From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Atlas Obscura   
   >   
   > A dozen questions inspired by the podcast, web site, and book   
   > "Atlas Obscura".   
   >   
   > * A. Geography   
   >   
   >    A1. The Darvaza gas crater, better known as "The Gates of Hell",   
   >        has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.  It was   
   >        created when a Soviet drilling rig broke into a massive   
   >        natural gas cavern, which was then set alight, assuming   
   >        it would burn out in a few weeks.  What country is home to   
   >        The Gates of Hell?   
      
   Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan   
      
   >    A2. The Jagala waterfall is located in Harju County, and   
   >        the river below it eventually leads to the Gulf of Finland.   
   >        At over 50 m wide, it is the widest waterfall in what   
   >        country?   
      
   Estonia   
      
   > * B. Science   
   >   
   >    B1. On the grounds of the Teide Observatory in the Canary   
   >        Islands, you can find a discarded telescope part 1.5 m wide.   
   >        It is a blank, meaning that its silicon carbide ceramic shape   
   >        had been made, but it had not yet had its coating applied.   
   >        What part of a telescope is this?   
      
   Objective   
      
   > * D. Art   
   >   
   >    D1. Lyhdynkantajat ["Lew-huh-dune-kan-ta-jat"] is a group   
   >        of sculptures at the front door of the Central Station   
   >        in Helsinki, Finland.  They consist of four male granite   
   >        figures, bearing what spherical objects in their hands?   
      
   Footballs   
      
   >    D2. "The Constellation" is a massive work of art, weighing more   
   >        than 250 tons.  Located in The Founder's Memorial Park,   
   >        it was designed as a tribute to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al   
   >        Nahyan, the first president of what country?   
      
   Malaysia   
      
   > * F. Entertainment   
   >   
   >    F2. In Liverpool, a statue was unveiled in December 1982 by   
   >        Tommy Steele.  It is on Stanley St., not far from the   
   >        Cavern Club.  It depicts a seated woman with a handbag on   
   >        her lap, and is based on a 1966 song.  Who is she?   
      
   Queen Elizabeth II   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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