From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 2/4/22 21:39, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Which Colombian group is abandoning the practice of kidnapping   
   >     people for ransom?   
   >   
   > 2. One of the world's leading scientific journals is accusing the   
   >     Harper government of limiting its scientists from speaking   
   >     publicly about their research.  Name it.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 2 - Sports History - History of Sports   
   >   
   > 10 questions about the history of various sports.   
   >   
   > 1. Who was the baseball executive who signed Jackie Robinson to   
   >     a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers?   
   >   
   > 2. Earl Lloyd was the first African-American to play in which   
   >     league?   
      
   NHL   
      
   >   
   > 3. Who is widely, but incorrectly, reputed to have invented baseball   
   >     in 1839?   
      
   Abner Doubleday   
      
   >   
   > 4. Who is the Canadian that invented basketball?   
      
   Naismith   
      
   >   
   > 5. Which famous golf tournament was first played in 1934?  Winner of   
   >     the inaugural competition was Horton Smith.   
      
   Masters   
      
   >   
   > 6. Which Scottish golf course is known as the birthplace of golf?   
      
   St Andrews   
      
   >   
   > 7. Within one year, in what year did the NHL play its first game?   
      
   1928   
      
   >   
   > 8. Another question on the NHL's inaugural season.  As well as   
   >     several teams based in Toronto and Montreal, the league admitted   
   >     two teams from other cities.  Name *either* team (city or team   
   >     name acceptable).   
      
   Hamilton   
      
   >   
   > 9. Who developed, in 1867, the modern rules of boxing?   
      
   Marquess of Queensberry   
      
   >   
   > 10. Who produced a 10-part documentary TV series on the history   
   >     of baseball?   
      
   Ken Burns   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 3 - Science - Dinosaurs   
   >   
   > We give you the name of a dinosaur; you give us the number of   
   > the picture from the 2-page handout:   
   >   
   >       http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/06-03/dino.pdf   
   >   
   > 1. Pachyrhinosaurus.   
      
   14   
      
   > 2. Ankylosaurus.   
      
   2   
      
   > 3. Velociraptor.   
      
   18   
      
   > 4. Compsognathus.   
   > 5. Edmontonsaurus.   
   > 6. Archeopteryx.   
      
   7   
      
   > 7. Stegosuarus.   
      
   17   
      
   > 8. Brachiosaurus.   
   > 9. Plesiosaurus.   
      
   13   
      
   > 10. Megalosaurus.   
   >   
   > There were 8 decoys.  Decode the rot13 and name them if you like   
   > for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 11. Nyoregbfnhehf.   
   > 12. Qrvabalpuhf.   
   > 13. Tnyyvzvzhf.   
   > 14. Unqebfnhehf.   
   > 15. Vthnanqba.   
   > 16. Cebgbprengbcf.   
   > 17. Cgrenanqba.   
   > 18. Gevprengbcf.   
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