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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 9, Rounds 7-8: Maste    |
|    30 Dec 22 18:10:39    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > * 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?              1975              > 2. Who was the first player to win two consecutive Masters?              Daly              > 3. Who was the first black golfer to win the Masters?              Tiger Woods (which seems to be incorrect, given that #5 was not       rot13'd)              > 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              > * 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.              Romuls and Remus              > 2. The First Triumvirate of 60 BC was composed of Julius Caesar,       > Crassus, and what other person?              Anthony                     > 4. Augustus Caesar became the first Roman emperor. Who succeeded       > him, and was emperor when Jesus was crucified?              Tiberius              > 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?              Gaul              > 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.              Tiberius              > 8. Which emperor divided the Empire into a tetrarchy of four       > prefectures, with two emperors titled Augustus and two       > sub-leaders titled Caesar?              Marcus Aurelius              > 9. This emperor made Christianity the official religion and moved       > the capital to the city now called Istanbul. Who was he?              Constantine the Great              > 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?       >              Justanian              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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