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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 3, Rounds 2-3: celeb   
   05 Oct 22 21:45:51   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
      
   > 2. As a result of world-wide voting, the iron-shaped monopoly   
   >    token was replaced by a token shaped like what animal?   
      
   cat   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 2 - Entertainment - Celebrities Who Become Politicians   
      
   > 1. This singer and actor was part of a duo in the 1960s and '70s;   
   >    he went on to become mayor of Palm Springs from 1988 to 1992,   
   >    and served in Congress between 1995 and 1998.   
      
   Sonny Bono   
      
   > 2. This actor and acclaimed director served as mayor of Carmel   
   >    from 1986 to 1988.   
      
   Clint Eastwood   
      
   > 3. This future politician was involved in "Saturday Night Live",   
   >    primarily as a writer.  He occasionally performed as well,   
   >    between 1985 and 1995, being best known for his character Stuart   
   >    Smalley.  In 2009 he was elected as a senator from Minnesota.   
      
   Al Franken   
      
   > 4. Speaking of Minnesota, this former wrestler and actor served   
   >    as governor there from 1999 to 2003.   
      
   Jesse Ventura   
      
   > 5. And this well-known action star served as governor of   
   >    *California*, from 2003 to 2011.   
      
   Arnold Schwarzenegger   
      
   > 6. This actor, principally known for his role on "The Love Boat",   
   >    served in Congress 1987-95.   
      
   Fred Grandy   
      
   > 7. This character actor, best known for his roles on "Law & Order"   
   >    and in movies such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Die   
   >    Hard 2", served as a senator from Tennessee 1994-2003.   
      
   Fred Thompson   
      
   > 8. This talk show host was mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978.   
      
   Jerry Springer   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Rivers   
      
   > 1. No less than four national capital cities are on the Danube   
   >    River.  Three of them are Vienna, Bratislava, and Belgrade.   
   >    What is the fourth?   
      
   Budapest   
      
   > 2. The Sava River converges with the Ljubljanica at Ljubljana   
   >    (Slovenia), and with the Danube at Belgrade (Serbia).  What other   
   >    national capital does it pass through in between?   
      
   Zagreb   
      
   > 3. What national capital is on the Chao Phraya River?   
      
   Bangkok   
      
   > 4. Name *either* of the two national capitals that face each other   
   >    across the Congo River.   
      
   Kinshasa   
      
   > 6. Lisbon, Portugal, is located near the mouth of what major   
   >    Iberian river?  Answer in English or Portuguese.   
      
   Tagus   
      
   > 7. There are two national capital cities on the Mekong River.   
   >    One is Phnom Penh (Cambodia); what is the other?   
      
   Vientiane   
      
   > 9. Khartoum, Sudan, is on what river and its two main tributaries?   
      
   Nile   
      
   > 10. What river runs through Hanoi, Vietnam?  Answer in English   
   >    or Vietnamese.   
      
   Red River   
      
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