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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 7, Rounds 7-8: team    
   17 Aug 23 20:47:34   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 7, Round 7 - Sports - Women's World Cup Team Nicknames   
   >   
   > The FIFA Women's World Cup is taking place in July.   
   > Answer these questions about the nicknames of teams taking   
   > part in the Cup.   
   >   
   > 1. This country is co-hosting this year's event.  Their women's   
   >    team is known as the Fighting Ferns while their men are the   
   >    All-Whites.  What country?   
      
   New Zealand   
      
   > 2. The nickname for the English women's team is the female version   
   >    of the men's nickname, derived from the coat-of-arms on their   
   >    jerseys.  What is it?   
      
   The lionesses   
      
   > 3. Please decode the rot13 for questions #3-5 only after you   
   >    hsve finished with #1-2.  Guvf pbhagel'f Ngynf Yvbarffrf trgf   
   >    gurve anzr sebz gur zbhagnvaf juvpu pbire zhpu bs gurve pbhagel.   
   >    Gurl ner gur svefg Nenovp grnz gb dhnyvsl sbe gur Jbzra'f   
   >    Jbeyq Phc.   
      
   Morrocco   
      
   > 4. Guvf pbhagel'f zra'f grnz vf xabja nf "Gur Qentba Grnz".   
   >    Engure guna orvat qentbarffrf, gur jbzra raqrq hc orvat pnyyrq   
   >    "Gur Fgrry Ebfrf".   
      
   China   
      
   > 5. Gur bgure ubfgvat angvba vf Nhfgenyvn.  Gurve zra'f grnz ner   
   >    gur Fbpprebbf, ohg gur jbzra'f grnz trgf jung avpxanzr sebz n   
   >    genqvgvbany Nhfgenyvna fbat?   
      
   Waltzing Maltida   
      
   > 6. France and Italy are both European soccer superpowers, and when   
   >    their teams' nickname are translated into English, they come   
   >    out the same.  What is this shared nickname, in English?   
      
   The blue ones   
      
   > 7. The Brazilian team (both men and women) is usually called Seleção   
   >    ("Selection").  However, they are also referred to by which   
   >    avian nickname, from the color of their jerseys?  Answer in   
   >    Portuguese or English.   
      
   The Canaries   
      
   > 8. Which country's men's and women's teams are both known as Les   
   >    Albicelestes (The White & Sky-Blues), after the colors of   
   >    their jerseys?   
      
   Argentina   
      
   > 9. Various nicknames have been tried out for the Canadian team, but   
   >    "Canucks", "Maple Leafs" and "Voyageurs" never really caught on.   
   >    The most commonly used nickname is this unimaginative one.   
   >    For some reason, it is usually in French.  Name it in French   
   >    or English.   
      
   Red and Whites   
      
      
   > 10. For some reason, this country's women's team is called Las   
   >    Chicas Superpoderosas ("the Powerpuff Girls").  More sensibly,   
   >    they are also known as Las Cafeteras ("the Coffee Growers").   
   >    What country?   
      
   Colombia   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 8 - Entertainment - Best New Artist   
   >   
   > 4. Winner in 1983, a group.  Songs: "Who Can it be Now", "Down   
   >    Under", "Overkill".   
      
   Men at Work   
      
   > 9. Winner in 1986.  Songs: "Smooth Operator", "Your Love is King",   
   >    "The Sweetest Taboo", "Hang on to Your Love".   
      
   Bryan Adams   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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