From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 3/26/22 21:09, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Passengers had to subdue the pilot on a flight on which US-based   
   >     airline?   
   >   
   > 2. Hospital pharmacists are threatening that unless the government   
   >     amends its plans to reform professions that have high entry   
   >     barriers, they will cut Italians off from what prescription drug?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 2 - History - Famous Epitaphs   
   >   
   > In each case we will provide you with the epitaph and the year   
   > that the person died, and you give us the name of the person.   
   > Obviously, some were not originally in English; in one case we   
   > provide the original version as well.  Most of these are found on   
   > actual gravestones that can still be seen today, but not all.   
   >   
   > 1. "She did it the hard way."  (1989)   
   > 2. "The best is yet to come."  (1998)   
      
   Isaac Asimov   
      
   > 3. "Hey Ram" (translation: "Oh, God").  (1948)   
   > 4. "Everybody loves somebody sometime."  (1995)   
      
   Frank Sinatra   
      
   > 5. "Cast a Cold Eye on Life, on Death.  Horseman, pass by."  (1939)   
   > 6. "A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough."   
   >     (323 BC)   
      
   Alexander the Great   
      
   >   
   > 7. "Murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is not worthy to   
   >     appear here."  (1882)   
   >   
   > 8. "I am ready to meet my Maker.  Whether my Maker is prepared   
   >     for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."  (1965)   
      
   Churchill   
      
   >   
   > 9. "And alien tears will fill for him, pity's long broken urn.   
   >     For his mourners will be outcast men and outcasts always mourn."   
   >     (1900)   
   >   
   > 10. "This Grave contains all that was Mortal, of a YOUNG ENGLISH   
   >     POET, Who, on his Death Bed, in the Bitterness of his Heart,   
   >     at the Malicious Power of his Enemies, Desired these words to   
   >     be engraven on his Tomb Stone: 'Here lies One Whose Name was   
   >     writ in Water.'"  (1821)   
      
   Shelley; Byron   
      
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   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 3 - Sports - Sports Venues   
   >   
   > Ten questions about venues from a variety of different sports.   
   >   
   > 1. In which US city """is""" the Rose Bowl played?  (Specific city,   
   >     not the metropolitan area.)   
      
   Pasadena CA   
      
   >   
   > 2. In which US city """is""" the Gator Bowl played?  (Specific   
   >     city.)   
      
   Jacksonville FL   
      
   >   
   > 3. Which European soccer club """plays""" their home games at the   
   >     Santiago Bernabeu stadium?  (City and team name.)   
   >   
   > 4. Which European soccer club """plays""" their home games at   
   >     Ibrox Stadium?  (City and team name.)   
   >   
   > 5. """There is""" a rotation of 9 golf courses that regularly   
   >     host the British Open.  The Old Course at St. Andrews is the   
   >     the most famous of these courses.  Name any one of the other 8.   
   >     If you want to show off by naming additional ones that aren't   
   >     part of your answer, please put them in parentheses so I know   
   >     how many answers you're giving.   
   >   
   > 6. Name the famous and picturesque golf club located on the south   
   >     side of California's Monterey peninsula.  It """hosts""" the   
   >     annual AT&T Pro-Am tournament, and """has hosted""" the US Open   
   >     Championship 5 times.   
      
   Pebble Beach   
      
   >   
   > 7. Which world-famous horse race """is""" held annually at Aintree   
   >     Racecourse, near Liverpool, England?  It """is""" run over a   
   >     distance of 4 miles 2½ furlongs (6.94 km) with horses jumping   
   >     30 fences.   
      
   The Derby   
      
   >   
   > 8. Spruce Meadows """is""" a sports facility located in the   
   >     foothills of the Alberta Rocky Mountains just south of the city   
   >     of Calgary.  It """is""" probably Canada's preeminent venue   
   >     for which sport?   
      
   curling   
      
   >   
   > 9. At which arena did the Detroit Red Wings play their home games   
   >     prior to moving to Joe Louis Arena in 1979?   
   >   
   > 10. At which arena did the Philadelphia Flyers play their home   
   >     games from 1967 to 1996, before moving to their """current"""   
   >     home at the Wells Fargo Center?   
   >   
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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