Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 27 04:25PM -0700
On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 4:56:15 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> 1. In 1934 this legendary New York Yankee, nicknamed "The Iron
> Horse", became the first athlete to be pictured on a Wheaties
> cereal box.
Gehrig
> 2. Known as Major League Baseball's "Iron Man", he holds the record
> for the longest streak of consecutive games played at 2,632.
Ripken
> 3. This female American skier won 4 World Cup titles, and a gold
> medal and a bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic
> Games.
Vonn
> 4. He has won two Olympic gold medals and 18 Winter X Games medals,
> including 13 gold medals, for his snowboarding feats.
Miller
> on to play professional football and baseball, and in 1950,
> he was named the greatest athlete of the half-century by the
> Associated Press.
Thorpe
> the first black player to win singles championships at the French
> Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957 and 1958), and the US Nationals
> (also 1957 and 1958).
Gibson
> he won the Daytona 500 in 1998. His 7 NASCAR Winston Cup
> championships tie him with Richard Petty for the most of
> all time.
Foyt?
> Montreal. He then went on to become a television celebrity,
> appearing in series and made-for-TV movies as well as on game
> shows, talk shows, and reality shows.
Jenner
> 9. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he won a Super Bowl, was twice the NFL's
> Most Valuable Player, and rushed for 16,726 yards in his career,
> second only to Emmitt Smith.
Dorset?
> 10. A 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time all-star, he won
> 11 NBA championships during 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics.
Russell
> record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it.
> 2. March: The Ottawa Senators lost the Stanley Cup in 3 straight
> games -- to who? (Either the city or the team name will do.)
Boston, New York
> 3. October: This British nurse was executed by a German firing
> squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium. Name her.
> 4. December: Which world leader did Edith B. Galt marry?
Wilson
> of Canada. He was also the first president of the Canadian
> Medical Association. Name him.
> 6. February: In which city did a World's Fair open?
Toronto, Vancouver
> which he meant as derogatory since he himself was a leading
> proponent of the steady-state theory. His SF novels include
> "The Black Cloud" and "October the First Is Too Late".
Hoyle, Clark
cheers,
calvin
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 27 11:20PM -0500
Mark Brader:
> shown on the Wheaties cereal box, and you name the athlete.
> *Note*: I have rearranged the handout so that the questions
> correspond to the first 10 pictures in order.
In all cases, only the surname was required, because that's how it
was done in the original game -- in which this was the third-easiest
round, after current events and the audio round.
For people who have changed their name, I'm accepting either name.
> 1. In 1934 this legendary New York Yankee, nicknamed "The Iron
> Horse", became the first athlete to be pictured on a Wheaties
> cereal box.
Lou Gehrig. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Jason,
and Calvin.
> 2. Known as Major League Baseball's "Iron Man", he holds the record
> for the longest streak of consecutive games played at 2,632.
Cal Ripken Jr. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth,
Dan Tilque, Jason, Calvin, and Pete.
> 3. This female American skier won 4 World Cup titles, and a gold
> medal and a bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic
> Games.
Lindsey Vonn. 4 for Peter, Erland, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Calvin,
and Pete.
> 4. He has won two Olympic gold medals and 18 Winter X Games medals,
> including 13 gold medals, for his snowboarding feats.
Shaun White. 4 for Bruce, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, and Dan Tilque.
> on to play professional football and baseball, and in 1950,
> he was named the greatest athlete of the half-century by the
> Associated Press.
Jim Thorpe. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Joshua,
Gareth, Dan Tilque, Jason, Calvin, and Pete.
The fact that Thorpe had been paid small amounts of money to play
baseball in 1909 and 1910 did not come to light until 1913; it was
the sort of thing that other "amateur" athletes at the time often
got away with, but usually they played under a pseudonym and Thorpe
naively had not. The IOC violated their own rules, which allowed a
maximum of 30 days for protests, to throw the book at Thorpe 6 months
after the games had ended. In 1982 they admitted this error and
posthumously restored Thorpe's 1912 medals. But they still refused
to readmit him to their record books, or to adjust the records to
show the next-best finishers in the events as coming second.
> the first black player to win singles championships at the French
> Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957 and 1958), and the US Nationals
> (also 1957 and 1958).
Althea Gibson. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua,
Gareth, Calvin, and Pete.
