HMMT 1998 V7
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The Houson Association of Mathematics Educators decides to hold a grand forum on mathematics education and invites a number of politicians from the United States to participate. Around lunch time the politicians decide to play a game. In this game, players can score 19 points for pegging the coordinator of the gathering with a spit ball, 9 points for downing an entire cup of the forum's interpretation of coffee, or 8 points for quoting more than three consecutive words from the speech Senator Bobbo delivered before lunch. What is the product of the two greatest scores that a player cannot score in this game?
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