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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 10, Rounds 9-10:    
   24 Aug 22 21:02:06   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Words for Goodbye   
      
   > 1. Italy.   
      
   ciao   
      
   > 2. Japan.   
      
   sayonara   
      
   > 3. Spain.   
      
   adios   
      
   > 4. France.   
      
   adieu   
      
   > 5. Germany.   
      
   auf wiedersehen   
      
   (Although I am told this is very formal; there is a shorter informal   
   way to say it which I forget.)   
      
   > 7. In which language is the word for goodbye "lehitraot"?   
      
   Finnish   
      
   > 8. In what country would you expect someone to say "z?i ji?n"?   
      
   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?   
      
   Marcel Duchamp   
      
   >    A2. What famous artist designed the logo for the candy sucker   
   >        pop Chupa Chups?   
      
   Andy Warhol   
      
   > * 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   
      
   (I don't think that's it but it's the only other one I can remember.)   
      
   > * 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   
      
   >    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.   
      
   > * F. Quadrennial Non-Soccer World Cups   
      
   >    F1. What nation will host the """next""" Rugby World Cup,   
   >        in 2015?   
      
   New Zealand; Ireland   
      
   >    F2. Give either of the two nations that will co-host the   
   >        """next""" Cricket World Cup, also in 2015.   
      
   Pakistan; Bangladesh   
      
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