From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, September 4, 2023 at 11:24:28 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >    
   > * Game 9, Round 2 - History - The Korean War    
   >    
   > This week marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.    
   > Let's hope you remember some facts about this forgotten war.    
   >    
   > 1. Prior to 1950-06-25, the boundary between North and South Korea    
   > was set at which parallel of north latitude?    
      
   38th   
      
   > 3. The military force defending South Korea was organized under    
   > the auspices of which organization?    
      
   United Nations   
      
   > 4. In terms of manpower, the main contributors to the     
   > forces were South Korea and the US. Which country was in third    
   > place, with about 26,000 soldiers?    
      
   UK; Canada   
      
   > 5. For the first year of the war, the commander of     
   > forces was this general who made his reputation in World War II.    
   > President Truman fired him in April 1951. Who?    
      
   MacArthur   
      
   > 6. One of 's accomplishments was the massive September    
   > 1950 amphibious assault on a certain port city, leading to the    
   > recapture of Seoul. Today, you may be more likely to know it    
   > as the site of Seoul's main airport. What city?    
      
   Incheon   
      
   > 7. Concerned by 's rapid advance towards China (not    
   > to mention his threats to use nuclear weapons), in October 1950    
   > Mao Zedong sent the People's Volunteer Army across which river,    
   > which forms the boundary between China and North Korea?    
      
   Yalu River   
      
   > 10. Since a peace treaty has never been signed, the war is still    
   > technically under way. Hostilities ended after an armistice    
   > agreement was signed on 1953-07-27 at which border village?    
      
   Panmunjom   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Spinoffs    
   >    
   > 1. Name the "Cheers" spinoff that is *not* "Frasier". This    
   > short-lived sitcom focused on Carla's ex-husband Nick and    
   > his ditzy wife Loretta, played by Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem.    
      
   "The Tortellis"   
       
   > 2. Name the spinoff in which a Hazzard County deputy moves to    
   > Los Angeles and joins the LAPD. Uncle Jesse, Daisy, and    
   > Rosco P. Coltrane all made guest appearancesi, but the show    
   > still got cancelled after only one season    
      
   "Enos"   
      
   > 3. "The Pauly D Project" and "Snooki and JWoww" were two spinoff    
   > series from what popular MTV reality series that aired from    
   > 2009 to 2012?    
      
   "Jersey Shore"   
      
   > 4. Alana Thompson was the breakout star of the 2011 edition of    
   > TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras". She and her family quickly    
   > got their own spinoff series in 2012 that ran for 4 seasons.    
   > Name *either* the spinoff show or the nickname by which Thompson    
   > became generally known.    
      
   Honey Boo Boo   
      
   > 5. Abe Vigoda had his biggest film role in "The Godfather", but he    
   > became best known for his role as a detective on "Barney Miller".    
   > He was so popular he was given his own spinoff, which ran for    
   > two seasons starting in 1977. Name the spinoff focusing on    
   > Vigoda's detective character.    
      
   "Fish"   
      
   > 6. Ed Asner won three Emmys for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy    
   > for playing a TV news director -- and two more for Best Actor    
   > in a Drama for playing the same character, now a city editor    
   > at a newspaper in a spinoff show. Name this character, or the    
   > spinoff show which bears his name.    
       
   Lou Grant   
      
   > 7. "Chief Wiggum P.I." was a spinoff that followed the title    
   > character as he and his son Ralph moved to New Orleans to    
   > fight crime. Okay, this was actually a *potential* spinoff    
   > that aired as a segment in the 8th-season finale of what long,    
   > long, long-running animated sitcom?    
      
   "The Simpsons"   
      
   > 8. "Daria", an animated sitcom focusing on the life of cynical    
   > high-schooler Daria Morgendorffer, ran from 1997 to 2002 on MTV.    
   > Previously, Daria had been a recurring character on another    
   > MTV animated show. Name the series where Daria made her debut,    
   > an animated sitcom produced by Mike Judge whose lead characters    
   > most recently appeared in a 2022 movie.    
      
   "Beavis and Butt-head"   
      
   > 9. Name any *any one* of three Happy Days spinoffs whose titles    
   > each include the given names of the two main characters.    
      
   "Joanie Loves Chachi"   
      
   > 10. Some shows are so successful, even their spinoffs have spinoffs.    
   > Both "Maude" and "The Jeffersons" had spinoffs in which the    
   > main character's African-American housekeeper went off on her    
   > own to a new job. "Good Times" was a Dyn-o-mite! hit, but    
   > "Checking In" only aired 4 episodes before being cancelled.    
   > Name their grandfather series -- the groundbreaking sitcom that    
   > spawned "Maude" and "The Jeffersons".    
      
   "All in the Family"   
      
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