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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 8, Rounds 4,6: boati   
   02 May 23 20:36:41   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - Sports - Boating   
   >   
   > 5. What is the speed of 1 nautical mile per hour called?   
      
   Knot   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Landlocked Countries   
   >   
   > In each case, name the country.  """All are landlocked""".   
   >   
   > 1. It """is""" bordered by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru.   
      
   Bolivia   
      
   But, ah, it wasn't, and they still not have come over it.   
      
   > 2. It """is""" bordered by Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, and Serbia.   
      
   North Macedonia   
      
   > 3. Two countries """are""" each bordered only by China and India.   
   >    Name *either*.   
      
   Nepal and Bhutan   
      
   > 4. It """is""" bordered by Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,   
   >    Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.   
      
   Uzbekistan   
      
   > 5. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with   
   >    the previous question.  Hmorxvfgna """vf""" bar bs bayl gjb "qbhoyl   
   >    ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf", gung vf, pbhagevrf gung ner fheebhaqrq   
   >    rkpyhfviryl ol bgure ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf.  Juvpu Rhebcrna   
   >    pbhagel vf gur bgure bar?   
      
   Liechtenstein   
      
   > 6. The """newest""" landlocked country is this African country that   
   >    gained its independence only in 2011.   
      
   South Sudan   
      
   > 7. This African country """is""" the most populous of the world's   
   >    landlocked nations, with """86,000,000""" inhabitants.   
      
   Ethiopia   
      
   It had a coast not too long ago, but they seem to have come over it.   
      
   > 8. The largest landlocked country by area """is""" the 9th-largest of   
   >    all countries.  It straddles Central Asia and Eastern Europe.   
      
   Kazakhstan   
      
   > 9. The world's smallest landlocked country """is""" Vatican City.   
   >    What """is""" the next-smallest?   
      
   San Marino   
      
   > 10. What """is""" the world's wealthiest landlocked nation, as measured   
   >    by per capita gross national income?   
      
   Luxemburg   
      
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