From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 6/25/22 21:48, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   Sorry I've missed  some of the recent rounds. Sometimes following other   
   news (and we've had tons of other news recently) takes up too much of my   
   time and I forget to come back here.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 4 - Geography - What is Missing?   
   >   
   > For each question, name the one element missing from the list.   
   > Each list is given in sequence where applicable, and specifically   
   > in clockwise order where applicable.  But the missing element may,   
   > of course, be anywhere within the list or at either end.   
   >   
   > Answers may repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. African nations that border the Mediterranean Sea: Egypt, Libya,   
   >     Algeria, Morocco.   
      
   Tunisia   
      
   >   
   > 2. States and non-overseas territories of Australia: Northern   
   >     Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital   
   >     Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia.   
      
   Victoria   
      
   >   
   > 3. Nations that border Bolivia: Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.   
      
   Colombia   
      
   >   
   > 4. US states that border the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana,   
   >     Mississippi, Florida.   
      
   Alabama   
      
   >   
   > 5. Central American countries (i.e. between Colombia and Mexico)   
   >     that border the Caribbean Sea: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,   
   >     Honduras, Belize.   
      
   Guatemala   
      
   >   
   > 6. Nations that """border""" the Black Sea: Turkey, Bulgaria,   
   >     Ukraine, Russia, Georgia.   
      
   Romania   
      
   >   
   > 7. Countries that the Danube """flows""" through (or along the   
   >     border of): Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia,   
   >     Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine.   
      
   Romania   
      
   >   
   > 8. Nations that border Myanmar, formerly known as Burma: Bangladesh,   
   >     China, Laos, Thailand.   
      
   India   
      
   >   
   > 9. Capital cities on the original Orient Express train route of   
   >     1883-1962: Istanbul, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris.   
      
   Vienna   
      
   >   
   > 10. Seas within the Mediterranean Basin (i.e. between Istanbul and   
   >     Gibraltar): Sea of Marmara, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Alboran,   
   >     Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian.   
      
   Aegean   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - F1   
   >   
   > Answer these questions about the world's premier car racing   
   > organization: the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile   
   > Formula One (F1) World Championship.   
   >   
   > 1. The F1 season consists of a number of individual races; what   
   >     are each of them known as?   
      
   Grand Prix   
      
   >   
   > 2. How many of these races are currently on the calendar for the   
   >     2012 season, within 1?  Hint: it is one more than the most   
   >     ever in a previous F1 season.  *Note*: Alternatively, you may   
   >     answer for the 2022 season as it was originally scheduled,   
   >     and you need not say if you are doing that.   
      
   13; 16   
      
   >   
   > 3. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after   
   >     you have finished with questions #1-2.  Sbe rnpu bs gur   
   >     """ynfg 10 lrnef""", rirel Tenaq Cevk rkprcg bar cre lrne unf   
   >     ercerfragrq n angvbany punzcvbafuvc, r.t. gur Pnanqvna Tenaq   
   >     Cevk.  Gur rkprcgvba vf n punzcvbafuvc gung sbe gur """ynfg   
   >     5 lrnef""" unf orra eha va Inyrapvn, Fcnva.  Jung """vf"""   
   >     guvf cnegvphyne Tenaq Cevk pnyyrq?   
      
   Catalonian Grand Prix   
      
   >   
   > 4. Gur "Sbezhyn" va Sbezhyn Bar ercerfragf n frg bs ehyrf juvpu   
   >     rnpu pne zhfg zrrg, nterrq gb ol gur inevbhf Tenaq Cevk enpvat   
   >     tebhcf phyzvangvat va gur sbezngvba bs gur pheerag fgehpgher   
   >     naq tbireanapr.  Tenaq Cevk enprf jrer svefg fgntrq va 1909, va   
   >     ohg jung lrne qvq gur betnavmngvba sbeznyvmr?  Tvhfrccr Snevan   
   >     orpnzr gur svefg S1 Jbeyq Qevire Punzcvba gur fnzr lrne.   
   >     Nafjre jvguva 7 lrnef.   
   >   
   > 5. Name the """current""" World Driving Champion; he won the title   
   >     in both the 2010 and the 2011 season.  *Note*: You may also   
   >     answer with the 2021 winner.   
   >   
   > 6. Name the racer who """has won more world championships as a   
   >     driver than any other, at 7""".   
   >   
   > 7. Besides the championship for drivers, results for each race in   
   >     a season are combined to award another annual world championship.   
   >     What is this one called?   
   >   
   > 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with   
   >     question #7.  """Bayl sbhe pbhagevrf unir cebqhprq jvaavat   
   >     pbafgehpgbef.  Vgnyl vf bar; anzr nal bar bs gur bgure guerr."""   
   >   
   > 9. For that extra burst of speed, each circuit in the F1 season   
   >     """has""" one or more DRS zones.  What does the acronym DRS   
   >     stand for?   
   >   
   > 10. The """last""" driver to be killed during an F1 race was this   
   >     Brazilian in 1994, considered by many to be the best driver ever.   
   >     Name him.   
   >   
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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