From: tool@panix.com
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 2 - History - Famous Fires
> 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
> 5. 1871, cow.
Chicago
> 7. 1923, Asia, after a devastating earthquake.
Shanghai
> * Game 2, Round 3 - Sports - Highlights of 2013
> 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?
Germany; Italy
> 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
> 7. This Red Sox player made an inspiring, if profane, speech to the
> Fenway crowd after the Boston Marathon bombings. In the American
> League Championship series, his game-tying grand slam led to a
> Boston win. In the World Series he batted .688 and was chosen
> the Most Valuable Player of the Series.
Ortiz
> 8. This Miami Heat player won his 4th regular-season Most Valuable
> Player award. He followed with a 37-point performance in Game 7
> of the finals, earning his second straight finals MVP award.
O'Neal
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