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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.)       >              --       Dan Tilque              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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