From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 1/7/25 14:30, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * Game 8, Round 9 - Entertainment - Game-Show Hosts   
   >   
   > *Time to come on down!*  No, not to play "The Price is Right",   
   > but to identify each game-show host from the description given,   
   >   
   > 1. This Winnipeg native went from radio work in his home city,   
   >     and Toronto, to co-creating and hosting "Let's Make a Deal".   
   >     That show aired 1963-91 on US networks and in syndication, and   
   >     was revived in 2009.   
      
   Monty Hall   
      
   >   
   > 2. After more than a decade of hosting and announcing work with   
   >     the CBC, this Ontario native went south in 1973.  His game-show   
   >     resume included "The Wizard of Odds", "High Rollers", and   
   >     "Classic Concentration" -- plus over 36 years on one   
   >     quiz show until his death in 2020.   
   >   
   > 3. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you   
   >     have finished the previous one.  Ur jnf gur bevtvany ubfg bs   
   >     "Wrbcneql!" sebz 1964 gb 1975, naq ntnva va 1978-79.  Jura gur   
   >     fubj jnf erivirq va 1984, ur ghearq qbja na bssre gb erghea nf   
   >     ubfg, naq gur wbo jrag gb Nyrk Gerorx.   
   >   
   > 4. He was the original host of "Wheel of Fortune", 1975-81.   
   >     He also hosted "Love Connection", "Scrabble", "Greed", and   
   >     "Lingo".   
   >   
   > 5. This media personality and animal-rights advocate hosted   
   >     "Truth or Consequences", 1956-75.  He followed that run with   
   >     35 years on "The Price is Right" before retiring in 2007.   
   >     He died last year at 99.   
      
   Bob Barker   
      
   >   
   > 6. He was an actor, singer, TV personality, game-show host --   
   >     and Betty White's husband for 18 years until his death in 1981.   
   >     He hosted various editions of "Password" between 1961 and '80.   
   >   
   > 7. This British-born actor and comedian first became known to   
   >     North American audiences on "Hogan's Heroes" and "Rowan and   
   >     Martin's Laugh-In".  He was the original host of "Family Feud",   
   >     1976-85, and again in 1994-95.   
   >   
   > 8. This TV host, actor, and comedian has hosted "Family Feud" and   
   >     "Celebrity Family Feud" since 2010.  His resume also includes   
   >     7 Daytime Emmy awards,   
   >   
   > 9. Who is the host of "Family Feud Canada"?   
   >   
   > 10. This host now holds the record for the longest career hosting   
   >     the *same* game show.  He overtook  for the record   
   >     in 2019.   
      
   Alex Trebek   
      
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   >   
   > * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Rebels   
   >   
   > * A. Sports   
   >   
   > In each case the usual abbreviation is sufficient.   
   >   
   >     A1. This rebel basketball league competed with the NBA for a   
   >         decade until 1976.  Its innovations included the 3-point   
   >         shot, a multi-colored ball, regional franchises and the   
   >         All-Star Game's slam dunk contest.   
      
   ABA   
      
   >   
   >     A2. California lawyer and businessman Gary Davidson is credited   
   >         as a co-founder of .  He also launched two other   
   >         rebel sports leagues in the 1970's.  Name *either* league.   
      
   WFL   
      
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   >   
   > * B. History   
   >   
   >     B1. Which Argentine-born revolutionary was captured and killed   
   >         in Bolivia in 1967?   
      
   Che Guevara   
      
   >   
   >     B2. What was the name given to a group of rebellious textile   
   >         workers in 19th-century England?  They opposed the use of   
   >         certain types of cost-saving machinery, and often destroyed   
   >         the machinery in raids.   
      
   Luddites   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Canadiana   
   >   
   >     C1. Name the site in Saskatchewan of the decisive battle of   
   >         the 1885 Northwest Rebellion, which resulted in the defeat   
   >         of Louis Riel and Métis forces.   
   >   
   >     C2. Who led the violent rebellion of 1837-38 in Lower Canada   
   >         -- now Quebec -- against the Catholic Church and the   
   >         British governor?   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Entertainment   
   >   
   >     D1. The 1953 crime film "The Wild One" is considered the first   
   >         outlaw biker movie.  What's the name of the biker gang led   
   >         by Marlon Brando's character, Johnny Strabler?   
   >   
   >     D2. The song "He's a Rebel", written by Gene Pitney, was a #1   
   >         hit in 1962 for which girl group?   
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Literature   
   >   
   >     E1. Part of *which novel* by Victor Hugo takes place during a   
   >         brief anti-monarchist revolt in Paris in 1832?   
      
   The Hunchback of Notre Dame   
      
   >   
   >     E2. What's the name of American journalist John Reed's book   
   >         about the 1917 Russian Revolution?  (Exact title required.)   
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Geography   
   >   
   >     F1. The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern was the decisive clash   
   >         in the failed 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion, led by William   
   >         Lyon Mackenzie.  The site was near what is now *which major   
   >         intersection* in midtown Toronto?   
   >   
   >     F2. Name the town, then in Virginia and now West Virginia,   
   >         where John Brown tried in 1859 to raid a federal gun depot   
   >         to provoke a slave revolt in the southern US.   
      
   Harper's Ferry   
      
   (Now spelled without an apostrophe, but it had one at the time of the raid.)   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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