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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 2, Rounds 4,6: philosop   
   18 Oct 23 00:54:43   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 4 - Literature - Philosophers   
      
   > 1. "The life of man in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty,   
   >    brutish, and short."   
      
   Hobbes   
      
   > 2. This line is found in one philosopher's writing quoting another   
   >    philosopher who he says said it.  We want the philosopher who   
   >    was being quoted.  The line is: "An unexamined life is not   
   >    worth living."   
      
   Socrates   
      
   > 3. "Cogito, ergo sum."  ("I think, therefore I am.")   
      
   Descates   
      
   > 4. "God is dead.  He remains dead.  We killed Him."   
      
   Nietzche   
      
   > 7. "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him."   
      
   Pascal   
      
   > 10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of   
   >    the people."   
      
   Marx   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 6 - Geography - 3-Word Cities   
      
   > 1. In what country would you find Port-au-Prince?   
      
   Haiti   
      
   > 2. In what 3-word country would you find Port of Spain?   
      
   Trinidad and Tobago   
      
   > 3. What is the capital of Andorra?   
      
   Andorra la Vella   
      
   > 4. Bandar Seri Begawan is on the island of Borneo, in what country?   
      
   Brunei   
      
   > 7. What African country's capital used to be Dar es Salaam?   
      
   Tanzania   
      
   > 8. What city was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia?   
      
   Rio de Janeiro   
      
   > 9. This 3-word city lies on a 3-word body of water, and has been   
   >    the host city for the Winter Olympics.  Name it.   
      
   Salt Lake City   
      
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