From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-07-22,   
   > 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 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 10, Round 9 - Sports - Last Games   
   >   
   > In honor of Smith & Guessin's final regular-season game, the sports   
   > round will ask about the last games of famous athletes.  Where we   
   > ask for a team, you must identify it unambiguously.   
   >   
   > 1. One of baseball's most famous farewells took place in Boston   
   >     on 1960-09-29.  Name the Red Sox outfielder who homered in his   
   >     final career at-bat.   
      
   Ted Williams   
      
   >   
   > 2. Who slugged 3 homers for the Boston Braves in his final game   
   >     on 1935-05-30 in Pittsburgh?  The final home run cleared the   
   >     right-field roof at Forbes Field.   
      
   Babe Ruth   
      
   >   
   > 3. Who singled home a run in his final at-bat for the Milwaukee   
   >     Brewers on 1976-10-03?  The hit left him 3 shy of 2,300 career   
   >     RBIs, but that's still the all-time major-league record.   
      
   Hank Aaron   
      
   >   
   > 4. On 1972-09-30, a double in his last *regular-season* game   
   >     gave this Pittsburgh outfielder 3,000 career hits.  The Pirates   
   >     lost the following playoff series, and he died in a plane crash   
   >     3 months later.  Name him.   
      
   Roberto Clemente   
      
   >   
   > 5. On 2003-04-16, Michael Jordan played his last NBA game and   
   >     retired for the third time.  He scored 16 points in a loss   
   >     to Philadelphia.  Which was Jordan's last team?   
      
   Washington Wizards   
      
   >   
   > 6. Wayne Gretzky played his final NHL game on 1999-04-16.  He drew   
   >     an assist in a 2-1 overtime loss to Pittsburgh.  Which team   
   >     did Gretzky finish his career with that day?   
      
   St. Louis Blues   
      
   >   
   > 7. Gordie Howe was 11 days past his 52nd birthday when he played   
   >     his final NHL game on 1980-04-11.  Which team did Howe finish   
   >     his career with?   
      
   Hartford Whalers   
      
   >   
   > 8. This NHL Hall of Fame defenseman's final game lasted only   
   >     2 periods due to injury.  He played for the Buffalo Sabres in   
   >     Toronto on 1974-02-20 and was killed in a car crash a few hours   
   >     later on the QEW.  Name him.   
      
   Magnusson   
      
   >   
   > 9. For any athlete, it's hard to beat winning a championship in his   
   >     or her last game.  Lanny McDonald ended his Hall of Fame career   
   >     by scoring the go-ahead goal in Game 6 of the 1989 Stanley Cup   
   >     final in Montreal -- for which team?   
      
   Calgary Flames   
      
   >   
   > 10. Ray Bourque won his lone Stanley Cup in the final game of his   
   >     22-year NHL career.  Who was the Hall of Fame defenseman playing   
   >     for when he finally got his title in 2001?   
      
   Colorado Rockies   
      
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Lasts   
   >   
   > To continue our celebration of Smith & Guessin's final regular-   
   > season game, we offer you a Challenge Round of *lasts*.  We'll see   
   > you at the Final, next Monday for 7 pm...   
   >   
   > * A. Science: Space   
   >   
   >     A1. On 1972-12-14, Eugene Cernan ["SIR-nan"] become the last   
   >         person (so far) to do what?   
      
   Walk on the moon   
      
   >   
   >     A2. The last Space Shuttle mission, STS-135, ended with a safe   
   >         landing at Kennedy Space Center on 2011-07-21.  What was   
   >         the name of the Space Shuttle that flew this last mission?   
      
   Endeavor   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Sports   
   >   
   >     B1. Muhammad Ali's last fight was in Nassau, Bahamas, in   
   >         December 1981.  Which Canadian boxer was Ali's final   
   >         opponent?   
   >   
   >     B2. During the 1937-38 NHL season, Gordie Drillon became the   
   >         last Toronto Maple Leaf player (so far) to do what?   
      
   Play while wearing eyeglasses   
      
   >   
   >         After completing this question, please decode the rot13:   
   >         Vs lbh ersreerq gb orvat n yrnqvat fpbere, tb onpx naq   
   >         or zber fcrpvsvp.   
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Arts and Literature   
   >   
   >     C1. What was Shakespeare's last complete play?   
      
   Troilus and Cressida; Taming of the Shrew   
      
   >   
   >     C2. Mexican painter Frida Kahlo completed her last painting   
   >         a few days before she died in 1954.  It's a still-life of   
   >         watermelons, with a message carved in one of the melons.   
   >         What was that message?  It was later borrowed by a British   
   >         rock band.   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Movies   
   >   
   >     D1. This 1971 movie followed two high school seniors in a   
   >         windswept Texas town.  The cast included both of that   
   >         year's supporting-actor Oscar winners -- Cloris Leachman   
   >         and Ben Johnson.  Name this "Last" movie.   
      
   Last Picture Show   
      
   >   
   >     D2. Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Ugandan   
   >         dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 movie "The Last King of   
   >         Scotland"?   
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Canadiana   
   >   
   >     E1. 1971-12-31 was the last day what type of product was   
   >         advertised on Canadian radio and TV?   
      
   Cigarettes; Alcohol   
      
   >   
   >     E2. World War II general Harold Alexander (Earl Alexander   
   >         of Tunis) was Canada's Governor-General from 1946 to '52.   
   >         That earned him at least two "last" distinctions among   
   >         our federal royal representatives.  Name one thing that   
   >         Alexander was the last of.   
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Miscellaneous   
   >   
   >     F1. Which model of airplane made its last flight on 2003-10-24?   
      
   Concorde   
      
   >   
   >     F2. The world's last new island (so far) was formed only last   
   >         year as the result of volcanic activity off the coast of   
   >         an existing Japanese island.  Name that existing island,   
   >         which was the site of a brutal battle between American and   
   >         Japanese forces in February-March 1945.   
      
   Okinawa   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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