From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 1/2/2026 2:44 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - The Great   
   >   
   > Few historical personages or celebrities have earned the right   
   > to be called "the Great" and to have those words attached to   
   > their names.  Here are 10 people who fall into that category.   
   > We'll give a brief clue; you tell us who they are.   
   >   
   > 1. Hockey.   
      
   Wayne Gretzky   
      
   > 2. Prussian King.   
      
   Frederick   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Herod   
      
   > 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   
   >   
   > Where a title is asked for, the full title is required.   
   >   
   > * A. History - The First Time.   
   >   
   >     These two questions are on winners at the first Oscars in 1929.   
   >   
   >     A1. What comic actor won an honorary Oscar for versatility and   
   >         genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing the   
   >         silent movie "The Circus"?   
      
   Charlie Chaplin   
      
   >     A2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture, or as they called   
   >         it then, Outstanding Picture?   
      
   "Wings"   
      
   > * B. Literature - From the Page   
   >   
   >     These two questions are on winners for Best Adapted Screenplay.   
   >     For each question, the movie and the source work have the   
   >     same title.   
   >   
   >     B1. Name the Canadian actress, screenwriter, and filmmaker   
   >         who won in 2022 for the adaptation of Miriam Toew's novel   
   >         "Women Talking".   
      
   Sarah Polley   
      
   >     B2. Name the British actress and screenwriter who won in 1995   
   >         for the adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Sense and   
   >         Sensibility".   
      
   Emma Thompson   
      
   > * C. Geography - At Least There are Subtitles   
   >   
   >     These two questions are on winners for Best Foreign (Language)   
   >     Film.   
   >   
   >     C1. What German-language movie won in 2006?  It is often compared   
   >         to "The Conversation" (1974)?   
      
   "The Lives of Others"   
      
   >     C2. What is the name of the Canadian movie that won in 2003,   
   >         that is the sequel to "The Decline of the American Empire"?   
      
   "The Barbarian Invasions"   
      
   > * D. Sports - Reach for the Top   
   >   
   >     These Best Picture winners had sports themes.   
   >   
   >     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   
   >   
   >     These two questions are about winners of Special Achievement   
   >     Oscars.   
   >   
   >     E1. Two disaster movies from 1972 and 1974 won Special   
   >         Achievement Oscars for Visual Effects.  Name either movie.   
      
   "The Poseidon Adventure"; "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*).   
      
   Katharine Hepburn   
      
   >     F2. Name *any one* of the three movies that share the record   
   >         for most Oscar wins at 11.   
      
   "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"; "West Side Story"   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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