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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIBSI23 Final, Rounds 2-3: Irelan    |
|    18 Sep 23 22:24:42    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > * Final, Round 2 - Geography - Ireland and the Irish       >       > Answer these questions about Ireland and the Irish. (One guess       > as to which Irregular wrote these.)       >       > 1. What is the second-largest city in the republic of Ireland?              Cork              > 3. A Pillar was erected in Dublin in 1808. A smaller Column was       > later erected in London. The Dublin Pillar was blown up in 1966.       > The London Column stands erect to this day. Who were both       > monuments dedicated to?              Lord Nelson              > 5. Runner Ronnie Delaney won the 1500 m in the 1956 Summer Olympics,       > the first in the Southern Hemisphere. In which *city* did       > Delaney win Ireland's first Olympic gold?              Melbourne              > 6. Scottish-born Belfast veterinarian John Boyd Dunlop was granted       > a patent in 1888 for which invention?              Vulcanisation              > 7. What is the Canadian equivalent of the Irish title Taoiseach       > ["Tee-shock"]?              Speaker              > 8. What is the Canadian equivalent of Ireland's Dáil Éireann       > ["Dahl Air-inn"]?              Parliament              > 9. Bob Dylan is one of two individuals who have won both a Nobel       > Prize and an Oscar. Name the other one, who happens to have       > been Irish.              Pinter              > 10. Please decode the rot13 only after completing the previous       > questions. Svefg, ba gur cngrag dhrfgvba, vs lbh whfg fnvq       > "gver", cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp. Abj guvf dhrfgvba:       > Sbhe Vevfu jevgref unir jba gur Abory Cevmr sbe Yvgrengher:       > Funj, Lrngf, Orpxrgg, naq jub ryfr? Ur jnf gur zbfg erprag       > jvaare bs gur sbhe.              Pinter              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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