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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 1, Rounds 9-10 answe   
   14 Feb 23 20:20:09   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   >> 1. In what country was comet ISON discovered?   
   >   
   > Russia.   
   >   
      
   I had no idea what it was (and I first read JSON, which is not a   
   comet at all). But I figured that the larger the area, the better   
   chance for discovery. And since I didn't know then, USSR seemed   
   even larger and better.   
      
   > You *four* people who tried that answer need to deign to look at a   
   > Mercator-projection map once in a while.   
      
   I thought using sources was not not permitted? :-)   
      
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