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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 1, Rounds 9-10: neighbo   
   13 Oct 23 05:24:10   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 9 -- Canadiana Geography -- City Neighborhoods   
      
   > 1. Britannia, Alta Vista, and Sandy Hill.   
      
   Halifax   
      
   > 3. Place-Royal, Place d'Youville [both pronounced as French],   
   >    and Lower Town.   
      
   Quebec City   
      
   > 4. Deschenes ["day-SHEN"], Aylmer, Hull.   
      
   Montreal   
      
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
      
   > * A. Entertainment: Comedies by Fetish   
      
   >    A2. In what classic comedy movie from about 35 years ago does the   
   >        sexy female lead character have a fetish for foreign   
   >        languages -- notably, Italian and Russian?   
      
   A Fish Called Wanda   
      
   > * B. Geography: Museums of Upstate New York   
      
   >    B1. The George Eastman Museum is the world's oldest museum   
   >        of photography, covering both the art and the technology.   
   >        What city is it in?   
      
   Rochester   
      
   >    B2. The Museum of Glass likewise covers both the art and the   
   >        science of glassmaking.  Its full name begins with the city   
   >        where it is: what city?   
      
   Corning   
      
   > * C. History: Sex Beats Violence   
      
   >    C1. In 2000 the US presidential election came down to a Supreme   
   >        Court battle over recounts.  We all know what happened,   
   >        but what exactly was the title of the case?  That is, it   
   >        was *who or what* versus *who or what*?  (Hint: See the   
   >        category title, har-har-har.)   
      
   Bush vs. Gore   
      
   >    C2. Turning from real-life history to historical fiction,   
   >        "Saving Private Ryan" was nominated for the Oscar for   
   >        Best Picture of 1998, but it didn't win.  What movie did?   
   >        (Hint: See the category title.}   
      
   The People vs. Larry Flynt   
      
   > * D. Name that Science   
      
   >    D1. In what field of science would people use all these terms?   
   >        Absolute magnitude, gamma-ray burster, eccentricity, brown   
   >        dwarf, red giant, right ascension and declination.   
      
   astronomy   
      
   >    D2. In what field of science would people use all these terms?   
   >        Recombinant, dominant, diploid, base pair, point mutation,   
   >        crossover, restriction enzyme, nucleotide.   
      
   genetics   
      
   > * E. Literature: Spell that Character   
      
   >    E1. In novels by Sara Paretsky, you will read about private   
   >        detective Victoria ["Iffy-Jeanie-a" "war-shaw-ski"].   
   >        *Spell* either her middle name or her surname.   
      
   Iphigenia   
      
   >    E2. In novels by George R.R. Martin, you will read about   
   >        ["Duh-nair-ris Tar-gair-ee-en"], a member of a royal family.   
   >        *Spell* either her first name or her surname.   
      
   Targaeryen   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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