| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Sep 30 01:47PM On Sun, 29 Sep 2019 15:28:18 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. This NASCAR driver -- nicknamed the King -- won 200 races > in his career. To put it in perspective, Jeff Gordon had 93. Name > the King. Richard Petty > 3. In 1941, this Major League Baseball legend had hits in > 56 consecutive games. The closest since then was Pete Rose with 44. Joe DiMaggio > 4. This Baltimore Orioles great played in 2,362 straight games > without missing one. Only six other players have played in more than > 1,000 consecutively. Name him. Cal Ripkin > closest anyone has come to the 100 points scored by one player on > 1962-03-02 in a 169-147 win over the Philadelphia Warriors. Who set > this unassailable record? Wilt Chamberlain > 7. This fireballer threw 5,714 strikeouts in his career. > The closest challenger is more than 3,000 strikeouts away. Nolan Ryan > 8. He holds the record with 23 Olympic gold medals, double any > nearest competitor. Name him. That swimmer, not Mark Spitz > * B. At New York's Russian Tea Room > B2. The caviar is served on little pancakes, sometimes made > of buckwheat. What are these called? Blintz > C1. Norman Jewison directed this 1966 comedy about a Soviet > submarine that runs aground off New England. It starred Carl > Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, and Alan Arkin. The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming > and finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he > imagined. If it's any help, both the musician and the sax were > expertly played by Robin Williams. Moscow on the Hudson > E1. These two islands are in the Bering Strait a short distance > apart. Russia has the "Big" one and the US has the "Little" one. > What are they called? Diomedes > E2. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in > the world at 9,289 km, connecting Moscow to what city on the > other side of the country? Vladivostok > merits of capitalism vs. communism. These were videotaped in > color and broadcast in both countries. What was the name given > collectively to these discussions? The Kitchen Table meetings |
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