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   Dan Tilque to All   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 2, Rounds 4,6: ha   
   08 May 22 22:43:53   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 5/5/22 21:38, Mark Brader wrote:   
   For some reason I forgot to check into the newsgroup during this round.   
   But I didn't answer because I didn't know any answers, which is probably   
   the most common reason I don't enter.   
      
   >   
   > * 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 'n' Roll   
      
   > 3. Nashville, TN.   
      
   Country Music   
      
   > 4. Cooperstown, NY.   
      
   Baseball   
      
   > 5. Memphis, TN.  Inductees include Albert Collins.   
   > 6. 1333 Dorval Drive, Oakville, ON.  Opened in 1972.   
   > 7. Tim Horton's Field, 64 Melrose Av. N., Hamilton, ON.  Also opened   
   >     in 1972.   
   >   
   > 8. """Amsterdam, NY""".  Inductees include Freddie Blassie and   
   >     Ric Flair.   
   >   
   > 9. Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA.  Inductees include Gort,   
   >     Bender, and Navlab 5.   
   >   
   > 10. """Co-located at 5040 Yonge St., Toronto, and at 600 Boul. de   
   >     Maisonneuve, Montreal."""  Inductees include Leonard Cohen.   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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*."""   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 4. Charlie O. Finley bought the Kansas City Athletics in 1960.   
   >     He went about making several changes to the stadium, which   
   >     included moving the outfield fences closer to home plate,   
   >     creating a zoo in right field, and installing a compressed-air   
   >     device, known as the Little Blowhard, at home plate to blow dirt   
   >     off the plate when the umpire stepped on a pedal.  Finley also   
   >     installed another mechanical device at home plate, and replicated   
   >     the device in Oakland when he moved the Athletics to Oakland.   
   >     What was this other device (name or function)?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Astronauts, since their training facility was in the Houston area.   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 8. The original name of this California facility was the Oakland-   
   >     Alameda County Coliseum.  By what name """is it known now"""?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   California 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.)   
   >   
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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