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   Message 30,972 of 32,813   
   swp to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 4, Rounds 4,6 ans   
   07 Jun 22 05:28:29   
   
   From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 12:15:53 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Mark Brader:   
   > > 6. #3.   
   >   
   > Vancouver (Stanley Park and the Lions Gate Bridge). 4 for Dan Tilque   
   > and Pete. 2 for Stephen.   
   >   
   > > 8. #15.   
   >   
   > Agra, India (Taj Mahal). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete,   
   > and Erland. 2 for Stephen.   
   > > 9. #9. Hint: it's a hotel.   
   > Long Beach, California (the Queen Mary). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,   
   > and Pete. 2 for Stephen.   
   >   
   > It's in the Los Angeles metro area, but you were asked for the   
   > specific city.   
   >   
   > The dome at lower right was built to house the "Spruce Goose" airplane   
   > as a permanent display, but it's now used as a cruise terminal and   
   > the airplane is elsewhere.   
   >   
   > > 10. #14.   
   >   
   > Honolulu (USS Arizona Memorial). 4 for Joshua. 2 for Stephen.   
   >   
   > The white structure is a viewing gallery above the sunken ship.   
   >   
   > Honolulu is a unified city-county including the whole island of   
   > Oahu, so for consistency with the previous question, it should be   
   > the only acceptable answer. The original game specified that Pearl   
   > City or Waipahu were acceptable, so I would have accepted those,   
   > but I'm cruelly not accepting Pearl Harbor.   
   >   
      
   why only 2 points on so many of these?  I consistently use a semicolon between   
   different answers and simply gave more information.   
      
   swp   
      
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