From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 11:08:56 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > ** Final, Round 4 - Sports    
   >    
   > * A. Lady Byng    
   >    
   > A1. The NHL instituted the annual Lady Byng trophy for    
   > sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct in 1925; it was    
   > replaced by the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy when she died in    
   > 1949. This was actually the second time it was replaced:    
   > when the same man had won it 7 times from 1928 to 1935,    
   > he was given the original trophy to keep. *Either* name    
   > that man, *or else* name the player who has won it the most    
   > times since then -- 5 wins from 1980 to 1999.    
      
   Gretzky   
       
   > * C. The Tour de France    
   >    
   > C1. The modern Tour de France consists of 21 legs and covers    
   > around 3,500 km, though the route changes from year to year.    
   > What aspect of the circuit *alternates* from one year to    
   > the next?    
      
   whether it runs clockwise or counterclockwise   
       
   > * D. Board Games on Grids    
   >    
   > In each case, name the relevant game.    
   >    
   > D2. This game is played on the intersections of a square grid    
   > of lines. In the standard game, there are 19 lines each way,    
   > making 361 points where you can play.    
      
   Go   
      
   > * E. Baseball Awards    
   >    
   > Well, the season's over, and all the postseason hardware has    
   > been handed out. Here are some questions regarding all-time    
   > award winners.    
   >    
   > E1. The Rawlings Gold Glove award is given annually to the    
   > best defensive player in each major league in each position    
   > on the field. The record number of wins by a position    
   > player (as opposed to a pitcher) is 16, all earned in    
   > consecutive years. Name the player.    
      
   Brooks Robinson   
      
   > E2. The Manager of the Year award was instituted in 1983 and    
   > is given annually in each major league. Name *any one*    
   > of the three managers who have each received the award    
   > four times.    
      
   Joe Torre   
      
   > After completing this pair, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg    
   > fnvq "Ebovafba" sbe nal nafjre, tb onpx naq cebivqr n svefg anzr.    
   >    
   > ** Final, Round 6 - Science    
   >    
   > * B. Linguistics    
   >    
   > B1. What is the notation used by linguists, lexicographers,    
   > and other speech and language professionals as a standard    
   > way of representing sounds? We need the full name.    
      
   International Phonetic Alphabet   
      
   > B2. What do linguists call a consonant sound if at some point    
   > in its articulation the flow of air is completely blocked?    
      
   stop   
      
   > * C. Cardiology Slang    
   >    
   > C1. What is the gloomy nickname for a heart attack that involves    
   > a complete blockage of the left main coronary artery and/or    
   > the left anterior descending artery, so-named because of    
   > its propensity to cause sudden death?    
      
   widowmaker   
      
   > * D. Watch Those Element Symbols    
   >    
   > D1. Pa is not the symbol for palladium. What element is it    
   > the symbol for?    
      
   protoactinium   
       
   > D2. Ca is not the symbol for cadmium. What element is it the    
   > symbol for?    
      
   calcium   
      
   > * E. Clever People    
   >    
   > Give the field of intellectual inquiry principally associated with the    
   > following clever people.    
   >    
   > E1. See: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/gfr6/clev-E1.jpg    
   >    
   > Kurt Gödel ["Gerd'll" without the R sound], Andrew Wiles,    
   > Paul Erdós ["AIR-dosh"; should be written with a double    
   > acute accent].    
      
   mathematics   
      
   > E2. See: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/gfr6/clev-E2.jpg    
   >    
   > Donald Knuth ["kuh-NOOTH", rhymes with "tooth"], Brian    
   > Kernighan ["kern-i-HAN"], Grace Hopper.    
      
   computer programming   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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