[meteorite-list] CONTEST

From: Martin Horejsi <accretiondesk_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jan 31 17:18:55 2006
Message-ID: <9c2f96d20601311418v5bfb615l3d682e2ca0325bf3_at_mail.gmail.com>

Title: The Meteortie

Author: C.S. Lewis

Book: Poems

Books: Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories and Till We Have Faces: A
Myth Retold

Movie: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

Cheers,

Martin


On 1/31/06, Thomas Webb <webbth1_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- 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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>
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Received on Tue 31 Jan 2006 05:18:52 PM PST