From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 4 - Geography - Landmarks in Cities   
      
   > 1. #17.   
      
   1; 10   
      
   > 2. #18.   
      
   5   
      
   > 3. #11.   
      
   4   
      
   > 5. #13.   
      
   New Orleans   
      
   > 7. #12.   
      
   Berlin; Vienna   
      
   > 8. #15.   
      
   Agra   
      
   > 9. #9.  Hint: it's a hotel.   
      
   Los Angeles; San Diego   
      
      
   > * Game 4, Round 6 - Sports - Betting on the Sport of Kings   
      
   > 1. Racetracks in North America follow a model where all bets are   
   >    pooled, a track "take" or "rake" is removed, and the payoff odds   
   >    on the remainder are calculated based on the amount placed on   
   >    each possible outcome.  What is this form of wagering called?   
      
   pari-mutuel   
      
   > 2. Give the term for the wager where you try to pick the winners   
   >    of the first two races in a program.   
      
   daily double   
      
   > 3. Give the term for the wager where you try to pick the horses   
   >    that finish first and second in a race, in the correct order.   
      
   win-place   
      
   > 6. Give the term for betting simultaneously on a horse to win   
   >    and to place third, so that if it does not win you can get some,   
   >    if not all, of your money back.   
      
   hedging your bet   
      
   > 8. Give the term for a wager where you try to select the first   
   >    *three* finishers in a race, in the correct order.   
      
   win, place, and show   
      
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