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   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Famous Parents of Famous Children   
      
   > 1. Angelina Jolie.   
      
   Jon Voight   
      
   > 2. Emilio Estevez.   
      
   Martin Sheen   
      
   > 4. Kate Hudson.   
      
   Meg Ryan   
      
   > 7. Isabella Rossellini.   
      
   Ingrid Bergman   
      
   > ** Game 10, Round 10 - April Fool's Challenge Round   
      
   > * A. What a Fool Believes   
      
   > A2. He was the operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered to   
   > be the largest financial fraud in US history. He was   
   > arrested in 2008. Who is he?   
      
   Madoff   
      
   > * B. Literature: A Fool's Paradise   
      
   > B1. Who wrote the poem "Paradise Lost"?   
      
   Milton   
      
   > B2. What biblical story is the poem based on?   
      
   fall of Lucifer   
      
   > * C. Entertainment: Fool Me Once   
      
   > C2. This 2002 movie stars Leonardo diCaprio as a character   
   > who after high school began a short career of impersonating   
   > professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots.   
      
   Catch Me If You Can   
      
   > * D. Sports: Pity the Fool   
      
   > D2. In 1975, this boxer said this of his opponent "Joe Frazier   
   > is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau   
   > of Wildlife". As well, in the build-up to the notorious   
   > "Thrilla in Manila", he said, "It will be a killer, and a   
   > chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila."   
   > Who is this boxer?   
      
   Muhammad Ali   
      
   > * E. Science: Fool's Gold   
      
   > E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything below what   
   > threshold in karats, within 2?   
      
   14   
      
   > E2. What mineral has a superficial resemblance to gold and is   
   > commonly known as "fool's gold"?   
      
   iron pyrite   
      
   > * F. History: A Fool to Try   
      
   > F1. This tightrope-walking family was prominent from the 1930s   
   > to the '60s. The great-grandson of the family patriarch   
   > crossed Niagara Falls on a cable in 2012. Who was this   
   > family?   
      
   Wallenda   
      
   > F2. This father and son performed stunts in different eras.   
   > They were best known for using the motorcycle to jump   
   > great distances. What is their family name?   
      
   Knievel   
      
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   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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