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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 6, Round 9 - Sports - The Olympics   
      
   > 1. Canada's early dominance in hockey, or ice hockey as they call   
   >    it, at the Olympic games was interrupted in 1936 when what   
   >    country won the gold medal?   
      
   Sweden; Finland   
      
   > 10. New competitions of special interest to Canadians were   
   >    introduced in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics: one new sport   
   >    and one new event in an existing sport.  Name *either*.   
      
   curling   
      
   > ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
      
   > * A. History: The French Republic   
      
   >    A1. As we mentioned earlier, the first republic of France was   
   >        formed in 1792.  Since then the government has reformed   
   >        its constitution so many times that it is now what number   
   >        republic?   
      
   fifth   
      
   >    A2. The  Republic introduced a strong presidential   
   >        position in addition to a prime minister.  Which leader   
   >        backed the constitutional change and became its first   
   >        president?   
      
   Charles de Gaulle   
      
   > * C. Geography: They're Number 2   
      
   >    C1. By area, the largest fresh-water lake in the world is   
   >        Lake Superior.  Which one is number 2?   
      
   Lake Michigan; Lake Huron   
      
   >    C2. Measuring by the hydrologically appropriate course and   
   >        including tributaries, the longest river in the world is   
   >        the Nile.  Which one is number 2?   
      
   Amazon   
      
   > * D. Science: One Million   
      
   >    D1. 1 million watts equals one of which unit?   
      
   megawatt   
      
   >    D2. 1 million megawatts equals one of which unit?   
      
   terawatt   
      
   > * E. Miscellaneous: Freight Train Cars   
      
   >    E1. One of these freight cars is effectively a plain, open-topped   
   >        rectangular bin on wheels.  It is used for loads such as   
   >        gravel.  Some versions require the load to be lifted out,   
   >        while others are designed with a tilting body to dump it   
   >        to one side.  But, ignoring that distinction, name this   
   >        type of car.   
      
   hopper   
      
   > * F. Literature: Poetry   
      
   >    F1. "Because I could not stop for Death --   
   >         He kindly stopped for me".   
      
   Emily Dickinson   
      
   >    F2. "Let us go then, you and I,   
   >         When the evening is spread out against the sky   
   >         Like a patient etherized upon a table".   
      
   T. S. Eliot   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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