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|    Message 31,194 of 32,826    |
|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 8, Rounds 4,6: trial    |
|    11 Dec 22 11:47:40    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > * Game 8, Round 4 - History - Trials of the Century       >       > 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?              Einzelmann              > 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?              Nürnberg              > 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?              Slobodan Milosevic              > * Game 8, Round 6 - Sports - Tennis Champions       >       > 1. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional       > men's tennis, at 109?              Ivan Lendl              > 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.              Rod Laver              > 3. Which female professional tennis player has won more French       > Open singles titles than anyone else?              Steffi Graf              > 4. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional       > women's tennis at 167?              Billie Jean King              > 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?              Roger Federer              > 6. Who is the only woman to win all four Grand Slam singles titles       > at least 4 times each?              Sabina Williams              > 7. Who was the first tennis player from an Iron Curtain country       > to win the US Open in 1972?              Ivan Lendl              > 8. In 1999, who became only the fifth man to win all four major       > tournaments -- completing a "career Grand Slam"?              Pete Sampras              > 9. In 1985, what 17-year old tennis phenomenon beat Kevin Curren       > to win his first Wimbledon title?              Boris Becker              > 10. In 1997, at age 16, who became one of the youngest women       > singles champions ever at Wimbledon?              Steffi Graf              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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