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|    Message 31,327 of 32,813    |
|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 5, Rounds 9-10: kiss    |
|    02 Apr 23 12:12:37    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Entertainment - Kissy Movies       >       > 8. 1953, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Anne Miller: a musical       > loosely based on "The Taming of the Shrew".              Kiss Me Kate              > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round - The Sochi Olympics       >       > Yes, this is largely a second sports round. Not my idea!       >       > * A. History of Sochi       >       > A1. The region that includes Sochi came under Russian control       > after the 1829 Treaty of Adrianople ended a war between       > Russia and who?              Ottman Emptire              > A2. Who were the people expelled from the Sochi area in the       > 1860s and 1870s, in what some historians consider Europe's       > first modern example of "ethnic cleansing" and genocide?              Adygeans              > * B. Geographic Extreme Games       >       > B1. """Which was""" the southernmost Winter Olympics? Give the       > city or the year.              Nagano              > B2. """Which was""" the northernmost summer Olympics? Give the       > city or the year.              Helsinki              > * C. Science of Skates       >       > C1. "Rocker" is the skating term for the curve of the bottom       > of the blade. Put the following skates in order, from least       > to most rocker (that is, from straightest to most curved):       > short-track speed skate, long-track speed skate, figure       > skate, hockey skate. If you give two guesses, please give       > a complete list of four both times.              short-track, long-track, hockey, figure skating              > * D. Winter Olympic Movies       >       > D1. Kurt Russell plays 1980 US hockey coach Herb Brooks in what       > 2004 movie?              Miracle on Ice              > * E. New Olympic Events at Sochi       >       > E1. "Team Relay" medals """will be""" awarded for the first       > time in two different Olympic timed sports. Times for       > both male and female competitors """will be""" combined to       > determine the winners. Name either sport.              Cross-country skiing              > E2. For the first time, freestyle skiers """will""" compete in       > what structure that Olympic snowboarders have used since       > 1998?              Big Air              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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