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|    Dan Tilque to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCINO25 Game 10, Rounds 4,6: Vietn    |
|    12 Feb 26 17:55:40    |
      From: dtilque@frontier.com              On 2/11/26 21:08, Mark Brader wrote:       >       > * Game 10, Round 4 - History - The Vietnam War       >       > At the end of April, it will be 50 years since the Vietnam War       > concluded. Here are ten questions that cover significant events,       > cultural and literary influences and some of the individuals who       > had an impact on the war.       >       > 1. Prior to American involvement, another colonial power was       > defeated by the Vietnamese at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu       > in 1954. What was that nation?              France              >       > 2. In August 1964, the US Congress passed a resolution that gave       > President Johnson almost unlimited power to wage war against       > the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong. What was the name of       > this resolution? (It was based on an alleged North Vietnamese       > naval attack that never took place.)              Gulf of Tonkin Resolution              >       > 3. In 1972, journalist David Halberstam wrote an award-winning       > analysis of the origins of American involvement in Vietnam in       > the period 1960-65. What was the title of his book?       >       > 4. In 1955, author Graham Greene wrote a prescient novel that       > questioned the foundations of American involvement in Vietnam.       > What was the title of this novel?       >       > 5. There was global criticism of the US military for the use of       > this colorful herbicide and defoliant, resulting in a multitude       > of health problems. What was it called?              Agent Orange              >       > 6. What momentous announcement did Lyndon Johnson make on       > 1968-03-31?              not to seek re-election       >       > 7. Army officer Lt. William Calley was court martialed for       > atrocities in which Vietnamese village in 1968?              My Lai              >       > 8. This former president of the Ford Motor Co. served both Kennedy       > and Johnson as Secretary of Defense. Much later in life,       > he confessed in a memoir that his own conduct of the war was       > "wrong, terribly wrong". Who was this repentant gentleman?              Robert McNamara              >       > 9. With the chaotic American retreat from Saigon at the end of       > April 1975, the 20-year war came to an end. The victors almost       > immediately renamed the city to what?              Ho Chi Min City              >       > 10. Most surveys of best movies about the war have put this Oliver       > Stone work at the top of the list. It won the Academy Award       > for Best Picture for 1986. What is its title?       >       >       > * Game 10, Round 6 - Sports - Tennis Champions       >       > This is a round on tennis champions in the men's and women's       > professional tours. *Note*: it has not been updated since the       > original game date; you must give the answers that were correct       > then, even if they've changed. Also, some answers may repeat.       >       > 1. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional       > men's tennis at 109?       >       > 2. Who has won the most Wimbledon singles titles for men, with 8?       >       > 3. Which female professional tennis player has spent the most       > weeks at #1 in the rankings?              Martina Navratilova              >       > 4. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional       > women's tennis at 167?       >       > 5. Who has won the most French Open singles for men, at 14?       >       > 6. Which male professional tennis player has spent the most weeks       > at #1 in the rankings?       >       > 7. After the big 3 -- Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer -- who are       > either #4 or #5 the total number of career Grand Slam singles       > titles for men?              John McEnroe              >       > 8. Who was won the most French Open singles titles for women       > at 7?       >       > 9. Who was won the most Wimbledon singles titles for women, with 9?       >       > 10. Who has won the most Grand Slam singles titles for women at 23?              Martina Navratilova              --       Dan Tilque              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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