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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 5, Rounds 4,6: Henry    
   15 Nov 25 13:32:44   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 4 - History - King Henry VIII   
      
   > 1. Name the house / dynasty /  royal family that Henry belonged to.   
      
   Tudor   
      
   > 2. Who was the famous portrait painter who painted many portraits   
   >    of Henry VIII and members of his court?   
      
   Holbein   
      
   > 3. Henry VIII had six wives -- who was the sixth and last one?   
      
   Howard   
      
   > 4. Henry was served by many loyal and capable advisors during   
   >    his reign -- most of whom were abandoned and executed by the   
   >    ungrateful and fickle monarch.  This English churchman served   
   >    as Henry's chief advisor during the first 20 years of his reign,   
   >    eventually becoming Lord Chancellor of England.  Who was he?   
      
   More   
      
   > 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have   
   >    finished with the previous one.  Nabgure bs Urael'f Ybeq   
   >    Punapryybef naq puvrs nqivfbef jnf Gubznf Zber -- bar bs gur zbfg   
   >    erfcrpgrq vagryyrpghnyf bs uvf ren.  Va 1516, Zber choyvfurq   
   >    n obbx nobhg na vzntvanel vfynaq jubfr vaunovgnagf yvirq va na   
   >    vqrny fbpvrgl naq tbireazrag.  Anzr gur obbx.   
      
   Utopia   
      
   > 6. Henry wanted to divorce his first wife, Katherine of Aragon,   
   >    due to her failure to do what?   
      
   give birth to a son   
      
   > 8. Name the English monarch who succeeded Henry VIII.   
      
   Edward VI   
      
   > 10. In 1965, which British pop group scored a huge hit with a song   
   >    titled "I'm Henery VIII, I Am"?  Name the group.   
      
   Herman's Hermits   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Major League Sport Teams and Cities   
      
   > 2. Suns.   
      
   Phoenix   
      
   > 3. Ducks.   
      
   Anaheim   
      
   > 4. Raiders.   
      
   Las Vegas   
      
   > 5. Hornets.   
      
   Charlotte   
      
   > 6. Mariners.   
      
   Seattle   
      
   > 7. Guardians.   
      
   Cleveland   
      
   > 9. Commanders.   
      
   Washington, DC   
      
   > 10. Blue Jackets.   
      
   Columbus   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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