Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 26 03:42PM


> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
 
> 1. Sch?nbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Berlin
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estaci?, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Rio de Janeiro
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Mumbai; Kolkata
 
> 5. G?ztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Chicago
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Cairo
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
London
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, ?restad, Trianglen.
 
Stockholm; Oslo
 
> 10. Crist?bal Col?n, San Jos? de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Madrid; Mexico City
 
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
The Artful Dodger
 
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
 
Bumbershoot
 
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
 
Uriah Heep
 
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin
 
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
Miss Havisham
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
Madame de Farge
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 26 08:32PM +0200

> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Vienna
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisboa
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Mumbai; New Dehli
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Karachi
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Copenhagen
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Mexico City
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 27 12:09AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:D-OdnbpRVK_1IlHDnZ2dnUU7-
 
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Berlin; Munich
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisbon; Rio de Janeiro
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Kolkata; Delhi
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Chicago
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Cairo
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
Sydney; Melbourne
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Copenhagen
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
San Juan; Mexico City

> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
Artful Dodger
 
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
 
Mr. Micawber
 
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
 
Abel Magwitch

> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin

> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
Miss Havisham
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
Madame Defarge
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 27 12:28AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:D-OdnbpRVK_1IlHDnZ2dnUU7-
 
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Vienna
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisbon
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
New Delhi
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Chicago
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Tehran
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
Sydney; Melbourne
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Stockholm
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Madrid
 
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
Artful Dodger
 
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
 
Uriah Heep
 
 
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
 
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
Madame LaFarge
 
 
Pete Gayde
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