From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 1:21:56 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - One-Word Movie Titles    
   >    
   > We give a short description, and you give the one-word movie title.    
   >    
   > 1. An unknown gets a shot at the heavyweight boxing championship.    
      
   "Rocky"   
      
   > 2. From a novel subtitled "a novel about three army doctors".    
      
   "MASH"   
      
   > 3. A strange creature attacks the crew of the spaceship Nostromo.   
      
   "Alien"   
       
   > 4. The daily lives of mobsters in New York.   
      
   "Goodfellas"   
       
   > 5. A former policeman suffers from acrophobia.    
      
   "Vertigo"   
      
   > 6. The life and times of the former first lady of Argentina.    
      
   "Evita"   
      
   > 7. The lives of music-hall performers in pre-Nazi Berlin.    
      
   "Cabaret"   
      
   > 8. A sheriff in a small town uncovers murder and kidnapping in    
   > the snow.   
      
   "Fargo"   
       
   > 9. An alien creature comes to Earth to do a little hunting.    
      
   "Predator"   
      
   > 10. Remade several times. In the original a prehistoric creature    
   > attacks Tokyo.    
      
   "Godzilla"   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 8 - History - 1809    
   >    
   > If you write dates numerically in a certain style that is very    
   > common in Britain and also sometimes used in Canada, today is the    
   > 18th of September or 18/09. Therefore, here is a round about 1809.    
   >    
   > 1. In 1809 Napoleon's French Empire was at war with several other    
   > countries. Name any one of the countries that the French were    
   > fighting in the Peninsular War.    
      
   Portugal   
      
   > 2. Meanwhile on another peninsula, France completed its invasion    
   > and annexation of the Papal States. How did Pope Pius VII    
   > react to this?    
      
   he excommunicated Napoleon   
      
   > 3. On February 12, about 4,000 miles apart, there were born a    
   > future scientist and a future politician, both of whose fame    
   > still endures today. Name either one.    
      
   Lincoln   
      
   > 4. On June 8 the author of the 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense" died.    
   > Name him.    
      
   Paine   
      
   > 5. Name either the US president whose term ended in 1809, or the    
   > one who succeeded him.    
      
   Jefferson; Madison   
      
   > 6. Washington Irving's first major book was published in 1809 under    
   > the pseudonym of "Diedrich Knickerbocker". It was a satirical    
   > history of what city?    
      
   New York City   
      
   > 7. Robert Fulton received his first US patent in 1809, for what    
   > invention?    
      
   steamboat   
      
   > 9. In 1809 the governor of the Louisiana Territory was either    
   > murdered or committed suicide, but it's not clear which.    
   > He was previously known as an explorer. Name him.    
      
   Lewis; Clark   
       
   > 10. This Austrian composer of over 100 symphonies died in Vienna in    
   > 1809. The Requiem by his friend Mozart was played at his    
   > funeral. Name him.    
      
   Salieri   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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