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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Literature - Recurring Characters   
      
   > 1. Kilgore Trout.   
      
   Kurt Vonnegut   
      
   > 2. John Yossarian.   
      
   Joseph Heller   
      
   > 3. Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins.   
      
   Walter Mosley   
      
   > 4. Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.   
      
   John Updike   
      
   > 7. Death.   
      
   Terry Pratchett   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - *Fire!*   
      
   > * A. Fiery Books   
      
   >    A1. Who wrote "The Court of Silver Flames", the fifth and   
   >        longest installment (so far) in a fantasy-romance series   
   >        set in the land of Prythian, which has sold over 13,000,000   
   >        copies?   
      
   Maas   
      
   >    A2. Name the author of the non-fiction book of essays "The Fire   
   >        Next Time", published in 1963.   
      
   James Baldwin   
      
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Polynesian   
      
   > * D. Firefighting Movies   
      
   >    D2. Name the fiery-haired director of the 1992 film "Backdraft",   
   >        about siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as   
   >        Chicago firefighters.   
      
   Ron Howard   
      
   > * E. Fiery Foods   
      
   >    E1. This French dish of slowly boiled meat and vegetables is   
   >        usually served as two courses: first the broth and then   
   >        the meat and vegetables.  It's familiar throughout France   
   >        and has many regional variations.  Name it (in French).   
      
   pot au feu   
      
   >    E2. What is the region-based term for a steak cooked at a   
   >        high heat so it is charred on the outside but still rare   
   >        on the inside?  It is also known as a "black and blue".   
      
   Pittsburgh   
      
   > * F. Making Fire   
      
   >    F2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you   
   >        have finished with #F1.  Jung vf gur anzr sbe gur zngrevny   
   >        jvgu ybj vtavgvba grzcrengher, hfrq nf gvaqre jura yvtugvat   
   >        n sver?  Vg vf gur znva pbzcbarag va n gvaqreobk naq vf   
   >        hfhnyyl n fznyy fjngpu bs snoevp znqr sebz n angheny svoer   
   >        yvxr yvara, pbggba, whgr, be urzc?   
      
   kindling   
      
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