From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - History - Turkish History   
      
   Questions about those scumbags! Bleech!   
      
   (OK, they are not all scumbags, only Erdogan.)   
      
   > 1. With their capital at Hattusas, this empire based in modern   
   >    Turkey was one of the great powers of the ancient world.   
   >    They clashed with the Egyptians under Ramses II at the battle   
   >    of Qadesh.  Which empire was this?   
      
   Hittite   
      
   > 2. This legendary city is located at the site of Hisarlik.   
   >    Heinrich Schliemann started archeological excavations there   
   >    in 1871.  What city?   
      
   Troy   
      
   > 3. The Byzantine Empire takes its name from the ancient city of   
   >    Byzantium, which was located on the site of which modern city?   
      
   Istanbul   
      
   > 4. In 1453 Constantinople fell to Mehmet the Conqueror, leader of   
   >    which empire?   
      
   Ottoman   
      
   > 5. The  reached its zenith in the 16th century under   
   >    the reign of which sultan nicknamed "the Magnificent"?   
      
   Suleyman   
      
   > 6. The  officially ended in 1922, superseded by a republic   
   >    founded by who?   
      
   Mustafa Kemal Atatürk   
      
   > 7. Turkey joined this organization in 1952 along with their   
   >    arch-rivals Greece.  They have been a problematic member   
   >    ever since.  Which organization?   
      
   NATO   
      
   Problematic, indeed!   
      
   > 8. Following a 1974 coup d'état in this nation, Turkish armed   
   >    forces invaded and occupied the northern half of the country,   
   >    enforcing a partition which continues to the present.   
   >    What nation?   
      
   Cyprus   
      
   > 9. In 1959 Turkey applied for associate membership in this   
   >    organization.  They applied for formal membership in 1987,   
   >    and accession discussions started in 2005.  They still have not   
   >    been admitted -- to what organization?  Give its current name.   
      
   European Union   
      
   > 10. On 2023-05-28, who won a run-off election to win his 3rd term   
   >    as President of Turkey?   
      
   Erdogan   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 8 - Sports - Sailing Terms   
   >   
   > In each case, identify the sailing-related term described.   
   >   
   > 2. A floating navigational marker.   
      
   Buoy   
      
   > 4. The spar that takes the lower edge of a sail.   
      
   Spinnaker   
      
   > 8. To join ropes or wires by unlaying the strands and interweaving   
   >    them.   
      
   Knot   
      
   > 9. The side opposite that from which the wind blows; the opposite   
   >    of the weather side.   
      
   Leeway   
      
   > 10. A triangular headsail set on a stay forward of the foremast,   
   >    useful for sailing upwind or close to the wind.   
      
   Spinnaker   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)