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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 10, Rounds 9-10:    
   25 Aug 22 00:05:09   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 8/24/22 03:31, 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.   
      
   hasta la vista   
      
   > 4. France.   
      
   au revoir   
      
   > 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"?   
      
   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?   
   >   
   >     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".   
      
   Rodinia   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * 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 Huron   
      
   >   
   >     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?   
      
   Seven Sisters   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Pixar Villains   
   >   
   >     E1. Charles Muntz, voiced by Christopher Plummer, is the villain   
   >         of which Pixar movie?   
   >   
   >     E2. Randall Boggs, voiced by Steve Buscemi, is the villain of   
   >         which Pixar movie?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   >     F2. Give either of the two nations that will co-host the   
   >         """next""" Cricket World Cup, also in 2015.   
   >   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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