| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 09 12:39PM -0700 On 9/7/21 9:29 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > you the former name, the country they became independent from, and > the date of independence; you give the current name of the country. > 1. British Honduras, from the UK, 1973. Belize > 2. South West Africa, from South Africa, 1990. Namibia > 3. Northern Rhodesia, from the UK, 1964. Zambia > 4. Dutch Guiana, from the Netherlands, 1975. Guyana > 5. East Pakistan, from Pakistan, 1971. Bangladesh > 6. Netherlands East Indies, from the Netherlands, 1945. Indonesia > 7. New Hebrides, from the UK and France, 1980. Vanuatu > 8. The largest part of New Spain, from Spain, 1821. Mexico > 9. Upper Volta became independent from France in 1958, but waited > until 1984 to change its name. To what? Burkina Faso > 10. It was French Somaliland from 1894 to 1967, and then the French > Territory of Afars and Issas, until it achieved independence > from France in 1977. Djibouti > the following season, he finished his career with Minnesota, > """finally""" retiring (for """now""", anyway) in 2011. > His final pass attempt was intercepted. Name him. Bret Favre > He likely """wishes""" he hadn't, as during the final he > head-butted an opponent and was thrown out of the match. > His team lost. Zidane > aggravated a hip condition in a 1990 playoff game. This ended his > football career, but despite ongoing hip problems, he played major > league baseball for a further 3 years, retiring in 1994. Name him. Bo Jackson > 4. This Major League outfielder retired in 1960, hitting .360 in > his final season. Perhaps the best hitter of all time, he hit > a home run at Fenway Park in his final career at-bat. Name him. Mays > Pittsburgh Pirates. He hit a double in his very last > regular-season at-bat to record an even 3,000 hits for his > career. He died in an accident in the off-season. Name him. Clemente > when he was kicked out of baseball. Despite his stellar career, > he is still not in the Hall of Fame. What did he do to deserve > this punishment? Be sufficiently specific. betting on games he played in/managed -- Dan Tilque |
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