From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 1:32:57 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > * Game 2, Round 2 - History - Common Cause    
   >    
   > For the first 9 questions, name these famous people.    
   >    
   > 1. This American actress who lived 1926-2021 was a Miss Chicago    
   > winner. She played the same character first on the "Mary Tyler    
   > Moore" show, then on a spinoff; later she won an Oscar for    
   > "The Last Picture Show". She was over 80 when she competed on    
   > "Dancing with the Stars".    
      
   Cloris Leachman   
      
   > 2. This American actress who lived 1938-2020 was a Miss Nevada    
   > winner and is best remembered for her 3 years appearing on    
   > "Gilligan's Island", although she did win an International    
   > Independent Film Award for the 2017 TV-movie "Life Interrupted".    
      
   Dawn Wells   
      
   > 3. When George Lucas was filming the original movie "Star Wars",    
   > the actor playing Darth Vader was concerned that his costume    
   > would muffle his voice too much, but Lucas assured him the    
   > lines would be re-recorded in post-production. And they were    
   > -- by James Earl Jones. Name the British actor, who lived    
   > 1935-2020, who appears onscreen in costume but whose Devon    
   > accent is never heard.    
      
   David Prowse   
      
   > 4. This American lived 1934-2020. His pitching career, starting    
   > with the Memphis Red Sox in the Negro American League, never    
   > took off, but his second career was lucrative enough to buy    
   > part-ownership of the Texas Rangers. In the 1970s he won his    
   > first Grammy, in the category "Best Sacred Performance (Musical),    
   > for "Did You Think to Pray?", and his first AMA award, in the    
   > category Favorite Country Album, for "A Sunshiny Day".    
      
   Charley Pride   
      
   > 5. Another American pitcher lived 1944-2020, and spent 20 years    
   > in the major leagues. He is one of the few to have accumulated    
   > 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts, and a career ERA. less than 3. In a    
   > 1970 game as a New York Met he struck out 10 consecutive batters,    
   > and in a 1978 game for Cincinnati he pitched a no-hitter.    
      
   Tom Seaver (?)   
      
   > 6. This German-born American entertainer lived 1939-2021. He and    
   > his partner were famous for their dual act on stage with big    
   > cats until he was attacked by one of them and gravely injured.    
   > The two men named their act after their first names. Either name    
   > the act or give the last name of the man we're asking about.    
      
   Siegfried & Roy   
      
   > 8. This American man lived 1937-2021. Between 1958 and 1989 he    
   > rose through the ranks of the army to become a full general.    
   > Ronald Reagan made him National Security Advisor, and George    
   > W. Bush made him Secretary of State.    
      
   Colin Powell   
       
   > 9. This American banker who became a politician lived 1945-2020.    
   > He supported the Tea Party movement and advocated a flat 9%    
   > rate on various taxes. He was a candidate for the Republican    
   > presidential nomination for 2012. In 2020 his last political    
   > act was to attend a Donald Trump rally in Tulsa.    
      
   Herman Cain   
      
   > 10. After you're done with the rest, decode the rot13 to see the    
   > last question. Nyy gurfr crbcyr jr nfxrq nobhg unq n pnhfr    
   > bs qrngu va pbzzba -- va fbzr pnfrf n pbagevohgvat pnhfr,    
   > va bguref gur cevznel pnhfr. Jung jnf vg?    
      
   COVID-19   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Future Events    
   >    
   > Round 1 tonight was about current events, and Round 2 was about    
   > past events. For Round 3, then, we have future events.     
   >   
   > 3. What will happen on Sunday, December 10, 2023, in Oslo probably    
   > at about 1 pm, and in Stockholm probably at about 4 pm?    
      
   Nobel Prize ceremonies   
      
   > 4. What will happen throughout Canada on Monday, October 20, 2025?    
      
   a general election   
      
   > 5. What will happen on Monday, January 20, 2025, at noon in    
   > Washington DC?    
      
   Presidential inauguration   
      
   > 7. What will happen on Sunday, March 10, 2024, probably starting    
   > at 5 pm, in Los Angeles?    
      
   Academy Awards ceremony   
       
   > 8. What will happen on Monday, April 8, 2024, entering Canada    
   > about 3:15 pm near Point Pelee and leaving about 5:15 pm local    
   > time near St. John's?    
      
   solar eclipse   
      
   > 10. What will happen on at various times on Thursday, March 28,    
   > 2024, in or near Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas,    
   > Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City,    
   > Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and Tampa?    
      
   opening day of the Major League Baseball season   
      
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   Joshua Kreitzer   
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