From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Villagers in northern India were afraid to leave home due to   
   >    what threat?   
      
   A tiger   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 2 - History - Famous Fires   
   >   
   > In each case we give you a year, and usually some other details or   
   > a cryptic hint, and you tell us where the major fire we're talking   
   > about took place.   
   >   
   > For #1-8, just name the city.   
   >   
   > 1. 587 BC, burned by Nebuchadnezzar.   
      
   Jerusalem   
      
   > 2. 64, used as justification to persecute Christians.   
      
   Rome   
      
   > 3. 1666.   
      
   London   
      
   > 8. February 13-15, 1945, a central event in the book "Slaughterhouse   
   >    Five".   
      
   Dresden   
      
   > 7. 1923, Asia, after a devastating earthquake.   
      
   Tokyo   
      
   > 9. 1613, London.   
      
   Parliament   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 3 - Sports - Highlights of 2013   
   >   
   > Ten different sports, no hockey.   
   >   
   > 1. Brazil's national soccer team reestablished themselves   
   >    as favorites in the 2014 World Cup by winning the 2013   
   >    Confederations Cup.  What nation, undefeated in 29 games   
   >    over 3 years, did they beat 3-0 in the final?   
      
   Argentina   
      
   > 2. At the 34th America's Cup, the American defenders won 8 straight   
   >    races for a come-from-behind victory.  Their team carried   
   >    the name of what Silicon Valley corporation, founded by their   
   >    billionaire sponsor?   
      
   Oracle   
      
   > 3. Chinese golfer Guan Tianlang made history when he made the cut   
   >    at the Masters.  Why?   
      
   First Chinese player to make it.   
      
   > 9. This Formula 1 driver finished the 2013 season with a record   
   >    13 wins and 397 points to win his 4th straight world   
   >    championship.   
      
   Lewis Hamilton   
      
   > 10. This Scottish tennis player became the first British citizen   
   >    to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 77 years.   
      
   Andy Murray   
      
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