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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - Sports - Boating   
      
   > 1. A small flag, typically triangular, flown from the mast or   
   >    from the deck of a powerboat to indicate yacht club membership   
   >    is called what?   
      
   pennant   
      
   > 3. What is the term for a rope or line used to raise a sail or   
   >    a spar?   
      
   sheet   
      
   > 4. Give the name for a large winch with a vertical axis, often   
   >    crank-operated, most often used to wind in anchors.   
      
   windlass   
      
   > 5. What is the speed of 1 nautical mile per hour called?   
      
   knot   
      
   > 6. What is the name given to a special type of sail flown from   
   >    the bow of a sailboat when sailing downwind?  It fills with   
   >    air similarly to a parachute, and is also often called a kite   
   >    or a chute.   
      
   spinnaker   
      
   > 9. Which term describes a boat which, when speed increases,   
   >    rises above the water supported by winglike blades in the water,   
   >    greatly increasing efficiency?  The inventor, Alexander Graham   
   >    Bell, experimented with this type of boat and a craft of his   
   >    design held the world marine speed record for 10 years.   
      
   catamaran   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Landlocked Countries   
      
   > 1. It """is""" bordered by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru.   
      
   Bolivia   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Andorra; Liechtenstein   
      
   > 10. What """is""" the world's wealthiest landlocked nation, as measured   
   >    by per capita gross national income?   
      
   Liechtenstein   
      
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