OK.

Top ones, couple of million dollars a year. Plus endorsements.

It’s slightly simpler than baseball.

We already have awards on those.

Because they count up the nominations and then only determine eligibility for those scoring high enough to get nominated. If the work isn’t in the top five, then they didn’t go to the (considerable, in some cases) effort of determining whether it was actually eligible or not.

Aren’t they all dead, though, and unable to enjoy it?

John Quincy Adams served 18 years in the House of Representatives after his presidency, with considerably more distinction than he served as President..

As a replacement for Scalia.

Bet you they get to option B eventually - but just yank the whole lot first, and then get back to something sane when they’ve had time to look at every one carefully and in context.

Treason isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Depends who you’re betraying. Claus von Staffenberg was a traitor, but in the best possible cause.

Gunpowder is do-able; they certainly have saltpeter (from “nightsoil”) and sulfur, and charcoal is definitely around, because it’s needed to smelt iron.

There are lots of seventh-tier teams in England with over a hundred years of history, never mind the top-tier teams.

I’d be surprised to find a clean one from 1978 on (when Havelange took over). If the USA was prepared to bribe for the 2002 Olympics , then its silly to be sure they were clean for the 1994 world cup.

Guardian style is that initialisms pronounced as their component letters are all-caps, acronyms pronounced as a word are treated as a regular word, so initial caps if a proper noun, and no caps at all for words like laser.

Start bribing the Caribbean countries to bring CONCACAF with you. Fools. You’re the USA, the richest country in the world. If you can’t out-bribe Sepp Blatter, then you’re not trying.

I saw Viv Richards bat. I’ve never seen a batsman scare a bowler before or since. The other way around, I’ve seen plenty of - intimidatory bowling is part of the game. But Viv would take on the best, fastest bowlers, take their best balls, and smack them out of the park.

Also, Tyrion is convicted of treason and sentenced to death. Under some legal codes, he’s legally dead even though he has escaped and is on the lam. If he’s outlawed or legally dead, then Sansa is a widow even if the marriage was valid (which, as you point out, it isn’t as it’s unconsummated).

“A Song of Ice and Fire” is the title of the book series.

It, erm, has no force in the first place.

Ball isn't dead when the defense gets possession, though; they can fumble it back again and the offense score a touchdown (ie 2-point conversion).