| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 18 07:08PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:y5KdnWW_5dyqxyvBnZ2dnUU7- > *winning team*. > 1. In 2003 the NY Yankees were favored to win. Which opponent > defeated them in 6 games? Marlins > 2. The 1995 World Series, which team defeated the favorite Cleveland > Indians in 6? Atlanta Braves > 3. The 1988 Oakland Athletics were favored to win the World Series, > but they lost in 4 straight games. Who beat them? Cincinnati Reds > 4. Once again in 1990, the Oakland A's were favored to win it all > but lost in 4 straight games. Who were their opponents, whose > José Rijo won the Series MVP award? Cincinnati Reds > 5. The 1987 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals were the > favorites, but the underdog won the series in 7 games. > Which team won this series? Minnesota Twins > 6. In 1985 which team found their first World Series win, defeating > the heavily favored St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games? Kansas City Royals > 7. In 1974 the lopsided favorite was the Los Angeles Dodgers. > They lost the series in 5 games. Who defeated them? Oakland Athletics > 8. In 1954 the Cleveland Indians were odds-on favorites to win > the World Series, but were skunked 4 games to none by which team? New York Giants > 9. The 1945 Chicago Cubs were favored to win the World Series but > lost -- and never made the Series again for the rest of the > century. Which team defeated them in 7 games? Detroit Tigers > 10. In 1906 the NL favorite Chicago Cubs were an odds-on favorite > to win. Which AL team stole the World Series 4 games to 2? Chicago White Sox > querellée par sa mère". The ballet was originally choreographed > to music based on popular French airs. (1789, Bordeaux.) > Answer in French. La Fille Mal Garde > Greek antiquity, ending with a scene of graphic sexual desire, > which was highly controversial at the time of its premiere > (in 1912). Daphnis and Chloe > 3. Prince Siegfried falls in love with Swan Odette. An Evil > Magician creates a rival Swan Odile to trick the Prince into > marriage. (1877, Bolshoi Ballet.) Swan Lake > 4. Based on an E.T. Hoffman story. A young girl's Christmas > toys come to life and she has an exhilarating adventure. > (St. Petersburg, 1892.) The Nutcracker > 5. A magical glowing bird arrives from a faraway land, which is > both a blessing and a bringer of doom to its captor. (1910, > Paris.) The Firebird > nobleman. The girl dies of heartbreak, and the nobleman must > face the otherworldly consequences of his careless seduction. > (1841, Paris.) Coppelia > into believing her magical scarf will capture the beautiful > sylph. He unknowingly does this thus destroying the sylphs > wings causing her death. (1832.) Answer in French. Les Sylphides > dressing as the doll, pretending to make it come to life and > ultimately saving him from an untimely end at the hands of > the inventor. (1870.) Coppelia > and great surge of the creative power of Spring". The work > lacks a specific plot or narrative, and can be considered a > succession of choreographed episodes. (1913.) Rite of Spring Pete Gayde |
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