From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/8/22 21:50, 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  ?   
      
   > 3. 1950-07-22, Kingsmere, QC.   
   > 4. 0337-05-22, Izmit, Turkey.   
      
   Emperor Constantine   
      
   > 5. 1997-08-31, Paris, France.   
      
   Princess Diane   
      
   > 6. 1826-07-04, Quincy, MA.   
      
   John Adams   
      
   > 7. 1894-12-03, Vailima, Samoa.   
      
   Stevenson   
      
   > 8. 1963-11-24, Dallas, TX.   
      
   Lee Harvey Oswald   
      
   > 9. 1521-04-27, Cebu, Philippines.   
      
   Magellon   
      
   > 10. 2000-05-27, Montreal, QC.   
      
   Pierre Trudeau ?   
      
   >   
   >   
   > This round included two extra questions.  Answer if you like for   
   > fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 11. 1865-04-15, Washington, DC.   
      
   Abraham Lincoln   
      
   > 12. 1821-05-05, St. Helena.   
      
   Napoleon   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Sports - NHL History   
   >   
   > 1. In what year was the NHL founded?   
      
   1919   
      
   >   
   > 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.)   
   >   
   > 3. The Montreal Wanderers were one of four teams that started the   
   >     NHL's inaugural season, but they withdrew from the league early   
   >     in the season.  What was the precipitating reason?   
   >   
   > 4. In what year did the size of the NHL double from 6 to 12 teams?   
      
   1947; 1948   
      
   >   
   > 5. 7 years after the league was founded, what US city became the   
   >     first with an NHL team?   
      
   Boston; Detroit   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 7. Initially the NHL had a president; later the league was headed   
   >     by a commissioner.  Who was the first person to become   
   >     commissioner of the NHL?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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