Monday, August 29, 2022

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 28 03:16PM

> across the border. In fact, the US has seized more than
> 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive object"
> embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
 
Kinder Egg
 
> ** Final, Round 2 - History
 
> * Provinces of Ancient Rome
 
> 1. Aquitania -- bordered to the north by Lugdunensis.
 
France
 
> 2. Cappadocia -- bordered to the west by Galatia, and to the north
> by Pontus and the Pontus Euxinus.
 
Hungary; Romania
 
> 3. Lusitania -- bordered to the south by Baetica and to the north
> by Tarraconensis. Lusitania extended into two modern countries:
> name either one.
 
Portugal
 
> there appeared a charge card that was not so limited, initially
> being accepted at any of two dozen New York City establishments
> -- of a certain type, hence its name. What was this card called?
 
Diners Club
 
> payment every month) was this US card, first sent unsolicited
> in 1958 to 60,000 residents of Fresno, California. In 1977 it
> changed its name to Visa. What was the original name?
 
BankAmericaCard
 
> 15. In 1985, Sears introduced a credit card that had no annual fee.
> What was this card called?
 
Discover
 
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
 
> * Museum Collections
 
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/4.png
 
Rijksmuseum
 
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/5.png
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/6.png
 
Louvre; Art Institute of Chicago
 
> "Birds of America", and "The Group". She was famous for her
> feud with Lillian Hellman, of whom she said that every word
> Hellman wrote was a lie, including "and" and "the".
 
Edna Ferber
 
> Romanian-French playwright was a leading proponent of the
> theater of the absurd. His works include "The Bald Soprano",
> "The Lesson", and "Rhinoceros".
 
Ionesco
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 28 12:46PM -0700

On Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 7:29:39 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music", "Patton",
> "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws". The surname
> is sufficient.
 
Zanuck
 
> the places bordering it. You tell where it was located, by naming
> the corresponding modern country.
 
> 1. Aquitania -- bordered to the north by Lugdunensis.
 
France; Spain

> 2. Cappadocia -- bordered to the west by Galatia, and to the north
> by Pontus and the Pontus Euxinus.
 
Turkey
 
> 3. Lusitania -- bordered to the south by Baetica and to the north
> by Tarraconensis. Lusitania extended into two modern countries:
> name either one.
 
Portugal
 
> the illustrated logo. We need its name *at the time the logo was
> in use*.
 
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/party/10.png
 
Progressive Conservative Party
 
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/party/12.png
 
Reform Party

> there appeared a charge card that was not so limited, initially
> being accepted at any of two dozen New York City establishments
> -- of a certain type, hence its name. What was this card called?
 
Diners Club
 
> payment every month) was this US card, first sent unsolicited
> in 1958 to 60,000 residents of Fresno, California. In 1977 it
> changed its name to Visa. What was the original name?
 
Bank Americard
 
> 15. In 1985, Sears introduced a credit card that had no annual fee.
> What was this card called?
 
Discover
 
 
> In each case, name the museum whose permanent collection includes
> all the works shown.
 
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/4.png
 
National Gallery
(note: I mean the one in London)
 
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/5.png
 
Louvre
 
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/6.png
 
Museum of Modern Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
> * Canadian Award Statuettes
 
> In each case, name the awards associated with the statuette.
 
> 8. No hint. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/award/8.jpg>
 
Hangman (?)
 
> "Birds of America", and "The Group". She was famous for her
> feud with Lillian Hellman, of whom she said that every word
> Hellman wrote was a lie, including "and" and "the".
 
McCarthy

> Romanian-French playwright was a leading proponent of the
> theater of the absurd. His works include "The Bald Soprano",
> "The Lesson", and "Rhinoceros".
 
Ionesco
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Aug 28 10:25PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> the places bordering it. You tell where it was located, by naming
> the corresponding modern country.
 
> 1. Aquitania -- bordered to the north by Lugdunensis.
 
Spain
 
 
> 2. Cappadocia -- bordered to the west by Galatia, and to the north
> by Pontus and the Pontus Euxinus.
 
Turkey
 
 
> 3. Lusitania -- bordered to the south by Baetica and to the north
> by Tarraconensis. Lusitania extended into two modern countries:
> name either one.
 
England
 
> there appeared a charge card that was not so limited, initially
> being accepted at any of two dozen New York City establishments
> -- of a certain type, hence its name. What was this card called?
 
Diners Club
 
> payment every month) was this US card, first sent unsolicited
> in 1958 to 60,000 residents of Fresno, California. In 1977 it
> changed its name to Visa. What was the original name?
 
Bank Americard
 
 
> 15. In 1985, Sears introduced a credit card that had no annual fee.
> What was this card called?
 
Universal Card
 
 
> * Posthumous Publishing
 
> Name the authors of these posthumously published works.
 
> 1. "Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man".
 
Hemingway
 
 
> In each case, name the museum whose permanent collection includes
> all the works shown.
 
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/4.png
 
Art Institute of Chicago
 
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/5.png
 
New York Metropolitan Museum
 
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/6.png
 
Rijksmuseum
 
> novelist and short-story writer won the 1973 Nobel Prize for
> Literature. His works include "Voss", "A Fringe of Leaves",
> and "The Twyborn Affair".
 
Pete Gayde
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