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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 9, Rounds 7-8: once NHL   
   22 Jan 24 22:53:17   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, January 22, 2024 at 6:03:33 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >    
   > * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - Defunct NHL Franchise Locations    
   >    
   > An NHL team is not always a big money-maker for itself or its city.    
   > Although the league has had periods of stability, there have also    
   > been many times when teams decamped for greener pastures or just    
   > failed outright. In each case, we give you a team's name, and    
   > you identify the city (or other place name) that it represented    
   > when it had that name.    
   >    
   > Please be careful with the table-talk, as some teams and cities    
   > have managed to fail more than once and may appear twice in this    
   > round under different names; also, some teams have the same name    
   > as a team in another league, or have themselves played in another    
   > league at some time. This round is only talking about the NHL.    
      
   > 1. Seals, also called the Golden Seals.    
      
   Oakland   
      
   > 2. Barons.    
      
   Cleveland   
      
   > 4. Quakers.   
      
   Philadelphia   
       
   > 5. Rockies.    
      
   Colorado   
      
   > 6. Thrashers.   
      
   Atlanta   
       
   > 7. Tigers.    
      
   Montreal   
      
   > 8. Americans.   
      
   New York   
       
   > 9. Nordiques.    
      
   Quebec   
      
   > 10. Jets.    
      
   Winnipeg   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 8 - Entertainment - Their Only Acting Oscar    
   >    
   > Each question on these rounds will ask for two facts. If you give    
   > one of them, you get the regular score, but if you give both, you    
   > get a 2-point bonus. Warning: if you try for the bonus and fail to    
   > get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.    
   >    
   > *No points for naming the person.* The two facts we're asking    
   > for are the name of the *movie* they won the Oscar for, and the    
   > name of their *character* in the movie. For your normal score,    
   > name either one; for the bonus, name both.    
   >    
   > 1. He also played Rhett Butler, sailor Fletcher Christian, and bar    
   > owners Blackie Norton and Blackie Gallagher; but he won Best    
   > Actor for a 1930s movie. To repeat, for normal score, either    
   > name the *movie* he won for, or his *character* in the movie;    
   > for the bonus, name both.    
      
   "It Happened One Night"   
      
   > 2. He also played sales executive C.R. MacNamara, outlaws Cody    
   > Jarrett and Jim Kincaid, and police commissioner Rhinelander    
   > Waldo; but he won Best Actor for a 1940s movie.    
      
   (Playing for bonus) "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and George M. Cohan   
      
   > 3. He also played naval officer Philip Queeg, bar owner Rick Blaine,    
   > and detectives Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade; but he won Best    
   > Actor for a 1950s movie.    
      
   "The African Queen"   
      
   > 4. He also played newsmen Joe Bradley and Phil Schuyler Green,    
   > commando Keith Mallory, and sea captain Ahab; but he won Best    
   > Actor for a 1960s movie.    
      
   (Playing for bonus) "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Atticus Finch   
      
   > 5. She also played Evelyn Mulwray, Bonnie Parker, Joan Crawford,    
   > and Serena Joy; but she won Best Actress for a 1970s movie.    
      
   "Network"   
      
   > 6. He also played Billy the Kid, Nobel-winning author Andrew Craig,    
   > General Leslie Groves, and lawyer Frank Galvin; but he won Best    
   > Actor for a 1980s movie.    
      
   (Playing for bonus) "The Color of Money" and Eddie Felson   
       
   > 7. She also played Emma Woodhouse, Margot Tenenbaum, reporter Polly    
   > Perkins, and assistant Pepper Potts; but she won Best Actress    
   > for a 1990s movie.    
      
   "Shakespeare in Love"   
      
   > 8. He also played Jor-El, policeman Bud White, boxer Jim Braddock,    
   > and naval captain Jack Aubrey. But he won Best Actor for a    
   > 2000s movie. (That means 2000-09.)    
      
   "Gladiator"   
      
   > 9. He also played Howard Hughes, Amsterdam Vallon, Jack Dawson,    
   > and Frank Abagnale ["AB-ag-nail"] Jr.; but he won Best Actor    
   > for a 2010s movie.    
      
   "The Revenant"   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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