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   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** 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.   
      
   Ted Williams   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Los Angeles Kings   
      
   > 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   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Atlantis; Discovery   
      
   > * C. Arts and Literature   
      
   > C1. What was Shakespeare's last complete play?   
      
   The Tempest   
      
   > * 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"?   
      
   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.   
      
   the last UK citizen   
      
   > * F. Miscellaneous   
      
   > F1. Which model of airplane made its last flight on 2003-10-24?   
      
   SR-71   
      
   > 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   
      
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