From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 7/8/2025 4:37 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 2 - Geography - Battlegrounds   
   >   
   > Battles are a part of history, but they're also a part of geography,   
   > since we fight battles mostly in places.  We'll describe a battle's   
   > location in modern-day terms and tell you when the battle was fought   
   > there: you tell us what place we're talking about.  All answers will   
   > complete the expression "the Battle of...".  Wars will not repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. 1942-1943: the largest island in the Solomon Islands, covered   
   >     in tropical rainforest.   
      
   Guadalcanal   
      
   > 2. 1781: a county seat in Virginia on the Atlantic Coast.   
      
   Yorktown   
      
   > 3. 1815: a town in what is now the province of Walloon Brabant   
   >     in Belgium.   
      
   Waterloo   
      
   > 4. 1916: a river in Picardy in northern France, and specifically   
   >     the portion of it due east of Amiens.   
      
   the Marne   
      
   > 5. 1862: a tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland, or a small   
   >     town in Maryland near the border of West Virginia (either   
   >     name acceptable).   
      
   Bull Run   
      
   > 6. 480 BC: a narrow mountain pass and nearby town in central Greece,   
   >     located near hot springs.   
      
   Thermopylae   
      
   > 8. 1950: a port city in South Korea of 3,000,000 people.   
      
   Inchon   
      
   > 10. 1066: a small seaside town in East Sussex on the southern   
   >     coast of England.   
      
   Hastings   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment - Traveling Bandmates   
   >   
   > Pop/rock musicians frequently work with different musical groups,   
   > even when they are primarily identified with one particular group   
   > or as a solo artist.  We'll name three groups that a particular   
   > musician has been a member of: you name the musician.   
   >   
   > 1. Chickenfoot, The Circle, Van Halen.   
      
   Sammy Hagar   
      
   > 2. Velvet Revolver, Road Crew, Guns n' Roses.   
      
   Matt Soren   
      
   > 4. Nirvana, the Crooked Vultures, Foo Fighters.   
      
   Dave Grohl   
      
   > 5. The Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominoes, Cream.   
      
   Eric Clapton   
      
   > 7. Electric Light Orchestra, Move, the Traveling Wilburys.   
      
   Jeff Lynne   
      
   > 8. Long John Baldry and the All Stars, the Jeff Beck Group, Faces.   
      
   Rod Stewart   
      
   > 9. Crosby Stills Nash & Young, the Mynah Birds, Buffalo Springfield.   
      
   Neil Young   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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