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   Message 30,942 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 2, Rounds 4,6: ha   
   06 May 22 19:02:15   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 11:38:36 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 4 - Geography - Halls of Fame by Location   
   >   
   > Given a location, and maybe another hint, identify the Hall of   
   > Fame located there.   
   >   
   > 1. Canton, OH.   
      
   Pro Football   
      
   > 2. Cleveland, OH.   
      
   Rock and Roll   
      
   > 3. Nashville, TN.   
      
   Country Music   
      
   > 4. Cooperstown, NY.   
      
   Baseball   
      
   > 5. Memphis, TN. Inductees include Albert Collins.   
      
   Blues   
      
   > 6. 1333 Dorval Drive, Oakville, ON. Opened in 1972.   
      
   Hockey   
      
   > 7. Tim Horton's Field, 64 Melrose Av. N., Hamilton, ON. Also opened   
   > in 1972.   
      
   Canadian Baseball   
      
   > 8. """Amsterdam, NY""". Inductees include Freddie Blassie and   
   > Ric Flair.   
      
   Pro Wrestling   
      
   > 9. Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Inductees include Gort,   
   > Bender, and Navlab 5.   
      
   Robot   
      
   > 10. """Co-located at 5040 Yonge St., Toronto, and at 600 Boul. de   
   > Maisonneuve, Montreal.""" Inductees include Leonard Cohen.   
      
   Canadian Music   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - Major League Baseball Stadiums   
   >   
   > 1. All current MLB fields have natural grass playing surfaces except   
   > """two""": Toronto's Rogers Centre has Astroturf and """this   
   > other facility has FieldTurf. Name the *stadium*."""   
      
   Tropicana Field   
      
   > 2. Since the first one opened in 1923, the New York Yankees have   
   > normally played their home games at one or another Yankee   
   > Stadium. But during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, what other   
   > stadium did they play their home games at?   
      
   Shea Stadium   
      
   > 3. Before moving to Olympic Stadium in 1976, where did the Montreal   
   > Expos originally play?   
      
   Jarry Park   
      
   > 5. Originally the Houston Colt .45's, the team changed its name   
   > to the Houston Astros when it moved in 1965 into the stadium   
   > that became known unofficially as the Houston Astrodome.   
   > What did the "astro" allude to?   
      
   the U.S. space program which is based in Houston   
      
   > 6. Cleveland Municipal Stadium began operations in 1932 as the   
   > home of the Cleveland Indians. It reportedly had been built   
   > as part of a failed bid for the 1932 Summer Olympics that   
   > were awarded to Los Angeles before construction was begun.   
   > As a result, what derisive nickname was applied to the stadium   
   > that stuck for decades afterwards?   
      
   White Elephant   
      
   > 7. As a strategy to increase name recognition, what Canadian   
   > company paid $7,500,000 for the naming rights to the then home   
   > of the Florida Marlins?   
      
   Pro Player   
      
   > 8. The original name of this California facility was the Oakland-   
   > Alameda County Coliseum. By what name """is it known now"""?   
      
   Oakland-Alameda County Stadium   
   (I think the sponsorship has expired since this was originally posted)   
      
   > 9. The term "Chavez Ravine" has caused much confusion over   
   > the years. There has never actually been a stadium named   
   > Chavez Ravine, although the """current""" Dodger Stadium is   
   > built on a filled-in landform of that name. But one team did   
   > *call* its home park Chavez Ravine for one season, primarily   
   > for reasons of pride. This was during its inaugural year --   
   > 1961 -- in the American League. What team was it?   
      
   Los Angeles Angels   
      
   > 10. The number 34 was proudly displayed on the turf along both   
   > the first and third base lines at the Hubert H. Humphrey   
   > Metrodome in Minneapolis. What was its significance?   
   > Be specific. (Hint: It is NOT the number of times the roof   
   > collapsed.)   
      
   Harmon Killebrew's uniform number; Rod Carew's uniform number   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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