From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 4:00:54 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-06,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 5 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have    
   > been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of    
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting    
   > of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24    
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition    
   > (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > I wrote both of these rounds.    
   >    
   >    
   > * 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.    
      
   moskva   
      
   > 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.    
   > 2. Henry.    
   > 3. John.    
   > 4. Hussein.    
   > 5. Gamaliel ["ga-MAY-lee-ell"].    
   > 6. Robinette.    
   > 7. Baines.    
   > 8. Milhous ["MILL-house"].    
   > 9. Jefferson.    
   > 10. Wilson.    
   >    
   > --    
   > Mark Brader, Toronto | "I asked you for a *good* reason,    
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   >    
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
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