| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Dec 11 04:11PM -0600 Mark Brader wrote: > described as "the trial of the century". > 1. The child heiress of a railroad fortune was the subject of > a sensational custody trial in 1934. What was her name? Gloria Vanderbilt > murdering 14-year-old Bobby Franks. They were convicted in > a lurid trial, also in 1934. One was Nathan Leopold; what was > his partner's name? Loeb > Lyon", was extradited from Bolivia in 1984 and tried in 1987. > He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, and > died in prison 4 years later. What was his name? Barbie > 4. In Tennessee in 1926, a teacher was tried for teaching evolution, > which was prohibited there at the time. Name the defendant. Scopes > Lindbergh's 20-month-old son was called by journalist > H.L. Mencken "the greatest story since the Resurrection". > Who was tried for the kidnapping and murder? Hauptman > tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, establishing > the principles of these offenses. The trials are referred to > by the name of the city where they were held. Which city? Nuremberg > 7. This leader of a Slavic nation was extradited and tried by > an international tribunal in the Hague in 2002 for war crimes. > He died in 2006 just as the trial was winding up. Who was he? Milosevic > prompted the coining of the term "playboy", killed the lover > of his wife, model and chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit. The victim > was a famous architect: who was he? Gropius > 9. The murder trial of O.J. Simpson in 1995 gripped the attention > of the world. Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife > Nicole and her friend. Who was this other murder victim? Goodman > suspected anarchists who were convicted for murdering two men > during a robbery attempt of a shoe factory. Who was Sacco's > co-defendant? Vanzetti > were correct in 2013 will be accepted. > 1. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional > men's tennis, at 109? Sampras; Laver > the Grand Slam in singles: winning all four majors in the same > calendar year. Two of them are Don Budge in 1938 and Maureen > Connolly in 1953. Name any one of the other three. Rod Laver > 3. Which female professional tennis player has won more French > Open singles titles than anyone else? Navratilova; Court > 4. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional > women's tennis at 167? Court; Navratilova > 5. Who is the only men's professional tennis player to win at > least 90% of his matches in a given year, in four separate years? Borg; Laver > 6. Who is the only woman to win all four Grand Slam singles titles > at least 4 times each? Court; Navratilova > 7. Who was the first tennis player from an Iron Curtain country > to win the US Open in 1972? Korda > 8. In 1999, who became only the fifth man to win all four major > tournaments -- completing a "career Grand Slam"? Agassi; Lendl > 9. In 1985, what 17-year old tennis phenomenon beat Kevin Curren > to win his first Wimbledon title? Borg > 10. In 1997, at age 16, who became one of the youngest women > singles champions ever at Wimbledon? Austin Pete Gayde |
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