From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-01-28,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.  All questions were written   
   > by members of the Night Owls, 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 recent companion   
   > posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (RQFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. What iconic vehicle from the '60s was sold for $4,300,000   
   >     in an auction in Arizona last week?   
   >   
   > 2. As a result of games played on January 20, the Baltimore Ravens   
   >     and the San Francisco 49ers earned berths in the Super Bowl   
   >     game on February 3; and, for the first time, the two opposing   
   >     head coaches are brothers.  Their first names are John and Jim,   
   >     but what is their family name?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 2 - Science - Vitamins   
   >   
   > This is a round about vitamins.  Some answers may repeat.  In each   
   > case give the *letter of the vitamin*, except for the B vitamins,   
   > where we need the *letter and number*.   
   >   
   > 1. Niacin is better known as what vitamin?   
      
   B8; B12   
      
   > 2. Retinol is better known as what vitamin?   
   > 3. Thiamine is better known as what vitamin?   
   > 4. Calciferol is better known as what vitamin?   
   > 5. Tocopherol is better known as what vitamin?   
   > 6. Riboflavin is better known as what vitamin?   
   > 7. Rickets is caused by a deficiency of what vitamin?   
      
   D   
      
   > 8. Beriberi is caused by a deficiency of what vitamin?   
   > 9. In 1913, what become the first vitamin to be isolated?   
   > 10. Besides the B vitamin complex, what other vitamin is   
   >     water-soluble?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 3 - Geography - Country Links   
   >   
   > We'll name two countries, and you give us the name of the only   
   > country which """touches""" both of them.  (Land borders only.)   
   >   
   > 1. Syria, Egypt.   
      
   Israel   
      
   > 2. Gabon, Nigeria.   
      
   Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast   
      
   > 3. Laos, Malaysia.   
      
   Cambodia   
      
   > 4. Norway, Estonia.   
      
   Russia   
      
   > 5. Turkey, Pakistan.   
      
   Iran   
      
   > 6. Slovakia, Serbia.   
      
   Hungary   
      
   > 7. Bolivia, Ecuador.   
      
   Brazil   
      
   > 8. Namibia, Tanzania.   
      
   DR Congo   
      
   > 9. Guatemala, Nicaragua.   
      
   El Salvador   
      
   > 10. Switzerland, Hungary.   
      
   Austria   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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