From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - History - Women's Day   
   > 1. Within 2 years, when was the first Women's Day celebrated?   
   >    Note: the actual first day is disputed by 2 years, so we will   
   >    accept 2 years on either side of the disputed dates.   
      
   1908   
      
   > 6. Florence Nightingale came to prominence as a nurse during what   
   >    1853-56 war?   
      
   Crimean   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - St. Patrick's Irish Challenge Round   
   >   
   > There won't be a game on St. Patrick's Day, so we'll do this now.   
   >   
   >    B2. *What singer*'s first successful band, called Them, played   
   >        for a week at L.A.'s Whisky a Go Go, with the Doors as their   
   >  opening act?   
      
   Van Morrison   
      
      
   > * D. Literature - Nobel Prize Winners   
   >   
   >    D1. This poet, playwright, and translator was the most   
   >        recent Irish person to win the Nobel for literature,   
   >        in 1995.  He died last August.  His works include "Death   
   >        of a Naturalist", "Station Island", "The Human Chain",   
   >        and a 1999 translation of "Beowulf".  Name him.   
      
   Pinter   
      
   > * E. Geography - Second Cities   
   >   
   >    E1. What """is""" the republic of Ireland's 2nd-largest city?   
      
   Cork   
      
   >    E2. What is Northern Ireland's 2nd-largest city?  Give either   
   >        one of its two commonly used names.   
      
   Derry   
      
      
   > * F. History - St. Patrick   
   >   
   >    F1. St. Patrick was not born in Ireland.  Where was he from?   
      
   France   
      
   >    F2. What circumstance brought him to Ireland the first time?   
      
   Missionary   
      
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