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   Message 31,724 of 32,813   
   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 3, Rounds 2-3: beers an   
   26 Oct 23 20:24:24   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 3, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - Types of Beer   
   >   
   > 1. What common type of beer is produced at low temperature and in   
   >    a variety of colors from pale to dark?  Its name comes from   
   >    the German word for "storage".   
      
   Lager   
      
   > 2. What type of pale  takes its name from the Germanized   
   >    form of the Czech city where it originated in the mid-1800s?   
   >    If you happen to be quaffing a Steam Whistle as we speak,   
   >    the answer is right there at the end of your arm.   
      
   Pilsner   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 3 - Science - Bears   
   >   
   > 1. What is the most populous bear species worldwide?  In North   
   >    America alone, there are more of these bears than the worldwide   
   >    population of all other bears.   
      
   Brown bear   
      
   > 4. You've just heard of three bear species; how many species are   
   >    there in all, according to the generally-accepted taxonomy?   
      
   16   
      
   > Please decode the rot13 for the remaining questions only after   
   > you have finished with #1-4.   
   >   
   > 5. Fbzr bs gubfr 8 fcrpvrf unir zhygvcyr fhofcrpvrf.  Anzr gur   
   >    oynpx orne fhofcrpvrf, juvpu unf n juvgr-pbyberq inevnag, gung   
   >    vf gur cebivapvny znzzny bs Oevgvfu Pbyhzovn naq vf fvtavsvpnag   
   >    va Vaqvtrabhf genqvgvbaf.   
      
   Cougar   
      
   > 7. Gur fcrpgnpyrq orne, nyfb xabja nf gur fubeg-snprq orne naq   
   >    zbhagnva orne, be va vgf angvir unovgng nf hxhznev, vf gur bayl   
   >    yvivat orne vaqvtrabhf gb *juvpu pbagvarag*?   
      
   Australia   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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