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|    Message 31,061 of 32,813    |
|    Pete Gayde to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 10, Rounds 9-10:     |
|    24 Aug 22 22:52:10    |
      From: pete.gayde@gmail.com              Mark Brader wrote:       > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-16,       > and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written       > by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', but have       > been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.       > I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.       >       > For further information, including an explanation of the """       > notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20       > companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian       > Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".       >       >       > ** 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 wiedersehen              > 6. Ireland (Gaelic).       > 7. In which language is the word for goodbye "lehitraot"?       > 8. In what country would you expect someone to say "zài jiàn"?       > 9. In which major language is the word for goodbye "ma'as-salama"?       > 10. In which language is the word for goodbye "vale" ["VAH-lay" or       > "WAH-lay"]?       >       >       > ** 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?       >       > A2. What famous artist designed the logo for the candy sucker       > pop Chupa Chups?       >       >       > * 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.       >       > 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"?       >       > 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?              7 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       >       > *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?              New Zealand; USA              >       > F2. Give either of the two nations that will co-host the       > """next""" Cricket World Cup, also in 2015.              New Zealand              >              Pete Gayde              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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