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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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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