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   Message 31,073 of 32,813   
   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 1, Rounds 4,6: perso   
   12 Sep 22 22:41:04   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 1, Round 4 - History - "Time" Person of the Year   
   >   
   > 1. She was the first Woman of the Year, in 1936.   
      
   Greta Garbo   
      
   > 2. This religious leader was Man of the Year in 1962.   
      
   Dalai Lama   
      
   > 3. This political leader was Person of the Year in 2001.   
      
   George W Bush   
      
   > 4. This business innovator was Person of the Year in 1999.   
      
   Steve Jobs   
      
   > 5. He was a national leader and Man of the Year in 1939 and 1942.   
      
   Stalin (This was in a quiz fairly recently.)   
      
   > 6. He was an American general named Man of the Year in 1943   
   >    and 1947.   
      
   Montgomery. (As was this. Which does not mean that I have it right. I'm   
   not good at US generals.)   
      
   > 7. She was an Asian national leader and reformer and Person of   
   >    the Year in 1986.   
      
   Aquino   
      
   > 8. He was an Asian national leader and reformer and Man of the   
   >    Year in 1978 and 1985.   
      
   Deng Hsiao-Ping   
      
   > 9. He was the first Man of the Year, in 1927, for an accomplishment   
   >    that took place that year.   
      
   Lindbergh   
      
   > 10. He was Man of the Year in 1935, and leader of his country   
   >    until 1974 except for a period of wartime occupation.   
      
   Halie Selasie   
      
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