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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 1, Rounds 9-10: rive   
   03 Jun 23 01:42:45   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Geography - Rivers   
      
   > 1. Bamako, Timbuktu, Niamey.   
      
   Mali   
      
   > 2. Iquitos, Manaus, Santar?m.   
      
   Amazon; Orinoco   
      
   > 3. Diyarbakir, Mosul, Baghdad.   
      
   Tigris; Euphrates   
      
   > 4. Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai.   
      
   Yangtze   
      
   > 5. Dresden, Magdeburg, Hamburg.   
      
   Rhine   
      
   > 6. Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson.   
      
   Volga   
      
   > 7. Pembroke, Arnprior, Gatineau.   
      
   St. Lawrence   
      
   > 8. Bangui, Kinshasa, Brazzaville.   
      
   Congo   
      
   > 9. Revelstoke, Vancouver, Portland.   
      
   Columbia   
      
   > 10. Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan.   
      
   Dneiper; Dneister   
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Coffee   
      
   > * A. Coffee-Producing Countries   
      
   >    In 2021, by US dollar value, what was the leading coffee-exporting   
   >    country in...   
      
   >    A1. Asia?   
      
   Indonesia   
      
   >    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."   
      
   Folger's   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   melatonin   
      
   > * 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   
      
   --   
   _______________________________________________________________________   
   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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