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|    Message 31,057 of 32,813    |
|    Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 10, Rounds 9-10:     |
|    24 Aug 22 05:51:27    |
      From: gromit82@hotmail.com              On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 5:33:14 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:              > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Words for Goodbye        >        > In Samoa you would say "tofa"; in Norway, "ha det." For the first        > 6 questions, we'll give you the name of a country, and you say        > "goodbye" in that country's native language.        >        > 1. Italy.               ciao              > 2. Japan.               sayonara              > 3. Spain.               adios              > 4. France.               adieu              > 5. Germany.               auf wiedersehn              > 7. In which language is the word for goodbye "lehitraot"?               Hebrew              > 8. In what country would you expect someone to say "zài jiàn"?               China              > 9. In which major language is the word for goodbye "ma'as-salama"?               Arabic              > 10. In which language is the word for goodbye "vale" ["VAH-lay" or        > "WAH-lay"]?               Latin               > ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge Round        >        > * A. Weird Art Trivia        >        > A1. What famous artist was arrested and charged as a        > co-conspirator in the theft of the "Mona Lisa" from the        > Louvre in 1911, and for forging a copy which was sold as        > the original?               Picasso (?)               > A2. What famous artist designed the logo for the candy sucker        > pop Chupa Chups?               Dali              > * B. Supercontinents        >        > B1. Plate tectonics keeps juggling the continents, bringing them        > back together into a supercontinent roughly every 450,000,000        > years after each split. Given the name of the supercontinent        > that was in existence 200,000,000-300,000,000 years ago.        > Its name derives from the Greek term for "entire Earth".               Pangaea              > B2. Give the name of the supercontinent in existence 750,000,000-        > 1,100,000,000 years ago. This name comes from the Russian        > for "to give birth".               Gondwanaland              > * C. Record-Holding Lakes        >        > C1. This lake has the longest coastline in the world for        > freshwater lakes at 2,980 km (1,851 miles), or 6,175 km        > (3,840 miles) if you count the islands within the lake.        > It's a record either way. Name the lake.               Lake Superior              > C2. The oldest known lake in the world is this Russian lake that        > fills a rift valley, and is estimated to be 25,000,000        > years old. Name the lake.               Lake Baikal              > * D. Numerical Women's Groups        >        > D1. What is the numerical term for the group of Canadian women        > who in 1927 challenged the Supreme Court of Canada's        > decision that women are "not persons", eventually leading        > to a change in Canadian judicial approach known as the        > "Living Tree Doctrine"?               Famous Five              > D2. What is the numerical term for the group of women's liberal        > arts colleges in the US that has been considered a parallel        > to the men's -- as it was -- Ivy League?               Seven Sisters              > * E. Pixar Villains        >        > E1. Charles Muntz, voiced by Christopher Plummer, is the villain        > of which Pixar movie?               "Up"              > E2. Randall Boggs, voiced by Steve Buscemi, is the villain of        > which Pixar movie?               "Monsters Inc."              --       Joshua Kreitzer       gromit82@hotmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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