Sunday, January 07, 2018

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Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 06 04:26PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:KqadnVPeDaY1btPHnZ2dnUU7-
> the Shakespearean play. In a few cases we will tell you who is
> speaking, or provide a stage direction.
 
> 1. [To soothsayer] "The Ides of March are come."
 
Julius Caesar
 
> The day is hot, the Capulets abroad.
> And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl,
> For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring."
 
Romeo and Juliet
 
 
> 4. Solanio: "Now, what news on the Rialto?"
> Salarino: "Why, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath
> a ship of rich landing wrecked on the narrow seas..."
 
Merchant of Venice
 
> It should not stand in thy posterity,
> But that myself should be the root and father
> Of many kings."
 
Macbeth
 
> Make me revenger. Bear the King's son's body
> Before our army. Thy Pacorus, Orodes,
> Pays this for Marcus Crassus."
 
Troilus and Cressida
 
> Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
> Grating so harshly all his days of quiet
> With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?"
 
King Lear
 
> Gentleman: "One minded like the weather, most unquietly."
> Kent: "I know you. Where's the King?"
> Gentleman: "Contending with the fretful elements..."
 
Gentlemen of Verona
 
 
> What you must do, of course, is name the composer. *Warning*:
> Answers may repeat.
 
> 1. "Worthy is the Lamb" (1741).
 
Handel
 
> 2. "Ah Holy Jesus" (1727).
 
J. S. Bach
 
> 3. "The Wonder of His Works" (1797).
 
Haydn
 
> 4. "Ode to Joy" (1824).
 
Beethoven
 
> 5. "For the Love of Jesus" (1865).
 
Verdi; Brahms
 
> 6. "Blessed Are" (1865).
 
Verdi
 
> 7. "Requiem Aeternam" (1791).
 
Mozart
 
> 8. "Thanks Be to God" (1846).
 
Mendellsohn
 
> 9. "Zadok the Priest" (1727).
 
Handel
 
> questions on the Canadian Football League championship.
 
> 1. What team holds the record for consecutive Grey Cup titles,
> namely 5, from 1978 to 1982?
 
Edmonton; Calgary
 
 
> 2. What team has the most Grey Cup victories, namely 16?
 
Edmonton; Calgary
 
 
> 3. What current CFL team has gone the longest without winning the
> Grey Cup, their last title coming in 1990?
 
Toronto Argonauts; Hamilton
 
 
> 4. The Grey Cup attendance record dates back to 1977, when more
> than 68,000 fans attended the game in which city?
 
Vancouver; Toronto
 
 
> 5. Where will next Sunday's game be played?
 
Ottawa
 
 
> 6. Who won last year's Grey Cup?
 
Edmonton; Calgary
 
 
> 10. Name either of the 2 head coaches who have led Grey-Cup-winning
> teams and also led American football teams to the Super Bowl
> (though they did not win that).
 
Marv Levy
 
 
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
> "Gbebagb" be "Bggnjn" jura anzvat n grnz, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or
> zber fcrpvsvp.
 
Pete Gayde
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jan 06 10:41AM -0800

On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:40:29 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> the Shakespearean play. In a few cases we will tell you who is
> speaking, or provide a stage direction.
 
> 1. [To soothsayer] "The Ides of March are come."
"Julius Caesar"
> The day is hot, the Capulets abroad.
> And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl,
> For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring."
"Romeo and Juliet"
> It should not stand in thy posterity,
> But that myself should be the root and father
> Of many kings."
"MacBeth"
> Gentleman: "One minded like the weather, most unquietly."
> Kent: "I know you. Where's the King?"
> Gentleman: "Contending with the fretful elements..."
"Two Gentlemen of Verona"
> 2. "Ah Holy Jesus" (1727).
> 3. "The Wonder of His Works" (1797).
> 4. "Ode to Joy" (1824).
Ludwig Van Beethoven
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