| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 05 02:11PM > 2. (1914.) "His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling > faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the > descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." F. Scott Fitzgerald; James Joyce > 3. (1989.) "After the show, the Hsus, the Jongs, and the St. Clairs > from the Joy Luck Club came up to my mother and father." Amy Tan > mass of maleness, repugnant. He remembered also the beautiful > face of one whom he had loved, and who had died still having > the faith to yield to the mystery." D. H. Lawrence > 6. (1984.) "Summer without baseball: a disruption to the psyche. > An unexplainable aimlessness engulfs me. I stay later and > later each evening in the small office at the rear of my shop." W. P. Kinsella > am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed > would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject > their own evidence. Yet, mad I am not..." Edgar Allan Poe; Herman Melville > good company. Sometimes we get a surprise -- an economist who > turns out to be a poet, for instance. (I mean a poet in the > formal sense: all economists are rapt, fanciful creatures...)" Robertson Davies > 9. (1987, Canada.) "I always believed in ghosts. When I was > little I saw them in my father's small field in Goa. That was > very long ago, before I came to Bombay to work as an ayah." Salman Rushdie > 10. (1948.) "It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks > were striking thirteen." George Orwell > playoffs took place in 1986. Either name the player who > scored the winning goal, or tell within 10 seconds how long > that overtime was. 10; 35 > Both games required the same number of overtime periods. > Either tell us how many overtime periods that was, or name > either of the players who scored the winning goals. 5; 6 > one of the so-called "original six" teams with one of the six > new expansion teams. Name the team that lost all 12 games of > those three final series. Sabres; Blues > 4. And name the """only team that has""" won 14 consecutive > playoff games. These consisted of the last 11 playoff games > of one year and the first 3 of the next. Oilers > as the season has grown still longer, many players have now > scored at least 50 goals in a season. Who was the first man > to do that *twice*? Howe; Gretzky > 9. And who was the first to score 50 goals in his *first* season > in the NHL? Gretzky > 10. The record for most goals in a season, of course, """belongs""" > to Wayne Gretzky. That was the 1980-81 season, which was 80 > games long. Within 1, how many goals did he score? 112; 122 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jul 05 08:21PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." > 3. (1989.) "After the show, the Hsus, the Jongs, and the St. Clairs > from the Joy Luck Club came up to my mother and father." Tan > am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed > would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject > their own evidence. Yet, mad I am not..." Shelley > 9. (1987, Canada.) "I always believed in ghosts. When I was > little I saw them in my father's small field in Goa. That was > very long ago, before I came to Bombay to work as an ayah." Rushdie > 10. (1948.) "It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks > were striking thirteen." Orwell > playoffs took place in 1986. Either name the player who > scored the winning goal, or tell within 10 seconds how long > that overtime was. 20; 41 > Both games required the same number of overtime periods. > Either tell us how many overtime periods that was, or name > either of the players who scored the winning goals. 5; 6 > one of the so-called "original six" teams with one of the six > new expansion teams. Name the team that lost all 12 games of > those three final series. Blues > 4. And name the """only team that has""" won 14 consecutive > playoff games. These consisted of the last 11 playoff games > of one year and the first 3 of the next. Islanders; Canadiens > goaltending average went to 1.12 goals per game, then 1.05, > and finally 0.92! Name either of the two goalies who achieved > these three successive records. Vezina > 7. """Two""" goalies share the record of having allowed the > fewest goals per game in the league in 5 consecutive seasons. > Name either one. Worsley; Dryden > as the season has grown still longer, many players have now > scored at least 50 goals in a season. Who was the first man > to do that *twice*? Bobby Hull > 10. The record for most goals in a season, of course, """belongs""" > to Wayne Gretzky. That was the 1980-81 season, which was 80 > games long. Within 1, how many goals did he score? 82; 92 > Please decode the rot13 after you have finished with all questions > on the round: Vs bar bs lbhe nafjref jnf "Uhyy", lbh arrq gb tb > onpx naq fhccyl gur zna'f svefg anzr. Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 05 09:06PM -0700 On 7/4/21 9:57 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." > 3. (1989.) "After the show, the Hsus, the Jongs, and the St. Clairs > from the Joy Luck Club came up to my mother and father." Amy Tan > very long ago, before I came to Bombay to work as an ayah." > 10. (1948.) "It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks > were striking thirteen." George Orwell -- Dan Tilque |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jul 05 10:05PM -0700 On Monday, July 5, 2021 at 12:57:37 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > in season, two tickets to that night's ball game riding in my > breast pocket, I went to meet some friends at a downtown bar > I favored at the time: Woody's Pub, on Bishop Street." richler > 2. (1914.) "His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling > faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the > descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." joyce > 3. (1989.) "After the show, the Hsus, the Jongs, and the St. Clairs > from the Joy Luck Club came up to my mother and father." tan > mass of maleness, repugnant. He remembered also the beautiful > face of one whom he had loved, and who had died still having > the faith to yield to the mystery." d.h. lawrence > that she wished him dead, but she couldn't imagine any other > way for him to disappear. He was omnipresent; he pervaded her > life like a kind of smell..." atwood > 6. (1984.) "Summer without baseball: a disruption to the psyche. > An unexplainable aimlessness engulfs me. I stay later and > later each evening in the small office at the rear of my shop." kinsella > am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed > would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject > their own evidence. Yet, mad I am not..." edgar allan poe > good company. Sometimes we get a surprise -- an economist who > turns out to be a poet, for instance. (I mean a poet in the > formal sense: all economists are rapt, fanciful creatures...)" davies > 9. (1987, Canada.) "I always believed in ghosts. When I was > little I saw them in my father's small field in Goa. That was > very long ago, before I came to Bombay to work as an ayah." gah! I read this and the others in this round 11 years ago after it was originally set. thinking is hard, remembering shouldn't be. I will guess ... rohinton mistry > 10. (1948.) "It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks > were striking thirteen." george orwell > playoffs took place in 1986. Either name the player who > scored the winning goal, or tell within 10 seconds how long > that overtime was. 10 seconds > Both games required the same number of overtime periods. > Either tell us how many overtime periods that was, or name > either of the players who scored the winning goals. 6 periods > one of the so-called "original six" teams with one of the six > new expansion teams. Name the team that lost all 12 games of > those three final series. st louis blues > 4. And name the """only team that has""" won 14 consecutive > playoff games. These consisted of the last 11 playoff games > of one year and the first 3 of the next. pittsburgh penguins > 2 games and still scored 44 goals. This goals-per-game record > """still stands today""", as does his record, 2 years later, > of scoring 7 goals in the same game. Name him. malone > goaltending average went to 1.12 goals per game, then 1.05, > and finally 0.92! Name either of the two goalies who achieved > these three successive records. patrick roy > 7. """Two""" goalies share the record of having allowed the > fewest goals per game in the league in 5 consecutive seasons. > Name either one. patrick roy > as the season has grown still longer, many players have now > scored at least 50 goals in a season. Who was the first man > to do that *twice*? bobby hull > 9. And who was the first to score 50 goals in his *first* season > in the NHL? mike bossy > 10. The record for most goals in a season, of course, """belongs""" > to Wayne Gretzky. That was the 1980-81 season, which was 80 > games long. Within 1, how many goals did he score? 92 > Mark Brader, Toronto "Beware the Calends of April also." > m...@vex.net -- Peter Neumann > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
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