[meteorite-list] CONTEST

[Martin Horejsi]

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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