From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 3:49:02 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power    
   >    
   > This is the second bonus round. Again, each question 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. But if you try for the    
   > bonus and fail to get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.    
   >    
   > If making two guesses, you may try for the bonus on either or both.    
   > Please make it explicit how you are answering.    
   >    
   > 1. Who was the *first Liberal* prime minister of Canada? What year    
   > did he take that office, within 4 years? To repeat, for normal    
   > score just answer one of the two questions; for the bonus,    
   > answer both, but if you get one wrong, it's a wrong answer.    
      
   1875; 1884   
      
   > 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.    
      
   (playing for bonus) Abraham Lincoln, 1861   
      
   > 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he    
   > *leave* that office, within 8 years?    
      
   (playing for bonus) Millard Fillmore, 1853   
      
   > 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year    
   > did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?    
      
   (playing for bonus) John Quincy Adams, 1829   
      
   > ** 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?    
      
   1895; 1906   
      
   > 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?    
      
   1965   
       
   > * 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   
      
   > C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated    
   > internationally by FINA?    
      
   aquatics   
      
   > * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words    
   >    
   > E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?    
      
   crossing the letter "t"   
      
   --   
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