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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIWSS24 Game 9: Rounds 9-10: team   
   20 Jul 25 04:17:41   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - Sports - Team Logos   
      
   > 1. Atlanta Dream (WNBA).   
      
   2   
      
   > 2. Arlington Renegades (XFL).   
      
   8   
      
   > 3. Bayern Munich (Bundesliga).   
      
   7   
      
   > 4. Juventus (Serie A Futbol Italia).   
      
   6   
      
   > 5. Wigan Warriors (Super Rugby League).   
      
   19   
      
   > 6. Wake Forest University Demon Deacons.   
      
   4   
      
   > 7. Queensland Reds (Super Rugby Pacific).   
      
   13   
      
   > 8. Yomiuri Giants (Nippon Baseball League).   
      
   24   
      
   > 9. Cleveland Monsters (American Hockey League).   
      
   17   
      
   > 10. University of California Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.   
      
   15   
      
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - The Butler Did It   
      
   > * A. Butlers in Books   
      
   >    A1. The prototypical butler in fiction is Jeeves, even though   
   >        he takes pains to point out that he is Bertie Wooster's   
   >        faithful valet and not a butler.  Who wrote the Jeeves and   
   >        Wooster books?   
      
   Wodehouse   
      
   >    A2. Giovanni Bertuccio is the faithful butler to which of   
   >        Alexandre Dumas p?re's characters?   
      
   Aramis; Count of Monte Cristo   
      
   > * B. Butler Sports   
      
   >    B2. What is the name of Butler University's sports teams?   
   >        *Hint*: it is an animal which could be a house pet.   
      
   Ferrets; Goldfish   
      
   > * C. Historical Butlers   
      
   >    C1. Paul Burrell is a butler who was born in 1966.  He was the   
   >        butler for a particularly important British person, which is   
   >        why he wrote a successful memoir about his buttling career.   
   >        Who did Burrell buttle for?   
      
   Queen Elizabeth II   
      
   >    C2. Eugene Allen, whose life inspired the 2013 movie "The   
   >        Butler", worked his way up to become the head butler at   
   >        what residence?   
      
   White House   
      
   > * D. Hollywood Butlers   
      
   >    D1. Geoffrey, played by James Marcel, was the butler for the   
   >        Banks family in which 1990s television show?   
      
   Fresh Prince of Bel-Air   
      
   >    D2. Edmund Blackadder was the butler to Prince George in   
   >        Blackadder the Third.  Who played Edmund Blackadder --   
   >        as well as all the other Blackadders?   
      
   Atkinson   
      
   > * E. Buttling   
      
   >    E1. Bertie Wooster's Jeeves often explains that he is a valet   
   >        rather than a butler.  What is the difference between   
   >        the two?   
      
   a valet is responsible for a particular man, a butlet is responsible   
   for a household   
      
   --   
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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