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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 9, Rounds 9-10: Russ    |
|    21 May 23 22:09:52    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge: All Things Spring       >       > * D. Arts & Literature       >       > D1. In which city did the 1913 debut of Igor Stravinsky's       > "The Rite of Spring" cause a riot to break out in the       > audience due to the the avant-garde nature of the music       > and choreography?              Paris              > D2. Which 1962 book by Rachel Carson about the detrimental       > effects of indiscriminate pesticide use is credited with       > starting the modern environmental movement?              Silent Spring              > * E. Geography       >       > E1. Which Alberta town is known around the world for its       > sulfurous hot springs?              Protest! In Sweden we don't generally know towns in Alberta, and I       can't imagine this is unique to Sweden. I mean, Alberta, seriously?       Come on? Around the world?              > E2. Water from which French spring, sought after for its       > purported curative powers, became famous after an apparition       > of the Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to Bernadette Soubirous       > in 1858 and instructed her to bathe in and drink it?              Vichy              > * F. History       >       > F1. In what year did Czechoslovakia's failed uprising against       > Soviet domination, known as the Prague Spring, take place?              1968              > F2. The series of uprisings known as the Arab Spring were       > sparked when street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself       > on fire to protest police corruption and ill treatment in       > which country?              Tunisia              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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