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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 9, Rounds 7-8: horse   
   19 May 23 04:43:33   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Horsey Logos   
      
   > Please see the handout at:   
      
   > Some of them include prominent words, like "Chess" in C.  In such   
   > cases the words may or may not be part of the answer, but they   
   > are never the complete answer.   
      
   > 3. Logo C: Name the company.   
      
   Chess Records   
      
   > 5. Logo E: Name the company.   
      
   Godiva   
      
   > 6. Logo F: Name the company.   
      
   Porsche   
      
   > 8. Logo H: Name the sports team.   
      
   Colts   
      
   > 13. Logo M: What sort of products does this Coach company make?   
      
   purses and other leather goods   
      
   > 14. Logo N: Complete the name of the organization.   
      
   Teamsters   
      
   > 15. Logo O: Name the specific model of car, or just the maker.   
      
   Ford Mustang   
      
   > 16. Logo P: Name the clothing company.   
      
   Burberry   
      
      
   > * Game 9, Round 8 - History - Mao's China   
      
   > 1. In what year was the People's Republic of China founded?   
      
   1949   
      
   > 3. From October 1934 to October 1935, Mao and his followers went   
   >    on a lengthy journey to evade the forces of the Kuomintang.   
   >    What was this journey called?   
      
   The Long March   
      
   > 4. In 1958, what disastrous economic campaign did Mao begin?   
   >    It was supposed to create rapid industrialization, but in fact   
   >    resulted in famine for many millions of Chinese.   
      
   The Great Leap Forward   
      
   > 6. Which major story in July 1969 did the news media of the People's   
   >    Republic of China not report?   
      
   Apollo 11 moon landing   
      
   > 7. In 1971 the People's Republic of China entered the United   
   >    Nations and its Security Council, replacing the Republic   
   >    of China, or Taiwan, which had represented China at the UN.   
   >    Name the then member country of the UN, and also a close ally   
   >    of the People's Republic of China, that sponsored their entry   
   >    into the UN.   
      
   Egypt; Libya   
      
   > 8. After more than 20 years of frozen political relations between   
   >    the People's Republic of China and the United States, relations   
   >    finally thawed in 1971 after a secret visit by US Secretary of   
   >    State Henry Kissinger to Beijing.  What sport was instrumental   
   >    in the thaw in relations after a US sports team visited the   
   >    People's Republic of China in April 1971?   
      
   ping-pong   
      
   > 9. In 1976, shortly after Mao's death, Mao's wife Jiang Qing and   
   >    three of her followers were arrested for anti-party activities.   
   >    What term was used to describe this group of people?  It is now   
   >    widely used to describe any like-sized group of political allies.   
      
   Gang of Four   
      
   > 10. By what nautical-sounding term was Mao often referred to during   
   >    his years in power?   
      
   Great Helmsman   
      
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