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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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