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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 19 01:26PM


> * Game 8, Round 4 - Literature - Posthumously Published Authors
 
> 1. Name *any one* of the four works by Jane Austen that were
> published posthumously.
 
Mansfield Park
 
> 3. Name the author of "The Double Tongue", which tells the story of
> the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
 
Sappho
 
> 5. Name the author of "A Confederacy of Dunces", whose mother wrote
> to editors to have her son's work published after he committed
> suicide.
 
O'Toole
 
> 7. Name Mikhail Bulgakov's book that was written during Stalin's
> regime but not published as a book until 1967. The story
> features a visit by the devil to Moscow.
 
The Master and Margarita
 
 
> 1. Billy provided voices for both title characters of this
> animated show about an unstable chihuahua and a dimwitted cat.
> Name the show.
 
Ren and Stimpy
 
> 2. Billy voiced the title character of this animated show about
> the misadventures of an 11- and later 12-year-old boy. He also
> voiced the show's bully, Roger. Name the show.
 
Doug
 
> 3. Billy voices multiple characters in "Futurama", Matt Groening's
> follow-up to "The Simpsons". Name *any one* of them.
 
Zapp Brannigan
 
> 4. Billy voices the red one of what colorful candy-coated chocolates
> made by Mars?
 
M&M
 
> 5. Billy voiced Buzz, the mascot for what General Mills cereal?
 
Honey Bunches of Oats; Nut 'n Honey
 
> 6. Billy voiced Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in what 1996 basketball
> movie?
 
Space Jam
 
> voiced a famous baseball player and a famous martial artist,
> both of associated with curses and both deceased. Name either
> of them.
 
Bruce Lee
 
> 9. Billy provided multiple character voices for a notable
> "shock jock" talk-radio show. Name the show.
 
Howard Stern Show
 
> 10. Billy was a top contender to voice this "Scooby Doo" character
> after Casey Kasem retired in 2009, but lost the role to Matthew
> Lillard. Name the character.
 
Shaggy
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 19 09:04PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
 
> All works in this round were published posthumously.
 
> 1. Name *any one* of the four works by Jane Austen that were
> published posthumously.
 
"Northanger Abbey"
 
> 5. Name the author of "A Confederacy of Dunces", whose mother wrote
> to editors to have her son's work published after he committed
> suicide.
 
Toole
 
> and his family. The story takes place in a country house in
> England just before the Second World War on the day of the
> annual pageant.
 
"To the Lighthouse"
 
> 7. Name Mikhail Bulgakov's book that was written during Stalin's
> regime but not published as a book until 1967. The story
> features a visit by the devil to Moscow.
 
"The Master and Margarita"
 
> 8. Name Agatha Christie's posthumous book, which is set in the
> 1930s and features Miss Marple aiding a young couple who choose
> to uncover events in the wife's past life.
 
"Curtain"
 
> 9. Name *any one* of the three books by Ian Fleming that were
> published posthumously.
 
"Live and Let Die"; "The Man with the Golden Gun"

 
> 1. Billy provided voices for both title characters of this
> animated show about an unstable chihuahua and a dimwitted cat.
> Name the show.
 
"Ren and Stimpy"
 
> 2. Billy voiced the title character of this animated show about
> the misadventures of an 11- and later 12-year-old boy. He also
> voiced the show's bully, Roger. Name the show.
 
"Doug"

> 3. Billy voices multiple characters in "Futurama", Matt Groening's
> follow-up to "The Simpsons". Name *any one* of them.
 
Fry
 
> 4. Billy voices the red one of what colorful candy-coated chocolates
> made by Mars?
 
M&Ms

> 5. Billy voiced Buzz, the mascot for what General Mills cereal?
 
Honey Nut Cheerios
 
> 6. Billy voiced Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in what 1996 basketball
> movie?
 
"Space Jam"

> voiced a famous baseball player and a famous martial artist,
> both of associated with curses and both deceased. Name either
> of them.
 
Bruce Lee
 
> 9. Billy provided multiple character voices for a notable
> "shock jock" talk-radio show. Name the show.
 
"The Howard Stern Show"

> 10. Billy was a top contender to voice this "Scooby Doo" character
> after Casey Kasem retired in 2009, but lost the role to Matthew
> Lillard. Name the character.
 
Shaggy
 
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Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 19 05:50PM +0100

Sorry about the delay - needed to happen today, when every answer was in
the same place. Please give their names.
 
1) Proprietor of Harpo Productions
2) Stringer Bell
3) His life is brilliant, his love is pure
4) 39 Grand Slams - 23 singles, 16 doubles
5) Booker Brookes, foreman of Wellman Plastics
6) Composer of "Billy Elliot, the Musical"
7) Coach of 2003 Rugby World Cup Winners
8) A Spice Girl
9) Founder of Reddit
10) Third in line to the British Throne
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 19 01:21PM -0500

Gareth Owen:
> Sorry about the delay - needed to happen today, when every answer was in
> the same place.
 
Chuckle.
 
> 1) Proprietor of Harpo Productions
 
O. Winfrey.
 
> 4) 39 Grand Slams - 23 singles, 16 doubles
 
A. Murray?
 
> 8) A Spice Girl
 
V. Beckham.
 
> 10) Third in line to the British Throne
 
Prince Louis?
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