From: dtilque@frontier.com
On 8/17/25 02:10, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Game 11, Round 9 - History - Outlaws
>
> 10 questions about bad people! But they're all dead now, so
> it's okay.
>
> 1. Harry Longabaugh ["LONG-a-bow"] developed a reputation for
> being a skilled gunfighter during his time with the Wild Bunch
> and the Hole-In-The-Wall Gang, but you probably know him better
> by his alias. Who is he better known as?
Sundance Kid
>
> 2. Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, the only mob boss in American history
> to receive the death penalty, is remembered primarily for running
> a mob with one purpose: being hired by other crime syndicates
> for assassinations. The group was responsible for as many as
> 1,000 contract killings. What was it called?
>
> 3. Buchalter was the primary boss of , but he was only a
> sub-boss when it was founded by another prominent Jewish mobster,
> who then expanded the Mob into Las Vegas. Legend has it that
> the reason the Mob whacked him in 1947 was because he spent
> too much money on the Flamingo Hotel. Who was he?
Bugsy Siegel
>
> 4. The first documented American serial killer, with at least 9
> confirmed victims between 1890 and 1894, claimed to have
> killed many more in a confession which he sold to newspapers
> for thousands of dollars. However, his claims -- including the
> "Murder Hotel", designed to let him kill guests in their sleep --
> were mostly fabrications. Who was he?
>
> 5. Considered the deadliest gunfighter of all time, he was confirmed
> to have shot and killed at least 27 people in the latter half
> of the 19th century, and claimed to have killed many more.
> He was infamous for his "cross-arms" quickdraw style, which
> was faster but took more skill to be accurate. Who was he?
>
> 6. Considered the first modern American spree killer, this lovely
> fellow killed the parents of his 14-year-old girlfriend,
> then fled with her and killed another nine people in January
> of 1958. The film "Badlands", starring Martin Sheen, is based
> on his killings. Who was he?
>
> 7. The first person to be declared the FBI's "Public Enemy #1"
> was this bank robber, who robbed 24 banks and 4 police stations,
> as well as escaping from jail twice. Who was he?
>
> 8. After the FBI shot to death in 1934, Charles Floyd
> was the next criminal to be named Public Enemy #1. Like
> , he was a bank robber. What was his iconic nickname?
>
> 9. This businessman founded Enron, and oversaw and organized the
> mass accounting fraud that ended up costing the United States
> billions of dollars when that company went bankrupt. He died
> of a heart attack before going to prison. Who was he?
>
> 10. This Irish-American mobster was responsible for at least 19
> murders, but was frequently allowed to skate due to the fact
> that he was also an FBI informant ratting out his competition.
> He was finally jailed at the age of 81, and was beaten to death
> in jail when he was released into general population at the
> age of 89. Who was he?
>
>
> ** Game 11, Round 10 - Challenge - It's Too Long
>
> * A. Long Wars
>
> A1. The Crusades lasted for about three hundred years. How many
> major -- i.e. numbered -- Crusades were there?
4
>
> A2. The Long March was a strategic retreat undertaken by one
> side in what country's civil war?
China
>
>
> * B. Long Movies
>
> B1. One of the longest documentaries to ever reach movie theters
> was released in 1987, runs 9 hours and 26 minutes, and is
> about the Holocaust. What is its title?
>
> B2. One of the longest narrative movies to ever reach theaters
> -- 5 hours 50 minutes -- was an adaptation of a Charles
> Dickens novel starring Derek Jacobi and Alec Guinness.
> Name it.
>
>
> * C. Long Rivers
>
> C1. What's the longest river in Europe?
Danube
>
> C2. What's the *second-longest* river in South America?
Rio de la Plata
>
>
> * D. Long Flights
>
> D1. The current longest non-stop flight in the world lasts for
> 18 hours 40 minutes and operates between New York's JFK
> Airport and *what Asian hub airport city*?
Hong Kong
>
> D2. The current longest non-stop flight from Toronto lasts
> for 17 hours 5 minutes, and goes to *what Asian country*'s
> capital city?
Thailand
>
>
> * E. Long Books
>
> E1. "À la recherche du temps perdu" is 1,500,000 words long.
> Who wrote it?
Proust
>
> E2. What David Foster Wallace novel, over 1,000 pages long,
> has a title that is a reference to a line from "Hamlet"?
>
>
> * F. Long Sports
>
> F1. What is the name of the automotive sport where participants
> drive from one checkpoint to another -- sometimes for days
> at a time -- with no set track or course, but with rules
> for driving and navigating?
>
> F2. The longest test match on record for a game of cricket
> took place in 1939, between England and which of its
> colonial possessions?
Trinidad
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Dan Tilque
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