From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 2:57:12 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 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   
   >   
   > In this round, we are looking for actors, singers, journalists,   
   > and the like who became politicians -- or in one case, the reverse.   
      
   Unless I'm misunderstanding the questions, I don't see anyone here who did the   
   reverse -- that is, started as a politician and then became an actor, singer,   
   or journalist.   
      
   > Name each person described.   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   > 9. This long-time CTV political journalist became a senator in 2009,   
   > representing his home province of PEI.   
   >   
   > 10. This long-time journalist, who has worked for all of the major   
   > Canadian networks and NBC, became a Conservative MP in 2008 and   
   > """is currently""" the Minister of the Environment. The full   
   > name is required.   
   >   
   > * 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?   
      
   Bucharest   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 5. There are two national capitals on the Niger River. One is   
   > Bamako, Mali; what is the other?   
      
   Niamey   
      
   > 7. There are two national capital cities on the Mekong River.   
   > One is Phnom Penh (Cambodia); what is the other?   
      
   Vientiane   
      
   > 8. What river runs through Prague? Answer in Czech or German.   
      
   Moldau; Vltava   
      
   > 9. Khartoum, Sudan, is on what river and its two main tributaries?   
      
   Nile   
      
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