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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 9 - Sports - Summer Olympics   
      
   > 1. Paris will be the second city to host the Olympics 3 times.   
   >    Name the other 3-time host.   
      
   Athens; London   
      
   > 6. Another change for the Paris Games involves the mascot.  This   
   >    time, the Games mascot is not an animal or a fictional character,   
   >    but an object, called a phryge ["freezh"].  *What type of   
   >    clothing* is a phryge?   
      
   hat   
      
   > 7. As usual, some Olympic competitions will be staged outside   
   >    the host city.  For the surfing events, you'll have to venture   
   >    more than 15,000 km from Paris.  The venue is a legendary surfing   
   >    spot *where*?  Name *either* the specific island or the French   
   >    Overseas Territory containing it.   
      
   Bora Bora   
      
   > 8. Within 2, how many sports will be contested at the Paris Games?   
   >    (Note: we're asking the number of sports, *not* the number of   
   >    events, which is 329.)   
      
   27   
      
   > 9. Which Eastern European country has won more Olympic medals --   
   >    521 to be exact -- than any other existing nation that has   
   >    *never* hosted the Games?   
      
   Romania   
      
   > 10. San Marino is the smallest country by population to win a Summer   
   >    Olympics medal, with a silver and two bronze at the Tokyo 2020   
   >    games in 2021.  Which island nation is the smallest by population   
   >    to win a *gold* medal at the Summer Olympics -- also that year?   
      
   Malta   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - Nicknames   
      
   > * A. Sports: Baseball   
      
   >    A1. Which outfielder was known as "the Georgia Peach"?   
      
   Ty Cobb   
      
   >    A2. Which 1950s and 60s pitcher was nicknamed "the Left Hand   
   >        of God"?   
      
   Sandy Koufax   
      
   > * B. Science   
      
   >    B1. What did 19th-century Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle call   
   >        "the dismal science?"   
      
   economics   
      
   >    B2. Which scientist was nicknamed "the Modern-Day Einstein"?   
      
   Hawking   
      
   > * D. History: World War II Generals   
      
   >    D1. Who was nicknamed "The Desert Fox"?   
      
   Rommel   
      
   >    D2. Who was nicknamed "Old Blood and Guts"?   
      
   Patton   
      
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