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   From: Erland Sommarskog    
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   Subject: Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 10, Rounds 9-10: money and smarts   
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   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Geography - Currencies of the World   
   >   
   > 1. Lev.   
      
   Bulgaria   
      
   > 2. Baht.   
      
   Thailand   
      
   > 3. Cedi.   
      
   Haiti   
      
   > 4. Forint.   
      
   Hungary   
      
   > 5. Gourde.   
      
   Congo   
      
   > 6. Shekel.   
      
   Israel   
      
   > 7. Dirham.   
      
   Uzbekistan   
      
   > 8. Quetzal.   
      
   Guatemala   
      
   > 9. Ringgit.   
      
   Malaysia   
      
   > 10. Tugrik or tögrög.   
      
   Kyrgyzystan; Turkmenistan   
      
      
   > ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Get Smart   
   >   
   > * A. Too Smart for Their Own Good   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Bobby Fischer   
      
   > B2. Who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"?   
      
   Ayn Rand   
      
      
   > C2. In what movie series would you find the Skynet machine?   
      
   Star Wars   
      
   > * E. Smart Programs   
   >   
   > E1. What was the name of the IBM computer chess program that   
   > Garry Kasparov played against in 1996 and 1997?   
      
   Deep Blur   
      
   > * 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?   
      
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   > 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?   
      
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