From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** 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?   
      
   Great Britain   
      
   > 4. The 1976 Winter Olympics were held in Innsbruck after which   
   >    originally scheduled city withdrew as the host?   
      
   Lake Placid?   
      
   > 5. The city originally scheduled for the 1940 Summer Olympics also   
   >    withdrew, and another host city was chosen before the games   
   >    were canceled outright.  Name either city.   
      
   London   
      
   > 7. In 1968, in *what event* did Bob Beamon set a record that still   
   >    stands as an Olympic record, although no longer as a world   
   >    record?   
      
   Long jump   
      
   > 8. Due to Australia's animal-quarantine laws, the 1956 equestrian   
   >    events were not held in Melbourne.  In what *country* were   
   >    they held?   
      
   Sweden   
      
   > 9. Who proudly boasted that his city's Olympic games could no more   
   >    have a deficit than a man could have a baby?   
      
   Montreal   
      
   > 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 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?   
      
   Mississipi   
      
   > * D. Science: One Million   
   >   
   >    D1. 1 million watts equals one of which unit?   
      
   1 megawatt   
      
   >    D2. 1 million megawatts equals one of which unit?   
      
   1 terawatt   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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