Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jun 15 08:25PM -0700

On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 12:23:15 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. What bad-boy director, who died """a few months ago""", made
> the autobiographical movie "Léolo" and the gritty underworld
> flick "Un zoo la nuit"?
 
lauzon
 
> 2. Who wrote, directed, and starred in both English and French
> versions of "The Dragon Trilogy", "Needles and Opium", and
> "The Seven Streams of the River Opa"?
 
rob lepage
 
> 3. A Haitian-born satirist had a bestseller with his semi-
> autobiographical first novel. Name either the French or the
> English title of the book, or else name the writer.
 
how to make love to a negro
 
> restaurant owner and a diabolical foreign moneylender. Again,
> name either the French or the English title of the book, or
> else name the writer.
 
the alley cat
 
> important job. What is it? We need her employer as well as
> her position. *Note*: We will accept the job she retired from
> in 2009.
 
le devoir publisher
 
> 6. Louise Beaudoin has worked in theater and the arts, but """now
> has""" another important job. What """is""" it?
 
stripper
 
> 7. Who """is""" Mitsou?
 
pop singer
 
> 8. Who """is""" René Angélil?
 
celine dion's husband/manager
 
> 9. Who """is""" René Lecavalier?
 
stripper
 
 
> 10. André Gagnon """is""" a musician, but what """does""" his
> namesake André-Philippe Gagnon do?
 
comedian
 
 
> This challenge round was brought to you by the number 4.
 
> * A. Mystery and Suspense
 
> A1. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth K"?
 
mario puzo
 
> A2. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth Protocol"?
 
fred forsyth
 
 
> * B. Games
 
> B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
> and "trèfles" refer to?
 
suits in a deck of cards
 
> B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
> In games such as bridge and whist, each player plays a card
> in turn to make up a group of four cards called a what?
 
trick
 
> Speaking of Oscars, by the way, please remember that """there is no
> game next week. We'll see you as usual two weeks from tonight."""
 
> C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
 
the silence of the lambs
 
> C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
 
it happened one night
 
> C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
 
one flew over the cuckoo's nest
 
 
> * D. Fourth in a Series
 
> D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
 
the press
 
> D2. Who was the "fourth man", following Burgess, Philby,
> and MacLean?
 
tony blunt
 
> D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
> of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not
> used there. Who was the fourth horseman?
 
death
 
 
> * E. Elements
 
> E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
> names. Name any *two*.
 
lead, zinc ; gold, iron
 
> E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
> This one is a noble gas. What is it?
 
neon
 
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "When you're up to your ass in alligators, maybe
> m...@vex.net | you're in the wrong swamp." -- Bill Stewart
 
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
 
swp, who thanks Mark for this trip down amnesia lane
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 15 10:28PM -0700

On 6/13/21 9:23 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> * B. Games
 
> B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
> and "trèfles" refer to?
 
playing card suites
 
 
> B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
> Va tnzrf fhpu nf oevqtr naq juvfg, rnpu cynlre cynlf n pneq
> va ghea gb znxr hc n tebhc bs sbhe pneqf pnyyrq n jung?
 
trick
 
> Speaking of Oscars, by the way, please remember that """there is no
> game next week. We'll see you as usual two weeks from tonight."""
 
> C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
 
Silence of the Lambs
 
> C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
> C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
 
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
 
 
> * D. Fourth in a Series
 
> D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
 
the press
 
 
> D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
> of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not
> used there. Who was the fourth horseman?
 
Death
 
 
> * E. Elements
 
> E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
> names. Name any *two*.
 
iron, zinc
 
 
> E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
> This one is a noble gas. What is it?
 
neon
 
 
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Dan Tilque
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