From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 12:09:40 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-08,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
      
   noted   
      
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have    
   > been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information please    
   > see my recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian    
   > Inquisition (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Geography - Rivers    
   >    
   > We name three cities along a river's course; you identify the river.    
   >    
   > 1. Bamako, Timbuktu, Niamey.    
      
   niger   
      
   > 2. Iquitos, Manaus, Santarém.    
      
   amazon   
      
   > 3. Diyarbakir, Mosul, Baghdad.    
      
   tigris   
      
   > 4. Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai.    
      
   yangtze   
      
   > 5. Dresden, Magdeburg, Hamburg.    
      
   elbe   
      
   > 6. Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson.    
      
   dnieper   
      
   > 7. Pembroke, Arnprior, Gatineau.    
      
   ottawa    
      
   > 8. Bangui, Kinshasa, Brazzaville.    
      
   congo   
      
   > 9. Revelstoke, Vancouver, Portland.    
      
   columbia   
      
   > 10. Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan.    
      
   volga   
      
   >    
   >    
   > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Coffee    
   >    
   > Just a bunch of questions about the world's favourite bean juice.    
   >    
   > * A. Coffee-Producing Countries    
   >    
   > In 2021, by US dollar value, what was the leading coffee-exporting    
   > country in...    
   >    
   > A1. Asia?    
      
   vietnam   
      
   > A2. Africa?    
      
   ethiopia   
      
   >    
   >    
   > * B. Coffee on TV    
   >    
   > We'll name the establishment, you name the show where it appeared.    
   >    
   > B1. Central Perk, in New York City.    
      
   friends   
      
   > B2. Cafe Nervosa, in Seattle.    
      
   frasier   
      
   >    
   >    
   > * C. Slogans    
   >    
   > We give the slogan, you name the brand.    
   >    
   > C1. "Good to the last drop."    
      
   maxwell house   
      
   > C2. "The best part of waking up is  in your cup."    
      
   folgers   
      
   >    
   >    
   > * D. Coffee Science!    
   >    
   > D1. The two most common species of coffee are arabica and    
   > canephora. What is the more common name for canephora?    
      
   robusta   
      
   > D2. Coffee is well-known, and often used, for its ability to    
   > "keep you awake", because it contains caffeine. Caffeine,    
   > which is a stimulant, works by blocking what receptor in    
   > the human body?    
      
   adenosine   
      
   >    
   >    
   > * E. Coffee Desserts    
   >    
   > In each case, name that dessert.    
   >    
   > E1. Alternating layers of ladyfingers soaked in espresso and    
   > a sweet, whipped mascarpone-and-egg mixture, dusted with    
   > cocoa powder.    
      
   tiramisu   
      
   > E2. A scoop or two of ice cream or gelato (usually vanilla),    
   > drowned in a shot of hot espresso.    
      
   affogato   
      
   >    
   >    
   > * F. Coffee Gear    
   >    
   > F1. Alan Adler is quite the successful inventor. In the    
   > 1980s, he invented the Aerobie: a flying ring, thrown like    
   > a Frisbee, that set some now-broken Guinness world records    
   > for the farthest-thrown object. A couple of decades later,    
   > he invented *what manual coffeemaker* that is so successful    
   > it has its own World Championship?    
      
   aeropress   
      
   > F2. Name this iconic stovetop coffeemaker brand. It is typically    
   > made of aluminum and was invented by Alfonso Bialetti    
   > in the 1930s. While often referred to as a stovetop    
   > espresso-maker, the pressure it generates is actually far    
   > below espresso standards.    
      
   moka express percolator   
      
   > --    
   > Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net | "If the enemy is in range, so are you."    
   >    
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