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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 10, Rounds 9-10:    
   24 Aug 22 20:55:11   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** 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.   
      
   Arrivideci   
      
   > 2. Japan.   
      
   Sayonara   
      
   > 3. Spain.   
      
   Hasta la vista   
      
   > 4. France.   
      
   Au revoir   
      
   > 5. Germany.   
      
   Auf Wiedersehen   
      
   > 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"]?   
      
   Portuguese   
      
   > ** 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?   
      
   Warhohl   
      
   >   
   > * 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".   
      
   Pangea   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   Caspian Sea (which is not freshwater, but I couldn't think of anything   
   else)   
      
   >    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.   
      
   Baikal   
      
   > * F. Quadrennial Non-Soccer World Cups   
   >   
   >    *Note*: in each case you can answer for the next event, in 2023.   
   >   
   >    F1. What nation will host the """next""" Rugby World Cup,   
   >        in 2015?   
      
   France   
      
   >    F2. Give either of the two nations that will co-host the   
   >        """next""" Cricket World Cup, also in 2015.   
      
   India   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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