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#76 11 FEB 2003 at 1:33am
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By Malia G (11 FEB 2003 1:24am)* Foucault's Pendulum (I hate my keyboard!! > ) Is it alright now?? : Yes! I gotta be pedantic if the questions are so easy But you still haven't told me - should the next questions be easier or more difficult? I forgot my sig.
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#77 11 FEB 2003 at 1:50am
Carla Journeyman Posts : 836 Joined: 12 JAN 2003 Status : Online	I'd say easier, so more people could answer...But I kind of like hard trivias... : [b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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#78 11 FEB 2003 at 1:57am
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By Malia G (11 FEB 2003 1:50am)* I'd say easier, so more people could answer...But I kind of like hard trivias... : Well... that answer didn't help me much I forgot my sig.
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#79 11 FEB 2003 at 3:51am
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	Okay, here's another one... this time I'd be honestly surprised if anyone even read the book. It was originally written in French BTW. "Father Hubert Le Dangeolet was in excellent spirits this Tuesday. Actually, that was true every morning since his election and, on two days out of three, right through from morning till evening. His accession to the position of provincial six months earlier had thrilled him more than he admitted to himself. Even so, God knows he did congratulate himself, particularly when he woke. He would open his eyes, and he would remember: I am happy, very happy--why is that, again? Oh, of course: provincial. Hallelujah." I forgot my sig.
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#80 17 FEB 2003 at 1:49am
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	OK, since no one seems to be able to find the solution for the last trivia, here's an easier one - a short story from a well known sci-fi author: "The rain continued. It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping at the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains. It came by the pound and the ton, it hacked at the jungle and cut the trees like scissors and shaved the grass and tunnelled the soil and molted the bushes. It shrank men's hands into the hands of wrinkled apes; it rained a solid glassy rain, and it never stopped." I forgot my sig.
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#81 17 FEB 2003 at 2:11am
Carla Journeyman Posts : 836 Joined: 12 JAN 2003 Status : Online	This one was quite easy, Michal ...I'll wait a while to post the answer...If no one guess it before. : [b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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#82 17 FEB 2003 at 12:51pm
Andromus Guild Master Posts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By MichalN (17 FEB 2003 1:49am)* OK, since no one seems to be able to find the solution for the last trivia, here's an easier one - a short story from a well known sci-fi author: "The rain continued. It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping at the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains. It came by the pound and the ton, it hacked at the jungle and cut the trees like scissors and shaved the grass and tunnelled the soil and molted the bushes. It shrank men's hands into the hands of wrinkled apes; it rained a solid glassy rain, and it never stopped." It reminds me of something from Ray Bradbury, but I can't place what story it comes from.
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#83 17 FEB 2003 at 1:56pm
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By Andromus (17 FEB 2003 12:50pm)* It reminds me of something from Ray Bradbury, but I can't place what story it comes from. Well, it is Bradbury all right I typed this in from The Illustrated Man but I of course want the name of this particular story... I forgot my sig.
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#84 17 FEB 2003 at 10:11pm
Carla Journeyman Posts : 836 Joined: 12 JAN 2003 Status : Online	Come on, Andromus! You must have read this one... You are really good at literary trivias!!! (Michal: if nobody answers by tomorrow...can I post name of the story? : I've stayed :-X not to spoil it!!) [b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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#85 17 FEB 2003 at 11:31pm
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By Malia G (17 FEB 2003 10:11pm)* (Michal: if nobody answers by tomorrow...can I post name of the story? : I've stayed :-X not to spoil it!!) You have to, or I will do it I forgot my sig.
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#86 18 FEB 2003 at 2:46pm
Carla Journeyman Posts : 836 Joined: 12 JAN 2003 Status : Online	Ok, if Andromus didn't come yet with the story's name, I guess it's my turn! : "The longest rain"...of course, by Ray Bradbury. Say, Andromus, why don't you start a new trivia? [b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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#87 18 FEB 2003 at 6:01pm
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By Malia G (18 FEB 2003 2:46pm)* "The longest rain"...of course, by Ray Bradbury. Correct... Say, Andromus, why don't you start a new trivia? Yeah, I'm running out of books I forgot my sig.
