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15.5 Scavenger HuntThe Drop Off Dad: A Single Dad Romanceby Emma June
Athletics- "Phoebe had been running around all week" p 159 option B
Task +15
Grand total :125
20.6 Opening CeremoniesThe Benefactress by Elizabeth von Arnim
(A) 1896-1909
Author born in Australia
+25 Task
+5 pub 1901
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 650
10.3 Shot PutSeuls sont les indomptés by Max de Radiguès
2.79 average rating
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Points total = 425
10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; … ; … ; 10.9 ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; 15.3 ; 15.4 ; 15.5 ; 15.6 ; 15.7 ; 15.8 ; 15.9 ; 15.10
20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
10.3 Shot PutThe Gordian Knot by Bernhard Schlink
2.94 average rating
+10 task
+ 5 Before 1999 (1987)
Task total = 15
Season total = 300
10.4 High JumpDecathlon round 2
London Rules by Mick Herron
+10 Task (4.34)
Task total = 10
Season total = 370
10.10 1500 metresEverything You Need by A.L. Kennedy
+10 Task (543 pages)
+ 5 Big
+ 5 Old (1999)
Task total = 20
Season total = 390
10.9 Javelin ThrowWithin Arm's Reach by Ann Napolitano
Task total: 10
Finisher bonus: 100
Season total: 350
10.10 1500 metresThe Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
512 pages
+10 task
+5 Big
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 710
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5;
15.5 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Option B, Golf - " A blockage of circulation causing an irregular swelling. Like a snake that has swallowed a gold ball."
+15 task
+5 Before 1999
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 730
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5;
20.6 Opening CeremoniesPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
D, Sweden
+25 task
+5 Before 1999
Post Total = 30
Season Total = 760
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;
15.6 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2Spectacles by Sue Perkins
Option B, Rowing - " Dad, what's the best university?" " Er .. how would I know? Um ... one of the rowing ones, I guess. Cambridge! Yes, Cambridge."
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 775
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;
15.10 Olympic Scavenger (Round 2) A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
football Option B – from chapter 24 Phil kicked it like a flabby football and it hit the wall
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Finisher bonus 100
Season total = 1325
Round 210.10 1500 metres
Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
+10 task (528 pages)
+ 5 big
Task total: 15
Season total: 375
20.7 Opening Ceremonies (Round 2)Little Jewel: A Novel by Patrick Modiano
(H) 1990-2002
Author born in France
+30 Task
Task total = 30
Season total = 1355
Task 20.7 Opening CeremoniesE/1951-1963/
UNITED KINGDOM:ENGLAND
Author: Born in Devon, England, United Kingdom
They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple #6) (1952) by Agatha Christie
+30 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1952)
Task Total: 30 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 290 + 35 = 325
20.5 Opening Ceremonies H - 1990 - 2002The Sun Over Breda by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Spain
25 task
5 oldie
______
30
Running total: 670
15.1 Olympic Scavenger (Round 3) Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee
tennis Option B – from page 143 gave me a hefty shove with a palm the size of a tennis racket.
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 1370
15.8 Olympic ScavengerThe Willows by Algernon Blackwood
Canoe or Canoeing Option A - Two friends were canoeing the Danube River in a storm. "The willow branches tore our hands as we seized them to stop the canoe."
+15 task
+ 5 before 1999 (published 1907)
Task total: 20
Season total: 395
15.2 Olympic Scavenger Round 2A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson
Dive-Option B: “It’s a dive called the Bullpen.” pg. 169
+15 Task
Post total=15
Season total=325
20.7 Opening CeremoniesThe Under Dogs by Hulbert Footner
(C) 1924-1937
Author born in Canada
+30 Task
+5 pub 1925
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 685
15.3 Olympic Scavenger Round 2The Shogun's Daughter by Laura Joh Rowland
15 pts 15.3 Swimming Option B. “Sano was a fish swimming up a narrow channel”
Task total = 15
Season total = 385 pts
Post 428
15 point tasks Round 2
15.1 Surfing Option A
15.2 Horseback riding Option A
15.3 Swimming Option A
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
20.3 1938-1950 Australia
10.1 100 MetersTriple Jeopardy by Rex Stout
+10 Task (183 pgs)
+ 5 Before 1999 (1951)
Task total = 15
Season total = 315
Task 15.7 Olympic ScavengerATHLETIC
Option B
Annie Bot (2024) by Sierra Greer (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 231 pages)
p. 163: “In a park, beside an ATHLETIC track, two children are crouched over a collection of sticks.”
