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Subject: Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 10, Rounds 9-10: money and smarts
From: Joshua Kreitzer
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On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 12:00:25 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Geography - Currencies of the World
>
> This round is on currencies of the world. All are in """current"""
> usage. We'll give you the name of the currency (omitting "new"
> where applicable), and you name the country.
>
> 1. Lev.
Bulgaria
> 2. Baht.
Thailand
> 4. Forint.
Hungary
> 5. Gourde.
Haiti
> 6. Shekel.
Israel
> 7. Dirham.
United Arab Emirates
> 8. Quetzal.
Guatemala
> 9. Ringgit.
Malaysia
> 10. Tugrik or tögrög.
Mongolia
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Get Smart
>
> * A. Too Smart for Their Own Good
>
> A1. This world-renowned mathematician, who made significant
> contributions to game theory, struggled with paranoid
> schizophrenia. His life was dramatized in the movie
> "A Beautiful Mind" (2001). Who is he?
Nash
> A2. This chess player, who became world champion in 1972, was
> one of the strongest players ever to play the game.
> After his victory, he withdrew from active play and spent
> most of the remainder of his life in seclusion. He died
> in 2008. Who was he?
Fischer
> * B. Smart to Read
>
> (The original titles of those works may not have been in English.)
>
> B1. Who wrote the "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus"?
Camus
> B2. Who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"?
Rand
> * C. Smart Machines
>
> C1. Name the 1982 movie based on the Philip K. Dick novel
> "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
"Blade Runner"
> C2. In what movie series would you find the Skynet machine?
"Terminator"
> * D. Smart Places
>
> These two questions are about the location of Ivy League universities.
>
> D1. In what city would you find Brown University?
Providence
> D2. In what city would you find Yale University?
New Haven
> * E. Smart Programs
>
> E1. What was the name of the IBM computer chess program that
> Garry Kasparov played against in 1996 and 1997?
Deep Blue
> E2. What was the name of the IBM computer program that competed
> on "Jeopardy!" in 2011?
Watson
> * F. Smart Recognition
>
> F1. The youngest Nobel Prize winner ever was """Lawrence Bragg,
> for Physics in 1915""". In whole years within 5 years,
> how old was """he""" when """he""" received """his""" award?
27
> F2. One of the oldest Nobel Prize winners ever was Doris Lessing,
> for Literature in 2007. In whole years within 5 years,
> how old was she when she received her award?
90
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Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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