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   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana Sports - The CFL   
      
   > 2. For a long time the CFL had two teams with almost the same   
   > team name, differentiated only by a space in one name. One of   
   > the teams folded in 1996. What was that almost identical name?   
      
   Rough Riders   
      
   > 10. A number of CFL players became actors -- including Woody Strode,   
   > Joe Kapp, and Carl Weathers. Name the pro-wrestler-turned-actor   
   > who spent 2 months on the Calgary Stampeders' practice roster   
   > as a linebacker in 1995.   
      
   Dwayne Johnson   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 3 - History - Early June Events   
      
   > 2. Name the supreme leader of Iran who died on 1989-06-03.   
      
   Khomeini   
      
   > 3. In what year did the Tiananmen Square massacre -- or as the   
   > Chinese government calls it, the "June 4th Incident", take place?   
      
   1989   
      
   > 4. 1783-06-04 could be called the day man-made flight was invented,   
   > when a hot-air balloon made its first unmanned demonstration   
   > flight in Annonay, France. The flight covered 2 km, climbed   
   > to about that same altitude. and lasted 10 minutes. What was   
   > the surname of the two French brothers who built the balloon?   
      
   Montgolfier   
      
   > 5. During World War II, which major European capital was captured   
   > by the Allies on June 4 -- two days before "D-Day"?   
      
   Rome   
      
   > 6. Two of history's most influential economists were born on June 5.   
   > The "Father of Capitalism" was born in Scotland in 1723 and wrote   
   > "The Wealth of Nations." The "Father of Macroeconomics" was born   
   > in England in 1883, and is best known for "The General Theory of   
   > Employment, Interest and Money." Name either economic "father".   
      
   Adam Smith   
      
   > 7. Who assassinated US Senator and presidential candidate Robert   
   > F. Kennedy in Los Angeles on 1968-06-05?   
      
   Sirhan Sirhan   
      
   > 8. Which war broke out on 1967-06-05 between Israel and three   
   > Arab countries?   
      
   Six-Day War   
      
   > 9. 1944-06-06 was "D-Day" -- the World War II Allied invasion of   
   > Normandy. What was the codename for the invasion beach assigned   
   > to the First Canadian Army?   
      
   Sword; Juno   
      
   > 10. On 1898-06-09, Britain signed a 99-year lease (paying nothing)   
   > for one of its overseas territories. The one-sided deal expired,   
   > as scheduled, in 1997. Which territory did they lease?   
      
   Hong Kong   
      
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