From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 11:21:01 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 4 - History - Who Succeeded Them?   
   >   
   > We name a person and a job position, and you tell us who was   
   > their immediate successor in that job.   
   >   
   > 2. Queen Victoria, as monarch of the UK.   
      
   Edward VII   
      
   > 3. Edward Heath, as Prime Minister of the UK.   
      
   James Callaghan   
      
   > 5. U Thant, as Secretary-General of the United Nations.   
      
   Kurt Waldheim   
      
   > 7. King Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), as monarch of England.   
      
   John   
      
   > 8. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, as Secretary-General of the United   
   > Nations.   
      
   Kofi Annan   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Baseball   
   >   
   > With the start of the baseball season just """a few weeks away""",   
   > a round on baseball.   
   >   
   > 1. In what Florida city """do""" the Blue Jays hold their annual   
   > spring training?   
      
   Dunedin   
      
   > 2. The spring training exhibition games held each year in Florida   
   > are informally known as the Grapefruit League. What similar   
   > name is given to exhibition games played in Arizona?   
      
   Cactus League   
      
   > 3. The 1927 New York Yankees included a number of top home-run   
   > hitters, led by Babe Ruth hitting his 60 and Lou Gehrig at 47.   
   > What was the collective nickname of the Yankee batting lineup   
   > that year?   
      
   Murderers Row   
      
   > 4. The Yankees adopted that name in 1913. Give *either one*   
   > of their two previous names.   
      
   New York Highlanders   
      
   > 5. This player """leads all active players""" with 629 career home   
   > runs and was the youngest-ever player to reach 500 home runs.   
   > However, his career """has been""" tainted by an admission of   
   > steroid use. Who is he?   
      
   Barry Bonds   
      
   > 6. This player, who retired in 2005, is a member of the exclusive   
   > 500-home-run club and the 3,000-hit club. However, he tested   
   > positive for steroids only months after testifying to Congress   
   > that he had never used them. Who is he?   
      
   Sammy Sosa   
      
   > 7. What Baltimore Orioles manager was ejected 91 times in his   
   > career?   
      
   Earl Weaver   
      
   > 8. What player hit 70 home runs in 1998, a single-season record   
   > at the time?   
      
   Mark McGwire   
      
   > 9. This San Francisco ballpark was famous for its brutal winds:   
   > in the 1961 All-Star Game a pitcher committed a balk when blown   
   > off the mound by a gust of wind. Name the stadium.   
      
   Candlestick Park   
      
   > 10. At what stadium did the Montreal Expos play their home games   
   > from 1969 to 1976?   
      
   Jarry Park   
      
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