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|    Dan Tilque to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCI23 Game 7, Rounds 7-8: city nam    |
|    24 Dec 23 08:50:32    |
      From: dtilque@frontier.com              On 12/24/23 01:00, Mark Brader wrote:       >       >       > * Game 7, Round 7 - Geography - World City Names       >       > We give the usual name of a city in English; you give its actual       > name in the local language. In the original game a close-enough       > pronunciation would have been sufficient, but here you must give       > the exact spelling of the answer using our alphabet (you may omit       > accent marks, but if you give them they must be correct).       >       > In the original game, this example was given: "we say 'PA-riss,       > France'; you say 'Pa-REE' or P-A-R-I-S -- only that's not a real       > example, because it uses the same spelling."       >       > 1. Vienna, Austria.              Wien              > 2. Naples, Italy.              Napoli              > 3. The Hague, Netherlands.              Den Haag              > 4. Munich, Germany.              Munchen              > 5. Moscow ["MOSS-cow" or "MOSS-koe"], Russia.              Muskva              > 6. Lisbon, Portugal.              Lisboa              > 7. Prague, Czechia.              Praha              > 8. Cologne, Germany.              Koln              >       > 9. Brussels, Belgium. Give *either* the French or the Dutch name --       > you need not say which.              Bruxelles              >       > 10. Geneva, Switzerland. Give *either* the French or the German       > name -- you need not say which.              Geneve              >       >       > * Game 7, Round 8 - History - US Presidents by Middle Name       >       > A simple round: we say David, for example, and you say Dwight       > Eisenhower. Or just Eisenhower will be sufficient unless another       > president has the same surname.       >       > 1. Birchard.              Rutherford Hayes              > 2. Henry.              William Harrison              > 3. John.       > 4. Hussein.              Barack Obama              > 5. Gamaliel ["ga-MAY-lee-ell"].              Warren Harding              > 6. Robinette.              Joe Biden              > 7. Baines.              Lyndon Johnson              > 8. Milhous ["MILL-house"].              Richard Nixon              > 9. Jefferson.       > 10. Wilson.       >              --       Dan Tilque              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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