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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 1, Rounds 4,6: fore   
   26 Apr 22 08:57:55   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 4/23/22 12:10, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Foreign references in English   
   >   
   > The names of foreign countries, or a corresponding adjective,   
   > often appear as part of an expression in English -- and not always   
   > in a good sense.  For example, a prostitute and a sex doll have   
   > both been called a "Dutch wife"; a modern style of coffee maker   
   > has been called a "French press".   
   >   
   > We will give you the definition; you give us the phrase involving   
   > the country.  Countries may repeat.  *Note*: Answers may involve   
   > former countries or, like the examples above, may not use the   
   > country's name directly.   
   >   
   > 1. A childhood disease.   
      
   German measles   
      
   > 2. High waistline style.   
   > 3. Large colorful sea slug.   
   > 4. Cheese sauce over toast.   
      
   Welsh rarebit   
      
   > 5. A sweet roll, often for breakfast.   
      
   Danish pastry   
      
   > 6. A dangerous game involving revolvers.   
      
   Russian roulette   
      
   > 7. Confrontation between three opponents facing each other.   
      
   Mexican standoff   
      
   >   
   > 8. Software that performs a desirable effect and a covert malicious   
   >     effect simultaneously.   
      
   Trojan horse   
      
   >   
   > 9. A board game for 2-6 players played on a surface in the shape   
   >     of a 6-pointed star.   
      
   Chinese checkers   
      
   >   
   > 10. Opportunity for an individual or a party to very easily take   
   >     advantage of a situation.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 6 - Sports & Leisure - Object of the Game   
   >   
   > We give you the objective; you name the game.   
   >   
   > 1. Be the first person to get around the board, through the Molasses   
   >     Swamp, and reach Home Sweet Home.   
      
   Candyland   
      
   >   
   > 2. When you reach the final square, identify the image being drawn   
   >     by your teammate before your opponents do the same.   
   >   
   > 3. Be the last person to stack a block without the tower falling   
   >     over.   
   >   
   > 4. Occupy all 42 territories on the board by eliminating your   
   >     opponent's armies.   
      
   Risk   
      
   >   
   > 5. To be the person who has acquired the largest fortune in   
   >     paintings and cash at the end of the game when all the bank's   
   >     paintings have been sold.   
   >   
   > 6. Be the first to determine how and where the victim was killed,   
   >     and who did it.   
      
   Clue   
      
   >   
   > 7. Be the first person to bear off all 15 of your men from your   
   >     home board.   
      
   Backgammon   
      
   >   
   > 8. Be the first person to reach square #100.   
   >   
   > 9. Solve your opponent's code in fewer moves than it takes your   
   >     opponent to solve your code.   
   >   
   > 10. Once there are no more stones in the hollows, to have more   
   >     stones in your store than your opponent has in their store.   
   >   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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