From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-05-13,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of the Smith & Guessin' and   
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have   
   > been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation of   
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 7 - Sports - Halls of Fame   
   >   
   > In each case, name the city or town where the indicated hall of   
   > fame is located.   
   >   
   > 1. Hockey Hall of Fame.   
      
   Toronto   
      
   > 2. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.   
      
   Springfield, Massachusetts   
      
   > 3. Canadian Golf Hall of Fame (hint: Ontario).   
      
   Toronto   
      
   > 4. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (hint: Ontario).   
      
   Toronto   
      
   > 5. Canadian Football Hall of Fame (hint: Ontario).   
      
   Toronto; Hamilton   
      
   > 6. Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (hint: Western Canada).   
      
   Vancouver; Calgary   
      
   > 7. International Tennis Hall of Fame (hint: New England).   
   > 8. International Swimming Hall of Fame (hint: South Florida).   
      
   Miami   
      
   >   
   > 9. NFL Hall of Fame (officially called the Pro Football Hall   
   >     of Fame).   
      
   Canton, Ohio   
      
   >   
   > 10. Major League Baseball Hall of Fame (officially called the   
   >     National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum).   
      
   Cooperstown, New York   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 8 - Entertainment - Infamous Hotel Deaths   
   >   
   > Checked in and checked out -- for good.  We will provide the details   
   > and you tell us who died.   
   >   
   > 1. Actor, died 2013-06-19 of heart attack, Boscola Exedra Hotel,   
   >     Rome, Room 449.   
   >   
   > 2. Musician, died 1997-11-22 by hanging, Ritz Carlton Hotel,   
   >     Sydney, Australia, Room 524.   
   >   
   > 3. Musician, died 1970-10-04 of heroin overdose, Landmark Motor   
   >     Hotel, Los Angeles, Room 105.   
      
   Janis Joplin   
      
   >   
   > 4. Actor, died 2009-06-03 by hanging for autoerotic asphyxiation,   
   >     Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel, Thailand.   
   >   
   > 5. Musician's girlfriend, died 1978-10-12 by stabbing, Chelsea   
   >     Hotel, New York, room 100.   
   >   
   > 6. Actor, died 1982-03-05 of overdose, Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles,   
   >     Bungalow 3.   
      
   John Belushi   
      
   >   
   > 7. Chef, writer, and travel journalist, died 2018-06-18 by hanging,   
   >     Le Chambard Hotel, Alsace, France, Manon Suite.   
      
   Bourdain   
      
   >   
   > 8. Model/actress, died 2007-02-08 of overdose, Hard Rock Hotel,   
   >     Hollywood, Florida, Room 607.   
   >   
   > 9. Musician, died 1970-09-18 of asphyxia due to aspiration of vomit,   
   >     Samarkand Hotel, Notting Hill, London, Room 507.   
      
   Jimi Hendrix   
      
   >   
   > 10. Comedian/actor, died 2022-01-09 of head injury, Ritz-Carlton   
   >     Hotel, Orlando, FL, Room 962.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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