From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/17/25 23:10, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 4 - History - 2024   
   >   
   > This is a round on current events in the year 2024.  You must   
   > simply tell us which *month* of 2024 they occurred in.  Some answers   
   > will repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. Total solar eclipse in parts of North America.   
      
   April   
      
   >   
   > 2. Federal by-election in the riding of Toronto St. Paul's.   
   >   
   > 3. Harvard University president Claudine Gay resigns following   
   >     testimony to Congress on antisemitism and amid plagiarism   
   >     allegations.   
   >   
   > 4. Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses (well, the main   
   >     part does) after being struck by a cargo ship.   
      
   May   
      
   >   
   > 5. Music mogul and rapper Sean Combs, also known as Puff Daddy   
   >     and P. Diddy, is arrested and charged with sex trafficking,   
   >     racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.   
   >   
   > 6. Russian activist and political prisoner Alexei Navalny dies in   
   >     a Siberian prison.   
   >   
   > 7. Sweden officially joins NATO as its 32nd member, abandoning   
   >     its 200-year policy of neutrality.   
      
   October; September   
      
   >   
   > 8. Three Taylor Swift Eras Tour concerts in Vienna, Austria,   
   >     are cancelled after a planned terrorist attack is uncovered;   
   >     three people are arrested.   
      
   July   
      
   >   
   > 9. Pat Sajak's final appearance on "Wheel of Fortune" after   
   >     43 years.   
   >   
   > 10. General election is held in the United Kingdom.   
      
   May   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - The Other Toronto Maple Leafs   
   >   
   > When people hear the words "Toronto Maple Leafs", they often think   
   > of hockey.  But for many decades those words referred to Toronto's   
   > only International League baseball team -- coincidentally, also   
   > known as the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Here are 10 questions about   
   > the Maple Leafs and the league that they played in -- long before   
   > people ever heard of the Blue Jays.   
   >   
   > 1. Starting in 1897 and for much of next 28 years until 1925,   
   >     the Maple Leafs played their home games at this Toronto   
   >     baseball stadium.  The stadium was named after its location --   
   >     what was that?   
   >   
   > 2. The Maple Leafs joined the International League as a charter   
   >     member in 1912.  Two years later, on 1914-09-05, a significant   
   >     baseball event took place during a game between the Toronto   
   >     Maple Leafs and the Providence Grays at the  stadium.   
   >     This event is commemorated today by a plaque near the site.   
   >     Which player was associated with this event?   
   >   
   > 3. In 1926, the Maple Leafs moved to a new stadium named after   
   >     the team.  Where was it located?  Name one of the main streets   
   >     it was near.   
   >   
   > 4. The Maple Leafs were sold in 1967 and transferred to which   
   >     US city?   
   >   
   > 5. This future World Series winning manager of the Cincinnati   
   >     Reds and later the Detroit Tigers, played 4 seasons in the early   
   >     1960s with the Maple Leafs.  He also coached the team for a year.   
   >     Who was he?   
   >   
   > 6. He was the flamboyant, innovative, and enterprising owner of the   
   >     Toronto Maple Leafs from 1951 to '64.  During that time the   
   >     Maple Leafs won four League pennants, were fully integrated   
   >     with several promising black players, and led the league in   
   >     attendance from 1952 to '56.  Name this owner and well-known   
   >     Canadian businessman, who eventually moved to the US to achieve   
   >     even more success in the sports industry:   
   >   
   > 7. Over the period from 1932 to 1967 the Maple Leafs were the   
   >     farm team to 10 different major-league teams.  Name *any one* of   
   >     those teams.  We need the full name (like "Toronto Maple Leafs")   
   >     as it was during the time when the Leafs were associated with   
   >     the major-league team.   
   >   
   > 8. This Hall of Fame baseball great was the star catcher for the New   
   >     York Yankees from 1955 to 1967.  He was also the first black   
   >     man to play on the Yankees roster.  A year before he joined   
   >     the Yankees, he played one year with the Toronto Maple Leafs,   
   >     where he led the league in triples, hit 22 home runs, and won   
   >     the league's Most Valuable Player award.  Who was he?   
   >   
   > 9. The International League was called "international" because it   
   >     included teams from 3 different countries.  Most of those teams   
   >     were based in the US or Canada.  Name the city, or just the   
   >     country, where the other team was.   
      
   Cuba   
      
   >   
   > 10. The other Canadian team in the league was the Montreal Royals.   
   >     A historic baseball event took place on 1946-04-18, when the   
   >     Royals played the Jersey City Giants at Roosevelt Stadium in   
   >     New Jersey.  Which player was associated with this event?   
   >   
      
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