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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 3, Rounds 2-3: beers an   
   27 Oct 23 04:32:01   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > 5. This one is a dark beer with a strong roasted flavor and mid   
   >    to high alcohol levels.  Its name comes from being a stronger   
   >    form of porter.   
      
   stout   
      
   > 6. This relatively highly hopped variety with generally, though   
   >    not always, a high alcohol content, got its name from its   
   >    ability to stay drinkable after long sea voyages.   
      
   IPA   
      
   > 7. This  variant was invented about 20 years ago.  It is   
   >    characterized by less bitterness and a somewhat opaque   
   >    appearance, due to brewing techniques such as later addition   
   >    of the hops and skipping the filtering step.   
      
   IPA   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > 2. Which bear is known as "Ursus maritimus" to its classically-   
   >    and taxonomically-educated acquaintances?   
      
   Kodiak bear; grizzly bear   
      
   > 3. What is the only species of bear that is practically an exclusive   
   >    herbivore?   
      
   panda   
      
   > 4. You've just heard of three bear species; how many species are   
   >    there in all, according to the generally-accepted taxonomy?   
      
   7; 8   
      
   > 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.   
      
   ghost bear   
      
   > 6. Gur oebja orne, be Hefhf nepgbf, unf n fhofcrpvrf pnyyrq gur   
   >    Nynfxna oebja orne -- Hefhf nepgbf zvqqraqbessv.  Ohg ubj vf   
   >    guvf fhofcrpvrf zber pbzzbayl xabja?   
      
   Kodiak bear   
      
   > 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*?   
      
   South America   
      
   > 8. Nabgure oebja orne fhofcrpvrf unf gur gnkbabzvp anzr "Hefhf   
   >    nepgbf ubeevovyvf", tvivat fbzr vaqvpngvba bs vgf creprvirq   
   >    qvfcbfvgvba.  Jung vf vgf pbzzba anzr?   
      
   grizzly bear   
      
   > 10. Nabgure oynpx orne fhofcrpvrf vf anzrq nsgre n pregnva sbbq,   
   >    va ersrerapr gb gur oebja be erq-oebja pbybe bs vgf she.  Vg vf   
   >    glcvpnyyl sbhaq va gur jrfgrea HF, naq va cnegf bs jrfgrea   
   >    Pnanqn naq Bagnevb.  Anzr vg.   
      
   cinnamon bear   
      
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