From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 12/9/22 21:36, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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   
      
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   >   
   > * Game 8, Round 6 - Sports - Tennis Champions   
   >   
   > This is a round on tennis champions in the men's and women's   
   > professional tours.  Answers may repeat.  *Note*: I am not   
   > going to attempt to update this round.  Only the answers that   
   > were correct in 2013 will be accepted.   
   >   
   > 1. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional   
   >     men's tennis, at 109?   
      
   McEnroe; Connors   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 3. Which female professional tennis player has won more French   
   >     Open singles titles than anyone else?   
      
   Serena Williams   
      
   >   
   > 4. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional   
   >     women's tennis at 167?   
      
   Serena Williams   
      
   >   
   > 5. Who is the only men's professional tennis player to win at   
   >     least 90% of his matches in a given year, in four separate years?   
      
   Connors; Borg   
      
   >   
   > 6. Who is the only woman to win all four Grand Slam singles titles   
   >     at least 4 times each?   
   >   
   > 7. Who was the first tennis player from an Iron Curtain country   
   >     to win the US Open in 1972?   
   >   
   > 8. In 1999, who became only the fifth man to win all four major   
   >     tournaments -- completing a "career Grand Slam"?   
   >   
   > 9. In 1985, what 17-year old tennis phenomenon beat Kevin Curren   
   >     to win his first Wimbledon title?   
      
   McEnroe   
      
   >   
   > 10. In 1997, at age 16, who became one of the youngest women   
   >     singles champions ever at Wimbledon?   
   >   
      
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