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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: epi   
   27 Mar 22 12:52:57   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 11:09:07 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Viagra   
      
   > * 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)   
      
   Bette Davis   
      
   > 2. "The best is yet to come." (1998)   
      
   Frank Sinatra   
      
   > 3. "Hey Ram" (translation: "Oh, God"). (1948)   
      
   Gandhi   
      
   > 4. "Everybody loves somebody sometime." (1995)   
      
   Dean Martin   
      
   > 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)   
      
   Jesse James (?)   
      
   > 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)   
      
   Oscar Wilde   
      
   > 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)   
      
   Keats   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > 2. In which US city """is""" the Gator Bowl played? (Specific   
   > city.)   
      
   Jacksonville   
      
   > 3. Which European soccer club """plays""" their home games at the   
   > Santiago Bernabeu stadium? (City and team name.)   
      
   FC Barcelona   
      
   > 4. Which European soccer club """plays""" their home games at   
   > Ibrox Stadium? (City and team name.)   
      
   Glasgow Rangers; Glasgow Celtic   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Troon   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   rodeo   
      
   > 9. At which arena did the Detroit Red Wings play their home games   
   > prior to moving to Joe Louis Arena in 1979?   
      
   Cobo Hall   
      
   > 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?   
      
   The Spectrum   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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