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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 9, Rounds 2-3: Korea   
   05 Sep 23 20:41:07   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 9, Round 2 - History - The Korean War   
   >   
   > This week marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.   
   > Let's hope you remember some facts about this forgotten war.   
   >   
   > 1. Prior to 1950-06-25, the boundary between North and South Korea   
   >    was set at which parallel of north latitude?   
      
   35°N   
      
   > 2. At the time of the invasion, the Democratic People's Republic   
   >    of Korea was led by which man?   
      
   Kim Il-Sung   
      
   > 3. The military force defending South Korea was organized under   
   >    the auspices of which organization?   
      
   United Nations   
      
   > 4. In terms of manpower, the main contributors to the    
   >    forces were South Korea and the US.  Which country was in third   
   >    place, with about 26,000 soldiers?   
      
   UK   
      
   > 6. One of 's accomplishments was the massive September   
   >    1950 amphibious assault on a certain port city, leading to the   
   >    recapture of Seoul.  Today, you may be more likely to know it   
   >    as the site of Seoul's main airport.  What city?   
      
   Incheon   
      
   > 8. The Korean War was the first war to involve widespread combat   
   >    between jet aircraft.  The mainstay of the Chinese air force   
   >    was the MiG-15.  The  air force countered it with   
   >    which jet manufactured by North American Aviation (and under   
   >    licence by Canadair)?   
      
   F-16   
      
   > 10. Since a peace treaty has never been signed, the war is still   
   >    technically under way.  Hostilities ended after an armistice   
   >    agreement was signed on 1953-07-27 at which border village?   
      
   Panmunjon   
      
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Va gur bevtvany   
   > tnzr, Xvz jnf "tehqtvatyl npprcgrq" nf n fhssvpvrag nafjre ba bar   
   > dhrfgvba, ohg V qba'g guvax gung'f ernfbanoyr.  Vs lbh tnir whfg   
   > gung anzr nf na nafjre, tb onpx naq pbzcyrgr gur anzr.   
      
   Says the man who answers Johnson to everything!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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