The card layout creates a 4x13 grid of cards with aces on the left and kings on the right and in Bridge suit order with clubs at the top.
Hints are in italics.
Ace. Phrases in Hamlet's Soliloquy. - No Hint
"'Tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
and by opposing end them?"
"The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn
no traveller returns"
"To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the
rub"
"Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;"
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8. State Highpoints.
Jerimoth Hill in Rhode Island
Pike's Peak in Colorado
Camel's Hump in Vermont
Mount Katahdin in Maine
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2. Movies which won the Oscar for both Best Picture
and Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted). Movies were
chosen to make this easier. I like the Screenplay award.
All of them did win Best Picture.
Schindler's List
Gladiator
Shakespeare in Love
Titanic
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9. Games published by db Spiele (designer Dirk
Henn's company [with his wife Barbara]). Look around
the house as a number of these Matt owns.
Hexenstich
Iron Horse
Texas
Showmanager
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3. Perfect Numbers. A perfect number is one
which is equal to the sum of its factors.
26
8128
498
742
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10. Novel Opening Lines.
All happy families are alike, all unhappy
families are unhappy in their own way. Anna Karenina, by Leo
Tolstoy
"In five years, the penis will be obsolete,"
said the salesman. Steel Beach, by John Varley
The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a
hallowed subcatagory. He's got espirit up to here. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
It was a bright cold day in April, and the
clocks were striking thirteen. 1984, by George Orwell
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4. Official languages of Switzerland. No Hint
English
French
Italian
Swiss
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Jack. Tichu Suits. Find a deck.
Spears
Moons
Coins
Pagodas
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5. Songs written by George Harrison. Two are
correct.
All Things Must Pass
Nowhere Man
Hey Jude
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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Queen. Chemical Elements. Only one is
correct. Collinium
Pennium
Reborgium
Protactinium
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6. Cosmic Encounter powers in Eon's Basic Set
(no expansions). Finding the powers should help.
Lloyd
Philanthropist
Chronos
Aristocrat
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King. Creatures GIANT green snake
Lursa and Bator Could be anywhere but
probably hidden.
Hi-C Furby
"D" and "D" Living Room
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7. Grateful Dead Albums. Two are correct.
Terrapin Alley
Blues for Allah
Anthem of the Sun
Ultraviolet Roses
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For the final answer this may help _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ equals _ _ _ _
It also may be a little easier to understand if you flip the cards over.