From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/5/22 12:57, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Why did the police raid Le Parc Banquet Hall in Markham,   
   >     the night of February 3, arresting 6 people and dispersing   
   >     2,300 others?   
   >   
   > 2. As a result of world-wide voting, the iron-shaped monopoly   
   >     token was replaced by a token shaped like what animal?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   > 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   
      
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   > 2. This actor and acclaimed director served as mayor of Carmel   
   >     from 1986 to 1988.   
      
   Jack Nicholson   
      
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   > 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.   
      
   Franken   
      
   >   
   > 4. Speaking of Minnesota, this former wrestler and actor served   
   >     as governor there from 1999 to 2003.   
      
   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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Thompson   
      
   >   
   > 8. This talk show host was mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978.   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Kuala Lumpur  ??   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 6. Lisbon, Portugal, is located near the mouth of what major   
   >     Iberian river?  Answer in English or Portuguese.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
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