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   Message 31,110 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 3, Rounds 4,6: famou   
   08 Oct 22 22:15:30   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 11:50:23 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 4 - History - Who Died?   
   >   
   > We give you the date and place of death; you name the famous person   
   > who died. Note: all place names are the """present-day""" ones.   
   >   
   > 1. 1984-10-31, New Delhi, India.   
      
   Indira Gandhi   
      
   > 2. 2009-06-25, Los Angeles, CA.   
      
   Michael Jackson   
      
   > 4. 0337-05-22, Izmit, Turkey.   
      
   Constantine   
      
   > 5. 1997-08-31, Paris, France.   
      
   Diana, Princess of Wales   
      
   > 6. 1826-07-04, Quincy, MA.   
      
   John Adams   
      
   > 7. 1894-12-03, Vailima, Samoa.   
      
   Robert Louis Stevenson   
      
   > 8. 1963-11-24, Dallas, TX.   
      
   Lee Harvey Oswald   
      
   > 9. 1521-04-27, Cebu, Philippines.   
      
   Ferdinand Magellan   
      
   > 10. 2000-05-27, Montreal, QC.   
      
   Pierre Trudeau   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Sports - NHL History   
   >   
   > 1. In what year was the NHL founded?   
      
   1926   
      
   > 2. The NHL was founded as a legal maneuver to squeeze out an   
   > unpopular franchise owner while the precursor of the NHL was   
   > temporarily suspended. What was this predecessor league,   
   > which had a similar name and was founded 8 years earlier?   
   > (The abbreviation will do.)   
      
   NHA   
      
   > 4. In what year did the size of the NHL double from 6 to 12 teams?   
      
   1967   
      
   > 5. 7 years after the league was founded, what US city became the   
   > first with an NHL team?   
      
   Boston; New York   
      
   > 6. Who was the first president of the NHL? He held the position   
   > for just over 25 years, and a trophy is named after him.   
      
   Campbell   
      
   > For the last three questions, please decode the rot13   
   > *ONE QUESTION AT A TIME*, after you have finished with   
   > all previous questions in each case.   
   >   
   > 8. Orgjrra 1926 naq 1932, gur Qrgebvg senapuvfr unq gjb bgure anzrf   
   > orsber frggyvat qbja nf gur Erq Jvatf. Obgu anzrf unccra gb or   
   > gur cyhenyf bs zbqryf bs pne yngre znqr ol Sbeq. Tvir rvgure   
   > anzr.   
      
   Mustangs; Thunderbirds   
      
   > 9. Ba Znepu 13, 1955, n ubpxrl cynlre uvg n yvarfzna qhevat n tnzr.   
   > Va erfcbafr, AUY cerfvqrag Pynerapr Pnzcoryy fhfcraqrq uvz   
   > sbe gur erfg bs gur frnfba. Jura Pnzcoryy nggraqrq na AUY   
   > tnzr 4 qnlf yngre, n evbg oebxr bhg. Jub jnf gur cynlre jub   
   > jnf fhfcraqrq?   
      
   Maurice Richard (?)   
      
   > 10. Snzbhfyl, Znhevpr Evpuneq orpnzr gur svefg cynlre gb fpber   
   > svsgl tbnyf va gur gura 50-tnzr AUY frnfba. Jub jnf gur arkg   
   > cynlre gb fpber svsgl tbnyf va gur *svefg* 50 tnzrf bs n frnfba?   
      
   Wayne Gretzky   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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