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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 7, Rounds 7-8: team    
   17 Aug 23 23:29:49   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 7 - Sports - Women's World Cup Team Nicknames   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Morocco; Tunisia   
      
   > 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".   
      
   Bhutan   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Matildas   
      
   > 7. The Brazilian team (both men and women) is usually called Sele??o   
   >    ("Selection").  However, they are also referred to by which   
   >    avian nickname, from the color of their jerseys?  Answer in   
   >    Portuguese or English.   
      
   crows   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Belgium; Luxembourg   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 3. Winner in 2009.  Songs: "Chasing Pavements", "Rolling in the   
   >    Deep", "Hello", "Skyfall".   
      
   Adele   
      
   > 4. Winner in 1983, a group.  Songs: "Who Can it be Now", "Down   
   >    Under", "Overkill".   
      
   Men At Work   
      
   > 7. Winner in 2005.  Songs: "She will be Loved", "This Love",   
   >    "Moves like Jagger", "Girls like You".   
      
   Ke$ha   
      
   > 8. Winner in 1989.  Songs: "Fast Car", "Talkin 'bout a Revolution",   
   >    "Give Me One Reason".   
      
   Tracy Chapman   
      
   > 9. Winner in 1986.  Songs: "Smooth Operator", "Your Love is King",   
   >    "The Sweetest Taboo", "Hang on to Your Love".   
      
   Sade   
      
   > 10. Winner in 1995.  Songs: "All I Wanna Do", "If It Makes You   
   >    Happy", "Soak Up the Sun".   
      
   Sixpence None the Richer   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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