From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 11/13/23 22:21, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - History - 20th- and 21st-Century Economists and Bankers   
   >   
   > 1. This American was the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics   
   >     -- officially that's the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic   
   >     Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.  He won it for his work   
   >     in international trade and the geographic aspects of economic   
   >     activity.  He is a regular op-ed columnist for the New York   
   >     Times on economic and political matters, generally from a   
   >     left-wing perspective.  Name him.   
      
   Krugman   
      
   >   
   > 2. This Canadian, born in 1961, was a long-time economist and   
   >     policy director for Unifor, and is now Director of the Centre for   
   >     Future Work.  He is a frequent media commentator on the economy.   
   >   
   > 3. This Briton, born in 1883, is widely regarded as one of the   
   >     most important economists of the 20th century.  His championing   
   >     of government stimulus to counteract the effects of recessions   
   >     and depressions was highly influential in public policy until   
   >     the 1970s, and arguments for and against his positions are   
   >     active today.   
      
   Keynes   
      
   >   
   > 4. This Canadian led central banks in two countries and is   
   >     frequently mentioned as a future candidate and potential leader   
   >     of the federal Liberal party.   
   >   
   > 5. Who is the economist portrayed in the book and movie "A Beautiful   
   >     Mind", which chronicled his struggles with mental illness and   
   >     later return to productive work?   
      
   Nash   
      
   >   
   > 6. Who is the Austrian, regarded as a kind of godfather of modern   
   >     conservative economics and libertarianism, who published his   
   >     most famous work, "The Road to Serfdom", in 1944?   
   >   
   > 7. This American conservative economist, star of the Chicago   
   >     School, and author of "Capitalism and Freedom", opposed   
   >     's position, preferring to focus on the role of   
   >     consumption in economic activity.  He advised various right-wing   
   >     politicians such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.   
   >     Name him.   
      
   Friedman   
      
   >   
   > 8. This Canadian started his post-secondary education in agriculture   
   >     but switched to economics for graduate work.  He taught at   
   >     Harvard for decades and worked in the administrations of several   
   >     Democratic US presidents, and is the author of "The Affluent   
   >     Society", among many other books.   
   >   
   > 9. Appointed Chair of the US Federal Reserve by Barack Obama in   
   >     2014, she was dumped by Donald Trump when her term expired   
   >     four years later.  She is currently Secretary of the Treasury   
   >     in the Biden administration.  Name her.   
      
   Yellen   
      
   >   
   > 10. When this Italian was president of the European Central Bank,   
   >     he was widely credited with saving the Eurozone during the   
   >     debt crisis of the 2010s, earning him a nickname derived from   
   >     a popular video game.  Later he became prime minister of Italy.   
   >     Who is he?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - McCarthy   
   >   
   > This round is about people named McCarthy, living or dead.   
   > In every case give their first name.  *Answers may repeat*.   
   >   
   > 1. This member of the acting "brat pack" played Blane in "Pretty   
   >     in Pink".  Due to a late script change in the ending, he was   
   >     called back for additional filming after shaving his head to play   
   >     Clay in "Less Than Zero", so he wore a wig for the added scene.   
   >   
   > 2. This American actor lived 1914-2010 and appeared in numerous   
   >     plays and movies, including the lead role in the original 1956   
   >     version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".  His only Oscar   
   >     nomination was for "Death of a Salesman" (1951).   
   >   
   > 3. This was not a real person, but was the best-known dummy used   
   >     by ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.   
      
   Charlie   
      
   >   
   > 4. This actress appeared in "Gilmore Girls" and had a lead role on   
   >     the series "Mike & Molly".  On film, she has Oscar nominations   
   >     for "Bridesmaids" (2011) and for "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"   
   >     (2018).   
   >   
   > 5. This woman was a Playboy Playmate of the Year and an actress,   
   >     and is now a public advocate for various forms of medical   
   >     stupidity. >   
   > 6. In 1968 this senator from Minnesota ran on an anti-Vietnam-War   
   >     platform to be the Democratic candidate for president.  He took   
   >     several states in the primaries but it was Hubert Humphrey who   
   >     got to lose the presidency to Richard Nixon.  Anyway, name that   
   >     senator from Minnesota.   
      
   Eugene   
      
   >   
   > 7. This politician has been a Republican congressman since 2007.   
   >     He played a key role in both of the fiscal-brinkmanship crises   
   >     this year, resulting in backlash from his own party.   
      
   Kevin   
      
   >   
   > 8. The term "McCarthyism" alludes to this politician's favorite Big   
   >     Lie -- namely, that the US government was riddled with Communist   
   >     inflitrators.   
      
   Joe   
      
   >   
   > 9. This writer's novels include "No Country for Old Men", "Blood   
   >     Meridian", and "The Road".  He died earlier this year.   
   >   
   > 10. This computer-science pioneer was a founder of artificial   
   >     intelligence and invented memory garbage collection and the   
   >     programming language LISP.   
      
      
      
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