From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 1/21/2025 1:06 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 9 - Sports - Summer Olympics   
   >   
   > With the Summer Olympics set to open in Paris on July 26, we have   
   > 10 questions for you...   
   >   
   > 1. Paris will be the second city to host the Olympics 3 times.   
   >     Name the other 3-time host.   
      
   London   
      
   > 2. Which city will join  and Paris in hosting its third   
   >     Olympic Games in 2028?   
      
   Los Angeles   
      
   > 3. Which city will host the 2032 Summer Olympics?   
      
   Brisbane   
      
   > 4. Likely the biggest innovation for the Paris Games involves the   
   >     opening ceremony.  What will be the new wrinkle for the Opening   
   >     this year?   
      
   the parade of nations was held on boats   
      
   > 5. Speaking of innovations, what sport will make its Olympic debut   
   >     at the Paris Games?   
      
   breakdancing   
      
   > 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?   
      
   cap   
      
   > 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.   
      
   French Polynesia   
      
   > 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.)   
      
   29   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Hungary; 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?   
      
   St. Lucia; Cabo Verde   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - Nicknames   
   >   
   > * A. Sports: Baseball   
   >   
   >     A1. Which outfielder was known as "the Georgia Peach"?   
      
   Ty Cobb   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > * C. Entertainment: Country Music   
   >   
   >     C1. Which singer-songwriter, who died in 1953, was nicknamed   
   >         "the Hillbilly Shakespeare?"   
      
   Hank Williams (Sr.)   
      
   >     C2. What Nashville building is known as the Mother Church of   
   >         Country Music?   
      
   Ryman Auditorium   
      
   >     After completing this category, please decode the rot13: Vs   
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   Fb abgrq nobir.   
      
   > * D. History: World War II Generals   
   >   
   >     D1. Who was nicknamed "The Desert Fox"?   
      
   Rommel   
      
   > * E. Geography: Cities   
   >   
   >     E1. What city is known as "the Paris of the Middle East"?   
      
   Beirut   
      
   >     E2. What South American city is known as "the Paris of the   
   >         Americas"?   
      
   Buenos Aires   
      
   > * F. Canadiana: Prime Ministers   
   >   
   >     F1. Which prime minister was nicknamed "Mike"?   
      
   Pearson   
      
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