From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 10/11/2025 2:30 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Common Latin Expressions   
   >   
   > The Latin language may be dead, but many of its expressions live   
   > on today.  We will give you a Latin expression and you give us the   
   > meaning or literal translation in English.  The QMs have latitude   
   > in judging how close the answers are.   
      
   > 1. In flagrante delicto.   
      
   caught in the act   
      
   > 2. Cogito ergo sum.   
      
   I think, therefore I am   
      
   > 3. Alea iacta est.   
      
   the die is cast   
      
   > 4. Festina lente.   
      
   make haste, slowly   
      
   > 5. Quid pro quo.   
      
   an exchange   
      
   > 6. Bona fide.   
      
   in good faith   
      
   > 7. Memento mori.   
      
   a reminder of death   
      
   > 8. Habeas corpus.   
      
   have the body   
      
   > 9. Semper fidelis.   
      
   always faithful   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - USA   
   >   
   > All questions are about Americans or American things.   
   >   
   > * A. Literature - Playwrights   
   >   
   >     A1. Who wrote "The Iceman Cometh", "Long Day's Journey into   
   >         Night", and "A Moon for the Misbegotten"?   
      
   Eugene O'Neill   
      
   >     A2. Who wrote "The Zoo Story", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?",   
   >         and "A Delicate Balance"?   
      
   Edward Albee   
      
   > * B. History - Westward Expansion   
   >   
   >     B1. In 1803 the US acquired 828,000 square miles of land west   
   >         of the Mississippi River from France.  The acquisition   
   >         doubled the size of the country and included part or all   
   >         of 15 modern US states.  What is this transaction commonly   
   >         referred to as?   
      
   Louisiana Purchase   
      
   >     B2. The resolution of *which armed conflict* that began in   
   >         1846 and ended in 1848 led to further westward expansion   
   >         and the acquisition of states such as California, Nevada,   
   >         and Utah?   
      
   Mexican War   
      
   > * C. Sports - Hall of Fame   
   >   
   >     C1. Where is the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum?   
      
   Cooperstown, N.Y.   
      
   >     C2. Where is the Pro Football Hall of Fame?   
      
   Canton, Ohio   
      
   > * D. Science - Inventors   
   >   
   >     D1. Who created and built the world's first liquid-fueled rocket   
   >         in 1926?  Hint: One of NASA's space centers is named   
   >         after him.   
      
   Goddard   
      
   >     D2. Who invented vulcanized rubber in 1844, making it melt-proof   
   >         and reliable?   
      
   Goodyear   
      
   > * E. Entertainment - The Money   
   >   
   >     These two questions are about movies and their revenues and   
   >     budgets.  Note that he references to money are in US dollars   
   >     and are specific to the time and not adjusted for inflation.   
   >   
   >     E1. What was the first American movie to have a budget of more   
   >         than $100,000,000?   
      
   "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"   
      
   >     E2. What was the first American movie to cross $1,000,000,000   
   >         in worldwide revenue?   
      
   "Jurassic Park"   
   > * F. Geography - Ain't No Mountain High Enough   
   >   
   >     F1. What is the tallest mountain in the US?   
      
   Mt. McKinley; Denali   
   (not sure what it's being called nowadays)   
      
   >     F2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you   
   >         have finished with the previous one.  Jung vf gur gnyyrfg   
   >         zbhagnva va gur pbagvthbhf (be "ybjre") sbegl-rvtug fgngrf?   
      
   Mt. Whitney   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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