From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 12/29/22 20:10, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - The Masters Tournament   
   >   
   > As we all know, the Masters golf tournament begins """this Thursday,   
   > 2013-04-11""".  *Note*: Some answers may repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. It was originally known as the Augusta National Invitational   
   >     Tournament.  Within 5 years, when was the name changed to the   
   >     Masters Tournament?   
   >   
   > 2. Who was the first player to win two consecutive Masters?   
      
   Snead   
      
   >   
   > 3. Who was the first black golfer to win the Masters?   
      
   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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   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.   
      
   Palmer   
      
   >   
   > 7. Who was the oldest winner of the Masters?   
      
   Palmer   
      
   >   
   > 8. Who """holds""" the Masters record for the widest winning margin,   
   >     at 12 strokes?   
      
   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?   
   >   
   > 10. This 3-time Masters Tournament winner also """holds the   
   >     record""" for the most appearances at the Masters, with 52.  Who?   
      
   Palmer   
      
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   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   > 3. The Second Triumvirate of 43 BC was composed of Octavian (who   
   >     later became Augustus Caesar), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and   
   >     what other person?   
      
   Mark Antony   
      
   >   
   > 4. Augustus Caesar became the first Roman emperor.  Who succeeded   
   >     him, and was emperor when Jesus was crucified?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   the 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.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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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