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|    Message 32,579 of 32,813    |
|    Dan Tilque to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCINO25 Game 1, Rounds 9-10: epita    |
|    21 Sep 25 23:18:14    |
      From: dtilque@frontier.com              On 9/21/25 20:47, Mark Brader wrote:       >       >       > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Famous Epitaphs       >       > Gravestone epitaphs are sometimes as unique as the people they       > memorialize. Here are 10 epitaphs of famous people. We give the       > inscription on the headstone or other marker. You name the person.       >       > 1. "Let 'er rip."       > 2. "That's all folks."              Chuck Jones              > 3. "The best is yet to come."              Isaac Asimov              > 4. "There goes the neighborhood."       > 5. "Everybody loves somebody sometime."              Dean Martin              > 6. "If you seek his monument, look around you."       > 7. "I will NOT be right back after this message."       > 8. "Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman pass by."       > 9. "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free       > at last."       > 10. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly       > into the past."              Joseph Conrad              >       >       > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Classical Challenge Round       >       > * A. Literature - Classical Books       >       > A1. Who wrote "Meditations"?              Aristotle              > A2. In what book by Plato would you find the "Allegory of the       > Cave" myth?              The Republic              >       > After completing this pair, please decode the rot13: sbe gur svefg       > dhrfgvba, gur anzr erdhverq vf gjb jbeqf. Vs lbh bayl tnir bar,       > tb onpx naq nqq gur bgure.       >       >       > * B. History - Rise and Fall       >       > These two questions are about major historical milestones in the       > ancient world.       >       > B1. In which century did the Roman empire conquer Greece?              2nd BC              >       > B2. In which century did the Western Roman Empire fall?       > (The term "Western Roman Empire" makes the distinction       > between Rome and Byzantium... which is sometimes known as       > the Eastern Roman empire. As well, the consensus among       > historians is that the fall corresponds to when the last       > Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed by Germanic       > warlords.)              5th AD              >       >       > * C. Sports - Classical Sports       >       > C1. Name *any one of the five* sports that were part of the       > pentathlon in ancient times. Note that there is little       > to no overlap between the ancient and modern versions of       > the pentathlon.              discus              >       > C2. A violent sport called pankration was introduced into the       > ancient Olympic Games in 648 BC. This a combination of       > two individual modern sports. Name *either one*.              wrestling              >       >       > * D. Miscellaneous - The Gods       >       > These two questions are about the Roman rebranding of Greek gods.       > Who is the Roman god or goddess corresponding to...       >       > D1. Aphrodite?              Venus              > D2. Zeus?              Jupiter              >       >       > * E. Entertainment - Classical Playwrights       >       > E1. Which Greek playwright wrote "Antigone", "Oedipus Rex",       > and "Oedipus at Colonus"?       >       > E2. Which Greek playwright wrote "Medea", "Orestes", and "The       > Trojan Women"?       >       >       > * F. Science - Early Mathematicians       >       > F1. This mathematician is believed to have lived around the       > time of the 4th century BC. He is known as the "father       > of geometry". He wrote the treatise "Elements", which       > established the foundations of geometry and dominated the       > field until the 19th century. Who was he?              Euclid              >       > F2. This mathematician and engineer is believed to have lived       > around the time of the 3rd century BC. He is best known for       > an eponymous named principle which states that the upward       > buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid,       > whether fully or partially, is equal to the weight of the       > fluid that the body displaces. Who was he?              Archimedes                     --       Dan Tilque              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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