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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power   
      
   > 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,   
   >    not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older   
   >    party.  Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of   
   >    the US?  What year did he take that office, within 4 years?   
   >    Again, answer one or both questions.   
      
   Lincoln and 1861   
      
   > 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US?  What year did he   
   >    *leave* that office, within 8 years?   
      
   1847   
      
   > 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US?  What year   
   >    did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?   
      
   John Adams and 1801   
      
   > 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK?  What year   
   >    did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?   
      
   Gladstone   
      
   > 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK?  What year   
   >    did he take that office, within 3 years?   
      
   David Lloyd George   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
      
   > * A. Literature: Humor by Adams   
      
   >    A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his   
   >        long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this   
   >        year that he is a racist changed all that.  Who is he?   
   >        First name required.   
      
   Scott Adams   
      
   >    A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show   
   >        "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and   
   >        adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in   
   >        2001 he went and died.  Who was he?  First name required.   
      
   Douglas Adams   
      
   > * B. Science History: Dialing the Phone   
      
   >    B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,   
   >        but every call had to be connected manually by the   
   >        switchboard operator.  Almon Strowger came to resent that   
   >        system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,   
   >        which soon made dial telephones possible.  What year were   
   >        dial phones first used, within 10?   
      
   1912   
      
   >    B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then   
   >        under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to   
   >        the public in what year, within 10?   
      
   1975   
      
   > * C. Sports: International Organizations   
      
   >    C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory   
   >        body for soccer.  What sport, game, or other competition   
   >        is regulated internationally by FIDE?   
      
   Chess   
      
   > * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words   
      
   >    E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?   
      
   over a lowercase "i" or "j"   
      
      
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