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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 5, Round 9 - History - It Happened on February 27   
      
   > 1. What annual party first started in 1827?   
      
   Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans   
      
   > 2. What American activist was born in 1934?   
      
   Martin Luther King Jr.   
      
   > 3. What historic trip was concluded in 1972?   
      
   Nixon's visit to China   
      
   > 5. What constitutional amendment did the US Supreme Court defend   
   >    in 1922?  (Give the amendment number or the subject.)   
      
   federal income tax   
      
   > 6. What was occupied in South Dakota in 1973?   
      
   Wounded Knee   
      
   > 7. The president of which Southeast Asian country survived a coup   
   >    attempt in 1962?   
      
   South Vietnam   
      
   > 10. Who signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1936 to receive   
   >    $50,000 a picture, one of the highest salaries of the time?   
      
   Clark Gable   
      
   > ** Game 5, Round 10 - The Black Challenge Round   
      
   > * C. The Black Sea (Geography)   
      
   >    C1. Name the strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea   
   >        of Marmara.   
      
   Bosporous   
      
   >    C2. This metropolis in Russia sprawls for 90 miles (145 km) along   
   >        the eastern shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus   
   >        Mountains.  """Its permanent population of over 343,000   
   >        makes it the largest resort city in the country."""  Name it.   
      
   Sochi; Odessa   
      
   > * D. Black Sox (Sports)   
      
   >    D2. An Eliot Asinof book and a 1988 John Sayles movie about   
   >        the scandal share a common title.  What is it?   
      
   Eight Men Out   
      
   > * F. Names from the Black (Etymology)   
      
   >    F1. This name, or slight variations thereof, means "Black"   
   >        in many Slavic languages.  Think of Canadian actor Henry,   
   >        or Austrian composer and music teacher Carl.   
      
   Chorn   
      
   >    F2. This is a surname of Irish or Scottish descent, a corruption   
   >        of the Gaelic word meaning dark or black.  Think of former   
   >        Canadian hockey player Dick, or American singer/actress   
   >        Hilary.   
      
   Duff   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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