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Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - The Masters Tournament
> 1. It was originally known as the Augusta National Invitational
> Tournament. Within 5 years, when was the name changed to the
> Masters Tournament?
1970; 1981
> 2. Who was the first player to win two consecutive Masters?
Arnold Palmer; Jack Nicklaus
> 3. Who was the first black golfer to win the Masters?
Tiger Woods
> 4. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Yrr Ryqre vf erzrzorerq sbe orvat gur svefg
> oynpx tbysre gb cynl va gur Znfgref Gbheanzrag. Jvguva 5 lrnef,
> jura qvq guvf gnxr cynpr?
1965; 1976
> 5. Tiger Woods """is""" tied for second on the list of multiple
> Masters champions, with 4 wins. Who """is the other""" 4-time
> Masters Tournament winner?
Arnold Palmer; Jack Nicklaus
> 6. Only 5 golfers have won all four of golf's modern Majors at any
> time during their careers, an achievement which is often referred
> to as a "Career Grand Slam". Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods
> are two of them. Name any of the other three.
Arnold Palmer; Greg Norman
> 7. Who was the oldest winner of the Masters?
Arnold Palmer
> 8. Who """holds""" the Masters record for the widest winning margin,
> at 12 strokes?
Greg Norman; Tiger Woods
> 9. """Today""" the Green Jacket is awarded every year to the winner
> of the Masters. Who was the first Masters champion to get one?
Arnold Palmer
> 10. This 3-time Masters Tournament winner also """holds the
> record""" for the most appearances at the Masters, with 52. Who?
Arnold Palmer
> * Game 9, Round 8 - History - The Roman Empire
> 1. Who were the twins that, according to legend, founded Rome?
> They were raised by a she-wolf. We need *both* names.
Romulus and Remus
> 2. The First Triumvirate of 60 BC was composed of Julius Caesar,
> Crassus, and what other person?
Pompey
> 3. The Second Triumvirate of 43 BC was composed of Octavian (who
> later became Augustus Caesar), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and
> what other person?
MArc Antony
> 4. Augustus Caesar became the first Roman emperor. Who succeeded
> him, and was emperor when Jesus was crucified?
Titus
> 5. Vercingetorix was defeated by Julius Caesar in 52 BC and
> brought to Rome in chains. His defeat ended the war Rome had
> waged on his people, and brought his country into the Roman
> Empire. What people did he lead?
Gauls
> 6. Who succeeded Caligula as emperor, and was himself succeeded
> by Nero? Considered clumsy and antisocial, he nevertheless
> extended the Empire, adding Britain and North Africa to it.
Claudius
> 7. This emperor of Spanish origin who ruled from 98 to 117 ruled
> over the Empire at its greatest extent at his death. Who was he?
> He hand-picked his countryman Hadrian to be his successor.
Trajan
> 8. Which emperor divided the Empire into a tetrarchy of four
> prefectures, with two emperors titled Augustus and two
> sub-leaders titled Caesar?
Diocletian; Septimus Severus
> 9. This emperor made Christianity the official religion and moved
> the capital to the city now called Istanbul. Who was he?
Constantine
> 10. This emperor preserved the Eastern Empire after the west was
> overthrown by barbarian tribes, and developed a legal code
> which was the basis of later European legal codes. Who?
Justinian
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