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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 5, Rounds 2-3: warm    
   14 Jul 23 19:21:20   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Friday, July 14, 2023 at 3:22:35 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >    
   > * Game 5, Round 2 - Sports - Sun Belt Hockey    
   >    
   > 2. In 1999, the Stars were the first Sun Belt team to win the    
   > Stanley Cup, 6 years after the relocation of which franchise    
   > to Dallas?    
      
   Minnesota North Stars   
      
   > 3. The most successful Sun Belt team is the Tampa Bay Lightning,    
   > with three Stanley Cups. The franchise was founded in 1990    
   > largely due to the efforts of these two hall-of-fame brothers,    
   > one a Bruins forward, the other a Black Hawks goalie. Who?    
   > The surname is sufficient.    
      
   Esposito   
      
   > 4. Mike Fisher played for the Ottawa Senators, but was traded    
   > south to the Nashville Predators so that he could be closer to    
   > his superstar wife. Who is she?    
      
   Carrie Underwood   
      
   > 5. The NHL has twice attemped franchises in Atlanta. One ended    
   > up moving to Calgary, the other one to Winnipeg. Give the team    
   > name of *either* of those Atlanta franchises.    
      
   Flames; Thrashers   
      
   > 6. The original Winnipeg Jets became the Phoenix Coyotes and then    
   > the Arizona Coyotes. Name *either* of the Phoenix suburbs where    
   > the Coyotes have had their home since leaving the city proper.    
      
   Glendale   
      
   > 7. Beep beep! Two decades before the Coyotes came to Arizona,    
   > Robbie Ftorek was the star of which Arizona-based WHA franchise?    
      
   Phoenix Roadrunners   
      
   > 9. One of the most successful WHA franchises was the Houston Aeros,    
   > who had the unusual draw of having this NHL legend playing    
   > alongside two of his sons. Who?    
      
   Gordie Howe   
       
   > 10. Professional hockey came to Alabama in the form of the    
   > Birmingham Bulls. Prior to moving south, the franchise had    
   > been based in Canada -- under which somewhat similar name?    
      
   Toronto Toros   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 3 - Entertainment - Real Life Oscar Roles    
   >    
   > We give you the name of a real person, you tell us who won an    
   > Oscar for playing them in a movie.    
   >    
   > 2. Freddy Mercury.    
      
   Rami Malek   
      
   > 3. Virginia Woolf.    
      
   Nicole Kidman   
      
   > 4. June Carter Cash.    
      
   Reese Witherspoon   
      
   > 5. Katharine Hepburn.    
      
   Cate Blanchett   
      
   > 6. Winston Churchill.    
      
   Gary Oldman   
      
   > 7. Australian pianist David Helfgott.    
      
   Geoffrey Rush   
      
   > 8. Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman.   
      
   Adrien Brody   
       
   > 9. Queen Elizabeth II.    
      
   Helen Mirren   
      
   > 10. Queen Elizabeth I. (Hint: With only 8 minutes of screen time,    
   > this is one of the shortest performances to win an Oscar.)    
      
   Judi Dench   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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