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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIWSS24 Game 1, Rounds 2-3: first   
   01 Mar 25 04:36:06   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 2 - History - The First Black Person to...   
      
   > 2. First black mayor of New York City, 1990s.   
      
   David Dinkins   
      
   > 5. First black person to win an acting Oscar, 1930s.   
      
   Butterfly McQueen   
      
   > 10. First black person to campaign for President of the United   
   >    States *within one of the two major parties*, 1970s.   
      
   Shirley Chisholm   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 3 - Sports - Olympic Scandals   
      
   > 2. What did America runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos do at   
   >    the medal ceremony in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City that   
   >    got them banned from the Olympics for life?   
      
   gave a Black Power salute   
      
   > 3. Why was American athlete Jim Thorpe stripped of his gold   
   >    medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 summer games   
   >    in Stockholm?   
      
   he spent some time playing baseball for money   
      
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