[meteorite-list] CONTEST

From: Thomas Webb <webbth1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jan 31 16:58:28 2006
Message-ID: <20060131215803.91570.qmail_at_web36201.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

--- Thomas Webb <webbth1_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:47:26 -0800 (PST)
> From: Thomas Webb <webbth1_at_yahoo.com>
> Subject: CONTEST
> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>
> Hello List Members,
> As some of us are sitting at home wishing we were
> at the Tucson show I thought it might be interesting
> to have a little contest to work on.
> For the first person to send me the answers to the
> following five questions pertaining to this poem, I
> will send a 7.1g polished slice of the Wagon Mound
> meteorite.
>
> Among the hills a meteorite
> Lies huge; and moss has overgrown,
> And wind and rain with touches light
> Made soft, the contours of the stone.
>
> Thus easily can earth digest
> A cinder of sidereal fire,
> And make her translunary guest
> The native of an English shire.
>
> Nor is it strange these wanderers
> Find in her lap their fitting place,
> For every particle that's hers
> Came at the first from outer space.
>
> All that is Earth has once been sky;
> Down from the sun of old she came,
> Or from some star that travelled by
> Too close to his entangling flame.
>
> Hence, if belated drops yet fall
> From heaven, on these her plastic power
> Still works as once it worked on all
> The glad rush of the golden shower.
>
> 1. What is the name of the poem?
> 2. Name the author of the poem.
> 3. Which of this author's books uses this poem as
> an introduction?
> 4. Name two other books this author wrote.
> 5. What current movie was based on this author's
> writings?
>
> Be certain that you spell everything correctly in
> your answers as this may make the difference in a
> correct or incorrect answer.
>
> Reply to me offlist and I will post the answers
> and the winner of the contest on the list. The
> first person with correct answers for all 5
> questions wins.
>
> My best and good luck,
> Thomas
>
>
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Received on Tue 31 Jan 2006 04:58:03 PM PST