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   Message 31,372 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 8, Rounds 4,6: boati   
   02 May 23 20:39:33   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 12:58:50 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - Sports - Boating    
   >    
   > 5. What is the speed of 1 nautical mile per hour called?    
      
   1 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   
       
   > 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?    
      
   San Marino   
      
   > 10. What """is""" the world's wealthiest landlocked nation, as measured    
   > by per capita gross national income?    
      
   Luxembourg   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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