From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 2:34:09 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-09-25,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single follow-up to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have    
   > been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of    
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting    
   > of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24    
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition    
   > (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > I wrote one of these rounds.    
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 2, Round 4 - Literature - Philosophers    
   >    
   > In each case, identify the philosopher being quoted. For some of    
   > these we are not giving the words in their original language.    
   >    
   > 1. "The life of man in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty,    
   > brutish, and short."    
      
   thomas 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.")    
      
   descartes   
      
   > 4. "God is dead. He remains dead. We killed Him."    
      
   nietzsche   
      
   > 5. "Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination."    
      
   kant   
      
   > 6. "Life must be understood backwards but it must be lived    
   > forwards."    
      
   kierkegaard   
      
   > 7. "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him."    
      
   voltaire   
      
   > 8. "I would never die for my beliefs, because I may be wrong."    
      
   russell   
      
   > 9. "He who thinks great thoughts is often in great error."    
      
   heidegger?  [saw it on bbc]   
      
   > 10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of    
   > the people."    
      
   marx   
      
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 2, Round 6 - Geography - 3-Word Cities    
   >    
   > All questions in this round refer to cities whose name in its usual    
   > form is three words long, such as San Luis Obispo, California,    
   > and East St. Louis, Illinois. Many of them are capitals or former    
   > capitals, but some aren't.    
   >    
   > 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   
      
   >    
   > 5. This city is 50 miles west of Winnipeg and 15 miles south of    
   > Lake Manitoba, and its name alludes to canoe travel. What name?    
      
   portage la ... something   
      
   >    
   > 6. At both ends of an international bridge between the US and    
   > Canada, you will find a pair of cities with the same 3-word name.    
   > Obviously we're not talking about the Niagara River border.    
   > What is the name of those two cities?    
      
   sault ste marie   
      
   >    
   > 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?   
      
   >    
   > 10. Which smallish city in Arizona is known for an imported    
   > 19th-century landmark structure?    
      
   lake havasu city [london bridge]   
      
   > --    
   > Mark Brader, Toronto | "Unfortunately, real life is usually    
   > m...@vex.net | not a movie." --Al Kriman    
   >    
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
   swp   
      
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