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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - X Factor   
      
   > 1. Two companies """in the Fortune 500 list""" have names where the   
   >    letter X appears twice.  One is Xerox.  Name the other.   
      
   Exxon-Mobil   
      
   > 2. Microsoft created their own version of UNIX, intended for use   
   >    on microcomputers.  They didn't have the right to call it UNIX,   
   >    so they gave it their own name.  What was that?   
      
   OS/2   
      
   > 3. In Welsh this object is named Caledfwich.  In legend it is   
   >    sometimes said to have magical powers, and its owner is   
   >    associated with the rightful sovereignty of England.  What its   
   >    the English name?   
      
   Excalibur   
      
   > 4. This place was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty   
   >    in China when it was visited by Marco Polo in about 1275.   
   >    Its name has multiple spellings, but one was made famous in a   
   >    1797 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.  What was that version   
   >    of its name?   
      
   Xanadu   
      
   > 5. In his State of the Union address in 2002, George W. Bush   
   >    accused Iran, Iraq, and North Korea of helping terrorism and   
   >    seeking nuclear weapons.  What phrase did he subsequently apply   
   >    to this group of countries?   
      
   Axis of Evil   
      
   > 6. First settled in 1786, this city was the first capital of   
   >    Tennessee.  It also hosted the 1982 World's Fair.  Name the city.   
      
   Knoxville   
      
   > 7. Their real names were Leonard, Adolph (who became Arthur),   
   >    Julius, Milton, and Herbert.  These brothers enjoyed success   
   >    in vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early   
   >    1900s to 1950.  What was their family name?   
      
   Marx   
      
   > 8. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 until World War I   
   >    in 1914 was a period of relative peace in Europe and the world,   
   >    during which the British Empire became the largest empire of   
   >    all time.  What phrase was used to describe this period of   
   >    peace due to British hegemony?   
      
   Pax Britannica   
      
   > 10. This character was the aunt to Draco Malfoy in the Harry   
   >    Potter series.  Name her.   
      
   Beatrix   
      
      
   > ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Valentine's Day   
      
   > * A. History: It Happened on Valentine's Day   
      
   >    A1. In what year did the St. Valentine's Day massacre occur   
   >        in Chicago, when the South Side gang led by Al Capone   
   >        murdered several members of the North Side Irish gang led   
   >        by Bugs Moran?   
      
   1922   
      
   >    A2. In what year, within 2, did Thomas Watson Sr. rename his   
   >        company from CTR to IBM?   
      
   1930; 1935   
      
   > * B. Literature: Romantic Literature -- Sort Of   
      
   >    B2. Who is the author of the "Twilight" vampire romance series,   
   >        which includes the novels "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse",   
   >        and "Breaking Dawn"?   
      
   Meyer   
      
   > * C. Geography: What's in a Name?   
      
   >    C1. In what province would you find towns named Come by Chance,   
   >        Dildo, and Heart's Delight?   
      
   Newfoundland and Labrador   
      
   >    C2. In what province would you find towns named Fertile, Old   
   >        Wives, and Poor Man?   
      
   Saskatchewan; Manitoba   
      
   > * D. Sports: 40-Love   
      
   >    D1. Andre Agassi """has been""" married to which tennis player   
   >        since 2001?   
      
   Graf   
      
      
   > * E. Entertainment: Romantic Film Classics   
      
   >    E1. In this 1957 movie, a couple played by Cary Grant and   
   >        Deborah Kerr fall in love and agree to meet in 6 months   
   >        at the Empire State Building, thus inspiring part of the   
   >        1993 movie "Sleepless in Seattle".  What is the title of   
   >        the 1957 film?   
      
   An Affair to Remember   
      
   >    E2. This 1953 movie is about the troubles of soldiers stationed   
   >        at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in the months leading up to the   
   >        attack.  Its stars include Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr,   
   >        and it's best known for their kissing scene on the beach.   
   >        What is its title?   
      
   From Here to Eternity   
      
   > * F. What Do You Say?   
      
   >    F1. Who said (or wrote) the following?  "Sex without love is   
   >        an empty experience -- but, as empty experiences go, it's   
   >        one of the best."   
      
   Woody Allen   
      
   >    F2. What playwright said (or wrote) the following?  "Why should   
   >        we take advice on sex from the pope?  If he knows anything   
   >        about it, he shouldn't!"   
      
   Noel Coward   
      
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