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Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 4, Rounds 7-8: nursery rhymes and dogs

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Subject: Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 4, Rounds 7-8: nursery rhymes and dogs
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by: Joshua Kreitzer - Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:44 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 12:40:19 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Nursery Rhymes
>
> For most Western children their earliest exposure to literature is
> through nursery rhymes, which are also sometimes called Mother Goose
> rhymes. Here are some of the old standbys. We will read the first
> few lines and you will supply the next line. Warning: *Be exact!*
> Variations will be allowed only in a few specific minor words.
>
> 1. Georgie Porgie, puddin' and pie,
> Kissed the girls and made them cry,
> When the boys came out to play...

Georgie Porgie ran away

> 3. Jack Sprat could eat no fat,
> His wife could eat no lean,
> And so betwixt the two of them...

They licked the platter clean
> 4. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree.
> Merry, merry king of the bush is he.
> Laugh, Kookaburra,
> Laugh, Kookaburra...

Gay your life must be

> 5. Ladybug! Ladybug!
> Fly away home.
> Your house is on fire...

Your children alone

> 6. Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
> And can't tell where to find them.
> Leave them alone,
> And they'll come home...

Wagging their tails behind them

> 7. Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
> How does your garden grow?
> With silver bells and cockleshells...

And pretty maids all in a row

> 8. Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
> And a merry old soul was he.
> He called for his pipe,
> And he called for his bowl...

And he called for his fiddlers three

> 9. Simple Simon met a pieman,
> Going to the fair.
> Said Simple Simon to the pieman...

May I taste your ware?

> 10. Three blind mice. Three blind mice.
> See how they run. See how they run.
> They all ran after the farmer's wife...

She cut off their tails with a carving knife

> * Game 4, Round 8 - Geography - Geographical Dogs
>
> Many purebred dog breeds have names that connect them to their
> country or region of origin. The numbered photos
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/4-8/geogs.jpg
>
> are of 12 such breeds. In each case, give the name of the breed,
> including the geographical descriptor (which may be the whole name
> or just part of it).

No answers for me here.

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

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