Thursday, August 06, 2020

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 05 02:30PM


> * Game 4, Round 7 - Sports - Controversy and Notoriety
 
> 2. Name *any one* of the four clubs penalized in 2006 in Italian
> soccer's match-fixing scandal. Be sufficiently specific.
 
Juventus
 
> 5. In 1989, Pete Rose agreed to be banned from Major League Baseball
> for life. He later admitted to betting on games involving the
> team he played for and managed. Name that team.
 
Cincinnati Reds
 
> at the US National Championships in Detroit. Name her rival
> who won the women's title but was later disqualified for her
> role in planning the attack.
 
Tonya Harding
 
 
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Literature - French Literature of the 19th and
> Early 20th Century
 
> 1. "Notre Dame de Paris"; "L'Homme Qui Rit"; "Quatre-vingt-treize".
 
Goncourt
 
> 2. "Les Trois mousquetaires"; "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo".
 
Alexander Dumas fils
 
> 3. "Le Rouge et le Noir"; "La Chartreuse de Parme".
 
Stendahl
 
> 4. "La Com?die humaine" (a novel cycle which includes "Le P?re
> Goriot" and "La Cousine Bette").
 
Balzac
 
> 5. "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"; "Vingt mille lieues
> sous les mers".
 
Verne
 
> 8. "? la recherche du temps perdu".
 
Proust
 
> 9. "Le Fant?me de l'op?ra"; "Le Myst?re de la chambre jaune".
 
Hugo
 
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Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Aug 05 02:52PM

On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 01:14:53 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 4. Name the San Francisco Giants left fielder who was subpoenaed
> in 2003 to testify at the BALCO inquiry, after that company was named
> as the source of designer steroid THG.
 
Barry Bonds
 
> 5. In 1989, Pete Rose agreed to be banned from Major League Baseball
> for life. He later admitted to betting on games involving the team
> he played for and managed. Name that team.
 
Cincinnati Reds
 
> tactics. Name the German who took out both himself and his closest
> rival, Damon Hill, thus securing the Formula One Drivers'
> Championship.
 
Schumacher
 
> at the US National Championships in Detroit. Name her rival who won
> the women's title but was later disqualified for her role in planning
> the attack.
 
Tonya Harding
 
> going to give you the titles in French.
 
> 1. "Notre Dame de Paris"; "L'Homme Qui Rit"; "Quatre-vingt-treize".
 
> 2. "Les Trois mousquetaires"; "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo".
 
Alexandre Dumas
 
> Goriot" and "La Cousine Bette").
 
> 5. "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"; "Vingt mille lieues
> sous les mers".
 
Verne
 
 
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg fnvq
> "Qhznf" sbe nal nafjre, be gung anzr gbtrgure jvgu uvf svefg anzr,
> cyrnfr tb onpx naq or shyyl fcrpvsvp.
 
Fbeel, abg fher jung zber lbh'er ybbxvat sbe.
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 05 09:27PM -0700

On 8/4/20 11:14 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 4. Name the San Francisco Giants left fielder who was subpoenaed
> in 2003 to testify at the BALCO inquiry, after that company
> was named as the source of designer steroid THG.
 
Bonds
 
 
> 5. In 1989, Pete Rose agreed to be banned from Major League Baseball
> for life. He later admitted to betting on games involving the
> team he played for and managed. Name that team.
 
Cincinnati Reds
 
> at the US National Championships in Detroit. Name her rival
> who won the women's title but was later disqualified for her
> role in planning the attack.
 
Tanya Harding
 
 
> 10. Name the golfer who successfully sued the PGA Tour in 2001
> for the right to use a motorized golf cart, under the Americans
> with Disabilities Act.
 
Casey Martin
 
> specific where applicable. Just to make this more interesting, we're
> going to give you the titles in French.
 
> 1. "Notre Dame de Paris"; "L'Homme Qui Rit"; "Quatre-vingt-treize".
 
Victor Hugo
 
 
> 2. "Les Trois mousquetaires"; "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo".
 
Alexandre Dumas, pere
 
 
> 3. "Le Rouge et le Noir"; "La Chartreuse de Parme".
 
Alexandre Dumas, fils
 
> Goriot" and "La Cousine Bette").
 
> 5. "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"; "Vingt mille lieues
> sous les mers".
 
Jules Verne
 
 
> 6. "L'Éducation sentimentale"; "La Tentation de Saint Antoine".
 
> 7. "Bel Ami"; "Pierre et Jean".
 
> 8. "À la recherche du temps perdu".
 
Camus
 
 
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Dan Tilque
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