Spielberg film starring Richard   
   >         Dreyfuss that is a homage to aerial firefighter pilots.   
      
   "Always"   
      
   >     D2. Name the fiery-haired director of the 1992 film "Backdraft",   
   >         about siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as   
   >         Chicago firefighters.   
      
   Ron Howard   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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