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   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Geography - Currencies of the World   
      
   > 1. Lev.   
      
   Romania   
      
   > 2. Baht.   
      
   Thailand   
      
   > 4. Forint.   
      
   Hungary   
      
   > 5. Gourde.   
      
   Guadeloupe   
      
   > 6. Shekel.   
      
   Israel   
      
   > 7. Dirham.   
      
   Iran; Pakistan   
      
   > 8. Quetzal.   
      
   Guatemala   
      
   > 9. Ringgit.   
      
   Myanmar   
      
      
   > ** 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?   
      
   John 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?   
      
   Bobby Fischer   
      
   > * B. Smart to Read   
      
   > B1. Who wrote the "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus"?   
      
   Camus   
      
   > B2. Who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"?   
      
   Ayn 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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   25   
      
   > 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?   
      
   82   
      
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