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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 7, Rounds 9-10: shi   
   26 Feb 22 11:19:17   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 7, Round 9 - History - Famous Ships   
   >   
   > 5. This ship set sail on 1826-05-22 for its first voyage: the   
   >    mission was to accompany the larger ship HMS Adventure on a   
   >    hydrographic survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.  On its   
   >    second voyage, Captain FitzRoy asked his friend and superior,   
   >    Captain Francis Beaufort, to seek a gentleman passenger who   
   >    would act as a companion as well as having opportunities as   
   >    a naturalist.  Name this ship.   
      
   Beagle   
      
      
   > ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A. Post-WW2 World Leaders   
   >   
   >    A1. Who was the first chancellor of postwar West Germany?   
      
   Adenauer   
      
   >    A2. The Labour Party won the July 1945 British general election,   
   >        thus installing this man as Prime Minister and successor to   
   >        Winston Churchill.  Name him.   
      
   Atlee   
      
   > * D. World Capitals   
   >   
   >    D1. What small European country's capital city is Vaduz?   
      
   Liechtenstein   
      
   >    D2. Abuja is a planned city, located in this African country's   
   >        Federal Capital Territory.  It """has been""" the capital   
   >        since 1991, when it replaced the country's largest city   
   >        as capital.  Name the country.   
      
   Nigeria   
      
   >    E2. An object of Charlie Brown's affection, this is an unseen   
   >        character in the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz,   
   >        and is a symbol of unrequited love.  We never know her name;   
   >        how is she referred to?   
      
   The little red-haired girl (At least she is red-haired in the Swedish   
   translation of the strip.)   
      
   > * F. Nobel Peace Prize Winners   
   >   
   >    F1. Name either of two people who were awarded the 1973 prize   
   >        for efforts to bring about a cease-fire in the Vietnam War   
   >        and a withdrawal of the American forces.   
      
   Le Duc Tho and Henry Kissigner (of whom, only the latter arrived   
   to receive the prize).   
      
   >    F2. Nelson Mandela is """one of 4""" South Africans to win the   
   >        Nobel Peace Prize.  Name any one of the other three.   
      
   Doris Lessing and Desmond Tutu are two of them.   
      
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