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|    Message 31,862 of 32,813    |
|    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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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