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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: stock   
   08 Nov 25 12:41:40   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 11/7/25 21:16, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Stock-Exchange Indexes   
   >   
   > We provide you with a stock-market index name and you give the   
   > *city* where the stock exchange is located.  For example, the   
   > S&P/TSX 60 is headquartered in Toronto.   
   >   
   > 1. DAX.   
   > 2. SENSEX.   
   > 3. IBEX 35.   
   > 4. BOVESPA.   
   > 5. Hang Seng.   
      
   Hong Kong   
      
   > 6. Nikkei 225.   
      
   Tokyo   
      
   > 7. CAC ["Kack"] 40.   
   > 8. SSE Composite Index.   
   > 9. FTSE ["Footsie"] 100.   
   > 10. XAO, also known as "All Ordinaries".   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Crime & Punishment   
   >   
   > * A. History: It's All in the Family.   
   >   
   > These two questions are about the Five Mafia Families of New York.   
   >   
   >     A1. What is the name of the body that was created in 1931 that   
   >         governs the Five Families?   
      
   Cosa Nostra   
      
   >   
   >     A2. Name any one of the Five Mafia Families of New York   
      
   Gambino   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Geography: The Big House   
   >   
   >     B1. In what state would find Folsom State Prison and San   
   >         Quentin State Prison?   
      
   California   
      
   >   
   >     B2. In what state would you find Riker's Island, Attica   
   >         Correctional Facility, and Sing Sing?   
      
   New York   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Literature: Crime Novels   
   >   
   >     C1. Who wrote "Farewell My Lovely", "The Big Sleep", and   
   >         "The Long Goodbye"?   
   >   
   >     C2. Who wrote "The Maltese Falcon", "The Glass Key", and   
   >         "Red Harvest"?   
      
   Hammett   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Sports: These are No Role Models   
   >   
   >     D1. In 2011, which retired San Francisco Giants player was   
   >         convicted on obstruction of justice for lying about the   
   >         use of steroids?   
      
   Bonds   
      
   >   
   >     D2. In 1994, which figure skater was convicted for hindering   
   >         the prosecution of the attackers of her fellow figure skater   
   >         Nancy Kerrigan?   
      
   Tanya Harding   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Entertainment: Crime Movies   
   >   
   >     E1. In this 1996 dark comedy film, Marge Gunderson, a pregnant   
   >         Minnesota police chief investigates a triple homicide   
   >         that takes place after a desperate car salesman hires two   
   >         dim-witted criminals to kidnap his wife in order to extort   
   >         a hefty ransom from her wealthy father.  What is the name   
   >         of this film?   
      
   Fargo   
      
   >   
   >     E2. In this 1992 film, six criminals with pseudonyms, and each   
   >         a stranger to one another, are hired to carry out a robbery.   
   >         The heist is ambushed by police and the gang are forced   
   >         to shoot their way out.  At their warehouse rendezvous,   
   >         the survivors, realizing that they were set up, try to find   
   >         the traitor in their midst.  What is the name of this film?   
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Miscellaneous: Cultural Centers   
   >   
   >     F1. In what US city would you find the Mob Museum, the national   
   >         museum of organized crime and law enforcement?   
      
   Washington DC   
      
   >   
   >     F2. In what US city would you find the National Museum of Crime   
   >         and Punishment?   
      
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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