From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-08,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   > 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?   
      
   India; Pakistan   
      
   >     A2. Africa?   
      
   Kenya; South Africa   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
      
   Frazier   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   >     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?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   >     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.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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