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   Pete Gayde to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 6, Rounds 2-3: borde   
   28 Jul 23 21:05:27   
   
   From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-06-19,   
   > 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 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the   
   > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 2 - Geography - Bordering Countries   
   >   
   > In each case we list *all* the countries that share a land border   
   > (bridges do not count!) with a certain country, and you must name   
   > that certain country.   
   >   
   > 1. Senegal.   
      
   Ivory Coast; Mauritania   
      
   > 2. Malaysia.   
      
   Thailand   
      
   > 3. Saudi Arabia.   
      
   Qatar   
      
   > 4. Denmark and the USA.   
      
   British Virgin Islands   
      
   > 5. South Africa.   
      
   Lesotho   
      
   > 6. Austria and Switzerland.   
      
   Liechtenstein   
      
   > 7. Guyana, Brazil, and France.   
      
   Suriname   
      
   > 8. France and Spain.   
      
   Andorra   
      
   >   
   > 9. China and India.  There are two possible answers.  For greater   
   >     clarity, each answer country borders China and India and no   
   >     other countries.   
      
   Nepal   
      
   >   
   > 10. Indonesia.  There are two possible answers.   
      
   Papua New Guinea   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 3 - Science - Study-ology!   
   >   
   > An "-ology" is a subject of study.  We'll tell your briefly what   
   > it's the study of, and you give us the -ology.  For example,   
   > if we said "animals", you'd answer "zoology".   
   >   
   > 1. Fish.   
      
   Ichthyology   
      
   > 2. Butterflies and moths.   
      
   Lepidology   
      
   > 3. Movement in relation to human anatomy (a branch of medicine).   
   > 4. Puzzles.   
   > 5. Wine and winemaking.   
      
   Oenology   
      
   > 6. Old age.   
   > 7. Flags.   
   > 8. The moon.   
      
   Lunology   
      
   > 9. Reptiles and amphibians.   
   > 10. Fungi.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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