Answers revealed in the comments.
GAME 1
Which U.S. state in the Mountain Time Zone is the country’s leading producer of coal, accounting for more than 40% of U.S. production in 2017? This state has led the nation in coal production for the last thirty years.
GAME 2
According to the American Kennel Club, what breed of hound may get its six-letter name from a Gaelic word meaning “little”, or from a French term for the sound hounds make while hunting?
Editor’s note: I would have known the final for game one because of a final question we had in 2016 at a MTL final. Here’s the final question from the MTL finals in May, 2016 (which most teams missed): According to data from the 2012 Surface Transportation Board, what U.S. state ranks first, with 434 million tons, a majority of it coal, in the total amount of loads hauled by rail?
Game one answer:
Wyoming
GAME 2 answer:
Beagle