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|    Message 31,232 of 32,813    |
|    Pete Gayde to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: stag    |
|    05 Jan 23 17:57:31    |
      From: pete.gayde@gmail.com              Mark Brader wrote:       > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-15,       > 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 2022-09-09       > companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian       > Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".       >       >       > * Game 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)       >       > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.       >       > 1. Two Canadians and two Americans had to be rescued as their craft       > was capsized by a rogue wave, about 600 km (400 miles) north of       > Puerto Rico. What feat were the four men trying to accomplish,       > before disaster struck? Be sufficiently specific.       >       > 2. He was a master of improvisational comedy, famous for his       > many voices, facial expressions, and characters; the most       > famous of which, was Maude Frickert. He played Mork's son on       > the final season of "Mork and Mindy". Who was this comedian,       > who died last week at age 87?              Jonathan Winters              >       >       > * Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - What's in a Name?       >       > This round is about entertainers with stage names. We will       > give you their original name and you provide their stage name.       > Even if they are also known by their original name, we will *not*       > accept that as an answer.       >       > 1. Paul Hewson.              Bono              > 2. Frances Gumm.              Judy Garland              > 3. Gordon Sumner.              Sting              > 4. Dwayne Johnson.              The Rock              > 5. Sean John Combs.              P Diddy              > 6. Albert Einstein.              Albert Brooks              > 7. Robert Zimmerman.              Bob Dylan              > 8. Allen Konigsberg.              Alan King              > 9. Barry Alan Pincus.              Dame Edna Everedge              > 10. Maurice Micklewhite.              Cary Grant              >       >       > * Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Provinces and Regions       >       > We'll give you the name of a province or region of a country,       > and you name the country. Names may be anglicized. Answers do       > not repeat.       >       > 1. Fars.              Iran              > 2. Hesse.              Germany              > 3. Styria.              Austria              > 4. Gujarat.              India              > 5. Liguria.              Italy              > 6. Helmand.              Afghanistan              > 7. Katanga.              Kenya; Nigeria              > 8. Putumayo.              Argentina; Brazil              > 9. Mato Grosso.              Chile              > 10. Galicia. (Not the historic region in eastern Europe, the other one.)              Spain; France              >              Pete Gayde              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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