Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--TOC Day 4

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Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--TOC Day 4

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The finals for the Paucle Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing are now open. Please vote.

Results for Day 3 should be up later today.

Here's Day 4. See you on Monday.
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BRITISH LITERATURE

2: This author created The Silmarillion as a setting where his invented Elvish languages could be used.

4: The everlasting lawsuit Jarndyce v. Jarndyce is the center of this Charles Dickens novel.

6: This 1885 novel has Allan Quatermain search for a legendary source of diamonds, as well as Curtis's brother, who went missing on his own search.

8: In this woman's tale in The Canterbury Tales, a knight saves his life by discovering that women most desire sovereignty over men.

10: Squire Allworthy acts as a father for the title "Foundling" in this 1749 novel.

THREE OF A KIND

3: Rub-a-dub-dub, these are the three men in the tub in the nursery rhyme.

6: Michigan has a land border with these three U.S. states.

9: They're the three major credit reporting agencies in the U.S.--one of them announced a security breach in September 2017.

12: The 1910 poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" immortalized this Cubs double-play trio.

15: These were the original three actresses to play Charlie's Angels.
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2: Tolkein
4: Bleak House
6: King Solomon's Mines
8: Wife of Bath
10: Tom Jones

3: Butcher, baker, and candlestick maker
6: Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin
9: Equifax, Experian, TransUnion
12: Tinker, Evers, Chance
15: Fawcett, Smith, and Johnson
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2: J. R. R. Tolkien
4: Bleak House
6: King Solomon's Mines
8: The Wife of Bath's Tale
10: Tom Jones

3: Butcher, baker, candlestick maker
6: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin
9: Equifax, Transunion, Experian
12: Tinkers, Evers, Chance
15: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Jaclyn Smith
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2: JRR Tolkien
4: Bleak House
6: King Solomon's Mines
8: Wife of Bath
10: Tom Jones

3: butcher, baker, candlestick maker
6: Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio
9: Equifax, Experian, Transunion
12: Tinker to Evers to Chance
15: J Smith, F Fawcett, K Jackson
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BRITISH LITERATURE
2: (J.R.R.) Tolkien
4: Bleak House
6: King Solomon's Mines?
8: Wife of Bath?
10: Tom Jones

THREE OF A KIND
3: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
6: Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin
9: Equifax, Experian, Transunion
12: Tinker, Evers, Chance
15: (Jaclyn) Smith, (Farrah) Fawcett, and (Kate) Jackson
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Spoiler
2: Tolkien
4: Bleak House
6: King Solomon's Mines
8: The Wife of Bath
10: Tom Jones

3: butcher, baker, candlestick maker
6: Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin
9: Equifax, Experian, Transunion
12: Tinker, Evers, Chance
15: Farah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith
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Spoiler
2: J.R.R. Tolkien
4: Bleak House
6: King Solomon's Mines
8: Wives of Bath
10: Tom Jones

3: Butcher, baker and candlestick maker
6: Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio
9: Equifax, Experian and trans-Union
12: Tinker to Evers to Chance
15: Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith
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2: JRR Tolkien

4: Bleak House

6: CLAM

8: The Wife of Bath

10: Tom Jones

THREE OF A KIND

3: The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick maker

6: Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio

9: Transunion, Equifax, Experian

12: Tinker to Evers to Chance

15: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith
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BRITISH LITERATURE
2. Tolkien
4. Bleak House
6. King Solomon's Mines
8. Wife of Bath
10. Tom Jones

THREE OF A KIND
3. Butcher, Baker, and Candlestick Maker
6. Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio
9. Equifax, Experian, and Transunion
12. Tinkers, Evers, and Chance
15. Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson, and Farrah Fawcett
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BRITISH LITERATURE

2: Tolkien

4: CLAMmy CLAMelby

6: King Solomon's Mines

8: The Wife of Bath?

10: CLAM

THREE OF A KIND

3: butcher, baker, candlestick maker

6: Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin

9: Experian, Equifax, TRW

12: Tinker to Evers to Chance

15: Farrah Fawcett Majors, Jacquelyn Smith, Kate Jackson
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BRITISH LITERATURE

2: Who is Tolkien?

4: What is Bleak House?

6: What is King Solomon's Mines?

8: Who is the Wife of Bath?

10: Who is Tom Jones?

THREE OF A KIND

3: Who are the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker?

6: What are Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio?

9: What are Experian, Equifax, and Transunion?

12: Who are Tinker, Evers, and Chance?

15: Who are Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Jaclyn Smith?
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2. Tolkien
4. Dombey and Son
6. King Solomon's Mines
8. Wife of Bath
10. Tom Jones

3. butcher, baker, & candlestick maker
6. Indiana, Ohio, & Minnesota
9. Equifax, Experian, & Transunion
12. Tinkers, Evers, & Chance
15. Fawcett, Jackson, & Smith
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Spoiler
2: Tolkien
4:
6: King Solomon's Mines
8: Wife of Bath
10:

3: butcher, baker, candlestick maker
6: Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin
9: Equifax, Experian, TransUnion
12: Tinker, Evers, Chance
15: Fawcett, Smith, Jackson
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BRITISH LITERATURE

2: Tolkien

4: Bleak House

6: King Solomon's Mines

8: Wife of Bath

10: Tom Jones

THREE OF A KIND

3: butcher, baker, candlestick maker

6: Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota

9: Equifax, Experian, Trans Union

12: Tinker to Evers to Chance

15: Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett
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Spoiler
BRITISH LITERATURE

2: Tolkien
4: Bleak House
6: King Solomon's Mines
8: Wife of Bath
10: Tom Jones

3: Butcher, baker and candlestick maker
6: Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin
9: CLAM (I can only come up with Equifax and Experian)
12: Tinker, Evers, and Chance
15: Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson
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rjaguar3 wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:56 am Answer template:
Spoiler
2: Tolkien
4: Bleak House
6: CLAM
8: The Nun's Priest's Tale
10: CLAM

3: butcher, baker, candlestick maker
6: Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin
9: Equifax, Experian, Transunion
12: Tinker, Evers, Chance
15: CLAM, CLAM, CLAM
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