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   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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