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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 8, Rounds 2-3: as Juliu   
   01 Jan 24 14:46:58   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 2 - Entertainment - Playing Julius Caesar   
      
   > 2. One of the greatest interpreters of William Shakespeare's plays   
   >    in theater, this British actor only played Caesar in only one   
   >    movie, a 1970 version of Shakespeare's play.  His many other   
   >    movies, usually in character roles, include "Murder on the   
   >    Orient Express" (1975) and "Arthur" (1981).   
      
   John Gielgud   
      
   > 3. Before he played James Bond in two of Eon Productions' 25 Bond   
   >    movies, this British actor distinguished himself in various   
   >    Shakespearean roles on stage.  After his days as Bond, he took   
   >    up the role of Caesar in a 1999 Hallmark TV mini-series called   
   >    "Cleopatra".  Low career point indeed!   
      
   Timothy Dalton   
      
      
   > * Game 8, Round 3 - Sports - American Football   
      
   > 1. The National Football League now has 32 teams based in more   
   >    than 20 US states, but when it started in 1920 there were 14   
   >    teams in 5 states.  Just like with the NHL, only two of those   
   >    original teams still exist, but unlike the NHL, both teams have   
   >    moved from their original home cities.  Give the *present-day   
   >    name* of either of those surviving teams -- give either the   
   >    team name or the place name.   
      
   Bears   
      
   > 2. The most recent case of an NFL team changing its name happened   
   >    last year.  What is that team now called?  Place name and team   
   >    name required.   
      
   Washington Commanders   
      
   > 3. The next two questions are about NFL records according to   
   >    the NFL's official Record and Fact Book issued at the start of   
   >    this season.  Which retired player, who started with New England,   
   >    holds the all-time career record for the most points scored?   
      
   Yom Brady   
      
   > 4. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the   
   >    previous question.  Ivangvrev fpberq zbfg bs uvf cbvagf ol   
   >    xvpxvat.  Juvpu ergverq cynlre, jub fgnegrq jvgu Fna Senapvfpb,   
   >    ubyqf gur nyy-gvzr pnerre erpbeq sbe gur zbfg gbhpuqbjaf?   
      
   Montana   
      
   > 7. College football in the US, like other collegiate sports,   
   >    is governed by the NCAA.  What does that stand for, exactly?   
      
   National Collegiate Athletic Association   
      
   > 8. The highest level of NCAA football is called the Football Bowl   
   >    Subdivision of Division I, or FBS for short.  It's divided   
   >    into 10 conferences, but how many teams are there altogether,   
   >    within, oh, 10?   
      
   100   
      
   > 9. Name *any* college or university whose team won the championship   
   >    of its FBS conference last year.  This does not refer to   
   >    bowl games.   
      
   University of Alabama; The Ohio State University   
      
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