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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Game 10, Rounds 9-10: last   
   07 Feb 25 22:34:33   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   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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