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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 7, Rounds 9-10: great   
   02 Jan 26 13:42:38   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - The Great   
      
   > 1. Hockey.   
      
   Wayne Gretzky   
      
   > 2. Prussian King.   
      
   Frederick II   
      
   > 3. Frankish king.   
      
   Charlemagne   
      
   > 4. Empress of Russia.   
      
   Catherine   
      
   > 5. "The Honeymooners".   
      
   Jackie Gleason   
      
   > 6. Conquered the known world.   
      
   Alexander   
      
   > 7. Moved the capital from Moscow.   
      
   Peter   
      
   > 8. King of Judea in biblical times.   
      
   David   
      
   > 9. Checked the Viking conquest of England.   
      
   Alfred   
      
   > 10. Medieval Catholic church music bears his name.   
      
   Gregory   
      
   > ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Oscar Winners   
      
   > * A. History - The First Time.   
      
   >    A1. What comic actor won an honorary Oscar for versatility and   
   >        genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing the   
   >        silent movie "The Circus"?   
      
   Keaton; Chaplin   
      
   >    A2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture, or as they called   
   >        it then, Outstanding Picture?   
      
   Wings   
      
   > * B. Literature - From the Page   
      
   >    B2. Name the British actress and screenwriter who won in 1995   
   >        for the adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Sense and   
   >        Sensibility".   
      
   Emma Thompson   
      
   > * D. Sports - Reach for the Top   
      
   >    D1. What won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1981?   
      
   Chariots of Fire   
      
   >    D2. What won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2004?   
      
   Million Dollar Baby   
      
   > * E. Science - Special Things   
      
   >    E1. Two disaster movies from 1972 and 1974 won Special   
   >        Achievement Oscars for Visual Effects.  Name either movie.   
      
   The Towering Inferno   
      
   >    E2. What 1995 movie won a Special Achievement Oscar for being   
   >        the first feature-length computer-animated film?   
      
   Toy Story   
      
   > * F. Miscellaneous - It's All about the Numbers   
      
   >    F1. Name the person who has won the most times for Best Actor   
   >        or Best Actress (*either one*).   
      
   Meryl Streep   
      
   >    F2. Name *any one* of the three movies that share the record   
   >        for most Oscar wins at 11.   
      
   Titanic   
      
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