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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: stag   
   07 Jan 23 17:20:56   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 1/5/23 00:32, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   > 2. Frances Gumm.   
   > 3. Gordon Sumner.   
   > 4. Dwayne Johnson.   
   > 5. Sean John Combs.   
   > 6. Albert Einstein.   
   > 7. Robert Zimmerman.   
      
   Bob Dylan   
      
   > 8. Allen Konigsberg.   
      
   Woody Allen   
      
   > 9. Barry Alan Pincus.   
   > 10. Maurice Micklewhite.   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   > 2. Hesse.   
      
   Germany   
      
   > 3. Styria.   
      
   Austria   
      
   > 4. Gujarat.   
      
   India   
      
   > 5. Liguria.   
      
   Italy   
      
   > 6. Helmand.   
   > 7. Katanga.   
   > 8. Putumayo.   
   > 9. Mato Grosso.   
      
   Brazil   
      
   > 10. Galicia.  (Not the historic region in eastern Europe, the other one.)   
      
   Spain   
      
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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