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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 8, Rounds 43,6: cock   
   29 Aug 23 20:19:36   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Cocktails   
   > 6. This cocktail is made with fresh orange juice and vodka.   
      
   Screwdriver   
      
   > 9. This cocktail is made with gin and vermouth, typically garnished   
   >    with a pickled onion.   
      
   Dry martini   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 6 - Sports - Wimbledon   
   >   
   > 1. Who is the reigning Gentlemen's Singles champion?   
      
   Djokovic   
      
   > 2. Who is the reigning Ladies' Singles champion?   
      
   Swiatek   
      
   > 3. With a total of 8 championships, which man has the most   
   >    Gentlemen's Singles titles?   
      
   Federer   
      
   > 4. With 9 championships between 1978 and 1990, which woman has   
   >    the most Ladies' Singles titles?   
      
   Navratilova   
      
   > 5. Wimbledon is hosted by the All England Club, whose full name   
   >    references two sports.  One of those sports is lawn tennis;   
   >    what is the other?   
      
   Croquet   
      
   > 6. Wimbledon has many traditions, including white outfits for   
   >    the players, an 11 pm curfew -- and the consumption of which   
   >    food combination?   
      
   Cream and strawberries   
      
   > 8. In 1968, for the first time, Wimbledon allowed which kind of   
   >    players to participate?   
      
   Professional   
      
   > 9. In the singles competitions (either Gentlemen's or Ladies' --   
   >    the numbers are the same), how many players participate in the   
   >    first round?  (Not the qualifier matches, which occur earlier.)   
      
   64   
      
   > 10. The most important matches at Wimbledon occur on which court,   
   >    distinguished by its Royal Box and retractable roof?   
      
   Centre court   
      
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