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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 5, Rounds 2-3: warm    
   15 Jul 23 08:36:20   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 7/14/23 01:22, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 2 - Sports - Sun Belt Hockey   
   >   
   > Once upon a time, hockey was played in cities where it snowed.   
   > Not any more.  The finalists for this year's Stanley Cup are   
   > both from cities which don't expect much snow in the forecast.   
   > Answer these questions about professional hockey in the Sun Belt.   
   >   
   > Unless otherwise specified, where we ask for a team, you must   
   > give the city and team name, like "Toronto Blue Jays".   
   >   
   > 1. Not only are the Panthers and the Golden Knights from the Sun   
   >     Belt, but so were the two teams they defeated to get to the   
   >     final.  Name *either* of the two eliminated semi-finalists.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 7. Beep beep!  Two decades before the Coyotes came to Arizona,   
   >     Robbie Ftorek was the star of which Arizona-based WHA franchise?   
   >   
   > 8. One notable Coyotes fan was this player, who attended his first   
   >     Coyotes game at age 2.  He was drafted first overall in the   
   >     2016 entry draft, and has turned into a pretty decent player.   
   >     Name him.   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   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?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   > 1. Edith Piaf.   
   > 2. Freddy Mercury.   
   > 3. Virginia Woolf.   
   > 4. June Carter Cash.   
   > 5. Katharine Hepburn.   
   > 6. Winston Churchill.   
   > 7. Australian pianist David Helfgott.   
   > 8. Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman.   
   > 9. Queen Elizabeth II.   
   > 10. Queen Elizabeth I.  (Hint: With only 8 minutes of screen time,   
   >     this is one of the shortest performances to win an Oscar.)   
   >   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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