From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Sports - Last Games   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Babe Ruth   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   L.A. Kings   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Detroit Red Wings   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Philadelphia Flyers   
      
   > 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 Avalanche   
      
   > ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Lasts   
   > * 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   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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