> he won the Daytona 500 in 1998. His 7 NASCAR Winston Cup
> championships tie him with Richard Petty for the most of
> all time.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Jason, and Pete.
> Montreal. He then went on to become a television celebrity,
> appearing in series and made-for-TV movies as well as on game
> shows, talk shows, and reality shows.
Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Stephen,
Joshua, Gareth, Jason, Calvin, and Pete.
> 9. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he won a Super Bowl, was twice the NFL's
> Most Valuable Player, and rushed for 16,726 yards in his career,
> second only to Emmitt Smith.
Walter Payton. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Jason, and Pete.
> 10. A 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time all-star, he won
> 11 NBA championships during 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics.
Bill Russell. 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
> So there were 8 decoys, which I have moved to the bottom of the handout.
> Identify them if you like for fun, but for no points.
> 11. Who is this?
David Beckham. Peter, Gareth, Björn, and Pete got this.
> 12. Who is this?
Michael Jordan. Bruce, Peter, Gareth, and Pete got this.
> 13. Who is this?
Michael Phelps. Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this.
> 14. Who is this?
Wayne Gretzky. Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this.
> 15. Who is this?
Mary Lou Retton. Bruce, Stephen, and Pete got this.
> 16. Who is this?
Muhammad Ali. (Formerly Cassius Clay.) Bruce, Peter, Stephen,
Gareth, and Pete got this.
> 17. Who is this?
Dan Marino. Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this.
> 18. Who is this?
Chris Evert. Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this.
> 100 years ago.
> 1. March: This controversial film premiered, and set a box-office
> record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it.
"The Birth of a Nation". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth,
Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete.
I changed the question to read "may have" because the box-office
figures for movies that early are uncertain.
> 2. March: The Ottawa Senators lost the Stanley Cup in 3 straight
> games -- to who? (Either the city or the team name will do.)
Vancouver Millionaires. 4 for Stephen.
The NHL, of course, did not yet exist, and the winning team in any
league could challenge for the Cup. The Senators, who would join the
NHL when it formed, were then playing in the NHA; the Millionaires
were a PCHA team.
> 3. October: This British nurse was executed by a German firing
> squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium. Name her.
Edith Cavell. 4 for Stephen.
This is named after her:
http://img.mota.ru/upload/wallpapers/source/2011/08/10/09/05/27106/mota_ru_1081028.jpg
> 4. December: Which world leader did Edith B. Galt marry?
Woodrow Wilson. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, and Calvin.
3 for Gareth.
> Father of Confederation; later he was the 6th prime minister
> of Canada. He was also the first president of the Canadian
> Medical Association. Name him.
Charles Tupper.
> 6. February: In which city did a World's Fair open?
San Francisco. (The Panama-Pacific International Exposition.)
4 for Stephen.
> 7. January: This American abstract expressionist painter was born.
> He lived until 1991 and would have a solo exhibition at the
> AGO in 2011.
Robert Motherwell.
> 8. March: This Canadian conductor, composer, violinist, and music
> teacher was born. Today his sons Boris and Denis are also
> noted musicians. (Last name will do.)
Alexander Brott. 4 for Stephen.
> for "Humboldt's Gift" and "Herzog", among many other works.
> He is now the only writer to win the National Book Award for
> Fiction three times.
Saul Bellow. ("The Adventures of Augie March", "Herzog",
"Mr. Sammler's Planet".) 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.
> which he meant as derogatory since he himself was a leading
> proponent of the steady-state theory. His SF novels include
> "The Black Cloud" and "October the First Is Too Late".
Fred Hoyle. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Sci Lit Can Spo His FOUR
Stephen Perry 36 40 28 12 36 32 144
Gareth Owen 24 36 24 0 36 7 120
Joshua Kreitzer 28 16 24 8 40 12 108
Dan Blum 8 32 32 4 12 16 92
Bruce Bowler 0 28 24 12 24 0 88
Peter Smyth 12 32 12 0 24 0 80
Dan Tilque 4 24 4 16 24 8 72
"Calvin" 20 12 12 0 28 7 72
Pete Gayde 12 8 0 8 32 4 60
Marc Dashevsky 16 32 8 0 -- -- 56
Jason Kreitzer -- -- -- -- 24 8 32
Björn Lundin 8 12 8 0 0 0 28
Erland Sommarskog 8 8 4 4 8 0 28
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