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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   
      
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