From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 11:36:47 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - History - Trials of the Century   
   >   
   > Each one of the 20th-century trials that this round is about was   
   > described as "the trial of the century".   
   >   
   > 1. The child heiress of a railroad fortune was the subject of   
   > a sensational custody trial in 1934. What was her name?   
      
   Gloria Vanderbilt   
      
   > 2. These two men planned the "perfect crime", kidnapping and   
   > murdering 14-year-old Bobby Franks. They were convicted in   
   > a lurid trial, also in 1934. One was Nathan Leopold; what was   
   > his partner's name?   
      
   Loeb   
      
   > 3. This former SS and Gestapo officer, known as the "Butcher of   
   > Lyon", was extradited from Bolivia in 1984 and tried in 1987.   
   > He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, and   
   > died in prison 4 years later. What was his name?   
      
   Klaus Barbie   
      
   > 4. In Tennessee in 1926, a teacher was tried for teaching evolution,   
   > which was prohibited there at the time. Name the defendant.   
      
   Scopes   
      
   > 5. The 1935 trial following the kidnapping and murder of Charles   
   > Lindbergh's 20-month-old son was called by journalist   
   > H.L. Mencken "the greatest story since the Resurrection".   
   > Who was tried for the kidnapping and murder?   
      
   Hauptmann   
      
   > 6. In late 1945 and 1946 the surviving top Nazi leadership were   
   > tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, establishing   
   > the principles of these offenses. The trials are referred to   
   > by the name of the city where they were held. Which city?   
      
   Nuremburg   
      
   > 7. This leader of a Slavic nation was extradited and tried by   
   > an international tribunal in the Hague in 2002 for war crimes.   
   > He died in 2006 just as the trial was winding up. Who was he?   
      
   Milosevic   
      
   > 8. The 20th century's first "trial of the century" took place in   
   > 1907, when Harry Thaw, a millionaire's son whose lifestyle had   
   > prompted the coining of the term "playboy", killed the lover   
   > of his wife, model and chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit. The victim   
   > was a famous architect: who was he?   
      
   White   
      
   > 9. The murder trial of O.J. Simpson in 1995 gripped the attention   
   > of the world. Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife   
   > Nicole and her friend. Who was this other murder victim?   
      
   Goldman   
      
   > 10. Ferdinando Nicola Sacco was one of two Italian immigrants   
   > executed for murder in 1927 in Massachusetts. They were   
   > suspected anarchists who were convicted for murdering two men   
   > during a robbery attempt of a shoe factory. Who was Sacco's   
   > co-defendant?   
      
   Vanzetti   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 6 - Sports - Tennis Champions   
   >   
   > This is a round on tennis champions in the men's and women's   
   > professional tours.   
      
   > 2. Five professional tennis players (3 women and 2 men) have won   
   > the Grand Slam in singles: winning all four majors in the same   
   > calendar year. Two of them are Don Budge in 1938 and Maureen   
   > Connolly in 1953. Name any one of the other three.   
      
   Steffi Graf   
      
   > 4. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional   
   > women's tennis at 167?   
      
   Navratilova   
      
   > 6. Who is the only woman to win all four Grand Slam singles titles   
   > at least 4 times each?   
      
   Navratilova   
      
   > 7. Who was the first tennis player from an Iron Curtain country   
   > to win the US Open in 1972?   
      
   Lendl; Navratilova   
      
   > 9. In 1985, what 17-year old tennis phenomenon beat Kevin Curren   
   > to win his first Wimbledon title?   
      
   Becker   
      
   > 10. In 1997, at age 16, who became one of the youngest women   
   > singles champions ever at Wimbledon?   
      
   Hingis   
      
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