From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2/5/2025 11:55 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** 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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   New York Rangers; Los Angeles 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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Boston Bruins   
      
   > ** 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?   
      
   Enterprise   
      
   > * B. Sports   
   >   
   >     B1. Muhammad Ali's last fight was in Nassau, Bahamas, in   
   >         December 1981.  Which Canadian boxer was Ali's final   
   >         opponent?   
      
   Berbick   
      
   > * C. Arts and Literature   
   >   
   >     C1. What was Shakespeare's last complete play?   
      
   "The Two Noble Kinsmen"   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   "The 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"?   
      
   Forest Whitaker   
      
   > * E. Canadiana   
   >   
   >     E1. 1971-12-31 was the last day what type of product was   
   >         advertised on Canadian radio and TV?   
      
   cigarettes   
      
   >     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.   
      
   last British governor general of Canada   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   Iwo Jima   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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