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#88 19 FEB 2003 at 12:18am
Andromus Guild Master Posts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	O.K., I'll give it a shot! Bear with me here, I'm not sure what to call too easy or too hard, so I'll start out with something I'd say is pretty straightforward. This is from the opening of a classic fantasy novel. Of course, I'm looking for the author and title. "On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays it was Court Hand and Summulae Logicales, while the rest of the week it was Organon, Repetition and Astrology. The governess was always getting muddled with her astrolabe, and when she got specially muddled she would take it out of the Wart by rapping his knuckles. She did not rap Kay's knuckles, because when Kay grew older he would be Sir Kay, the master of the estate. The Wart was called the Wart because it more or less rhymed with Art, which was short for his real name."
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#89 19 FEB 2003 at 1:34am
Carla Journeyman Posts : 836 Joined: 12 JAN 2003 Status : Online	A magical tale? A funny fairy tale? : [b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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#90 19 FEB 2003 at 2:04am
Andromus Guild Master Posts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Malia G (19 FEB 2003 1:34am)* A magical tale? There is magic involved throughout the story, yes. A funny fairy tale? The story has some humorous moments, but some grimmer ones as well.
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#91 21 FEB 2003 at 12:17am
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	Waiting for an answer here... I forgot my sig.
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#92 21 FEB 2003 at 12:19am
Deleted User	Is it from a Discworld series?

#93 21 FEB 2003 at 1:06am
Carla Journeyman Posts : 836 Joined: 12 JAN 2003 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By MichalN (21 FEB 2003 12:16am)* Waiting for an answer here... What? Have you post another trivia? About Andromus' trivia: I don't think it's from the iscworld series...Or am I wrong, Andromus? : [b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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#94 21 FEB 2003 at 1:17am
MichalN Grand Inquisitor Posts : 7058 Joined: 14 SEP 2003 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By Malia G (21 FEB 2003 1:06am)* What? Have you post another trivia? No, because Andromus' trivia hasn't been answered yet! I forgot my sig.
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#95 21 FEB 2003 at 1:25am
Carla Journeyman Posts : 836 Joined: 12 JAN 2003 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By MichalN (21 FEB 2003 1:17am)* No, because Andromus' trivia hasn't been answered yet! Hey, be patient! or youanswer it!) A question for Andromus: is the book kind of a satire? [b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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#96 21 FEB 2003 at 1:57am
Andromus Guild Master Posts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	To answer your questions: No, it's not from the Discworld series. Yes, the author uses quite a bit of satire throughout the book.
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#97 21 FEB 2003 at 4:19am
Deleted User	Is it The Sword in the Stone, from the first volume of The Once and Future King ?

#98 21 FEB 2003 at 11:15pm
Andromus Guild Master Posts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Sarah (21 FEB 2003 4:19am)* Is it The Sword in the Stone, from the first volume of The Once and Future King ? Good work, you've got it! Hey, you're 2 for 2 on my trivia questions!
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#99 22 FEB 2003 at 3:12am
Andromus Guild Master Posts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	And now for something completely different: "THERE were four of us - George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how bad we were - bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course. We were all feeling seedy, and we were getting quite nervous about it. Harris said he felt such extraordinary fits of giddiness come over him at times, that he hardly knew what he was doing; and then George said that HE had fits of giddiness too, and hardly knew what HE was doing. With me, it was my liver that was out of order. I knew it was my liver that was out of order, because I had just been reading a patent liver-pill circular, in which were detailed the various symptoms by which a man could tell when his liver was out of order. I had them all."
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#100 22 FEB 2003 at 3:39am
Carla Journeyman Posts : 836 Joined: 12 JAN 2003 Status : Online	Do you like J. Kerome's books too, Andromus? I think the name was smth like: "three men on a boat"... ??? [b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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