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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 9, Rounds 9-10: edge    
   04 Feb 26 20:27:55   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2/3/2026 5:28 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Mayors from the Edge: Weird,   
   >     Criminal, or Just Fun Ones   
   >   
   > 2. This Washington mayor was caught on video smoking crack cocaine   
   >     and was subsequently sentenced to 6 months in jail.  Name him.   
      
   Barry   
      
   > 6. On "The Simpsons", Martha Quimby is married to Mayor Quimby of   
   >     Springfield, USA.  What is his first name?   
      
   Joseph   
      
   > 7. This mayor of New York took a page out of 's playbook   
   >     and shipped indigent and homeless people to New Jersey.  He went   
   >     on to run for President of the USA and become a major player   
   >     on Donald Trump's legal team.  Name him.   
      
   Rudy Giuliani   
      
   > 8. Oscar Goodman was a defense attorney for Meyer Lanksy and Frank   
   >     "Lefty" Rosenthal, among others.  He was also mayor of this   
   >     western US city from 1999 to 2011.  What city?   
      
   Las Vegas   
      
   > 10. Unlike the Fords of Toronto, this man stated that "without   
   >     elites and elitism, man would still be in his caves".  Was it   
   >     the windswept hair that kept him as mayor of London, England,   
   >     from 2008 until 2016?  Nut, more important, name him.   
      
   Boris Johnson   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round- Canada's Walk of Fame   
   >   
   > For all questions the answer will be the name of a member of   
   > Canada's Walk of Fame.   
   >   
   > * A. History   
   >   
   >     A1. Born in 1847 in Edinburgh, he was an inventor, scientist,   
   >         and engineer, he was best known as the inventor of the   
   >         telephone and a co-founder of the American Telephone and   
   >         Telegraph company.  Name him.   
      
   Bell   
      
   >     A2. Born in 1892 in Toronto, she was a silent film star and   
   >         producer and was one of the cofounders of United Artists.   
   >         She was known as "America's Sweetheart".  Name her.   
      
   Pickford   
      
   > * C. Science   
   >   
   >     C1. Born in Toronto in 1929, this architect has won the Pritzker   
   >         prize, considered to be the "Nobel Prize" for Crchitecture.   
   >         Cmong his creations is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,   
   >         Spain.  Name him.   
      
   Gehry   
      
   > * D. Entertainment   
   >   
   >     D1. Born in New Westminster, BC, in 1917, he played a number of   
   >         villain roles in movies in the 1950s before finding his   
   >         niche as a star of TV legal dramas on US networks running   
   >         from the late 1950s up until his death in 1993.  Name him.   
      
   Burr   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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