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 325 + 15 = 340
20.6 Opening Ceremonies F - 1964- 1976Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
Canada
25 task
5 oldie
_____
30
Running total: 700
10.10 Decathlon1500 metres
Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier
529 pages
+10 Task
+5 Big
Task total: 15
Running total: 95
10.9 Javelin ThrowMaybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Season total = 400
20.6 Opening CeremoniesBlizzard by Marie Vingtras
(J) 2015-2024/France
Published 2021, author born in France
+25 Task
Task total = 25
Season total = 425
10.10 1500 metresThe 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
+10 task
Season total: 135
20.7 Opening Ceremonies J - 2015 - 2024The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
Germany
30 task
_____
30
Running total: 730
15.3 Olympic ScavengerThe Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Option B, swim or swimming:
"The living room is at least the size of an Olympic swimming pool."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 570
15.4 Olympic ScavengerThe Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
Option B, golf or golfing:
"I took up golf, sailing, and baking."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 585
15.5 Olympic ScavengerSpirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez
Option A, athletics:
The whole book documents the author's participation in the Peace and Dignity Journey, a 6,000-mile run from Canada to Guatemala.
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 600
15.6 Olympic ScavengerA Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
Option B, wrestle or wrestling:
"In the back of the bar, near the TVs, Lyssa Greene sat with her dad, Frank, sharing chili-cheese fries and watching a wrestling match."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 615
Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "Rosemary wrote: "Post 372 Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "15.4 Scavenger HuntA Match Made in Autumnby Jessica Booth
Wrestling option B-"wrestled with her unruly brow..."
Thanks, Jayme, we have scored it for Football, option B.
Post 432 Linda wrote: "10.10 Decathlon1500 metres
Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier
529 pages
+10 Task
+5 Big
Task total: 15
Running total: 85"
80 in post 282 + 15 here = 95
Post 436 Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "10.10 1500 metresThe 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
+10 task
Season total: 135"
+ 5 Big
10.2 Long jump- Historical FictionHenry VI Part I by William Shakespeare-pub. 1592
Task=10
before 1999=5
Task Total:15
Grand Total= 45
20.1 Opening Ceremonies completed
Year bands:
(A) 1896-1909
(B) 1910-1923
(C) 1924-1937
(D) 1938-1950
(E) 1951-1963
(F) 1964-1976
(G) 1977-1989
(H) 1990-2002
✔ (I) 2003-2014
(J) 2015-2024
Host countries:
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, ✔ United States, USSR (including any former USSR country: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
Decathlon 10.1 100 metres; 10.2 Long jump
15.4 Olympic Scavenger Round 2A Fabric of Defeat: The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948 by Bryant Simon
15 pts 15.4 Golf Option B. “golf tournaments and baseball playoff games were cancelled.”
5 pts Pre 1999
Task total = 20 pts
Season total = 405 pts
Post 446
15 point tasks Round 2
15.1 Surfing Option A
15.2 Horseback riding Option A
15.3 Swimming Option A
15.4 Golf Option B
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
20.3 1938-1950 Australia
Round 210.6 Hurdles
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
Contemporary Fiction
Task total: 10
Season total: 405
15.2 Olympic Scavenger (Round 3) Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
cycling Option A – from page 156 Two days before his eighth birthday, Laurie rode his bike around a bend, directly into the path of a car.
+15 Task
+ 5 before 1999 (1948)
Task total = 20
Season total = 1390
15.6 Scavenger Hunt Option B wrestling
Seven Upby Janet Evanovich
"Dougie missed wrestling." p 33
Task +15
Grand total: 125
15.7 Olympic ScavengerAs You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
Option B, athletic or athletics:
"Nor had I grasped the concept of a 40-hour workweek devoted entirely to becoming proficient in an athletic endeavor."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 630
Post 406 Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "15.5 Scavenger HuntThe Drop Off Dad: A Single Dad Romanceby Emma June
Athletics- "Phoebe had been running around all week" p 159 option B
Task +15
Grand total :125"
Sorry, Jayme, this doesn't work for athletics - the word has to be athletic/athletics.
Would you like to claim it for basketball, option B? Anika found this quote:
"He kept stopping their pick up basketball game to reply." pg. 259
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Ward's Valley by Bobby Curnow
127p.
Task=10
Task Total:10
Grand Total=30
20.1 Opening Ceremonies completed
Year bands:
(A) 1896-1909
(B) 1910-1923
(C) 1924-1937
(D) 1938-1950
(E) 1951-1963
(F) 1964-1976
(G) 1977-1989
(H) 1990-2002
✔ (I) 2003-2014
(J) 2015-2024
Host countries:
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, ✔ United States, USSR (including any former USSR country: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
Decathlon 10.1 100 metres