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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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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