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   Message 31,823 of 32,813   
   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: Erland's Occasional Quiz, Results an   
   25 Dec 23 10:45:23   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > Erland Sommarskog:   
   >> And, yes, there was also a composer by that name. You could argue   
   >> that if I had been asking for that person, the question would have   
   >> read "Who was Smetana". (Past tense, uppercase and all that.) But,   
   >> hey, it's Christmas, so I accept it.   
   >   
   > Oh, I wasn't expecting a point.  But I accept it.   
   >   
   >> > 11...  Hint: it was one of the less populous countries.   
   >>   
   >> Greenland.   
   >   
   > Not a country at all!  That makes it harder to guess.   
      
   Well, it has a country code... But, true, it is not independent.   
      
   I was considering this problem, but I could not think of a better   
   alternative that would not be too stilted or have been too much of   
   a hint.   
      
   And, after all, it is no news that there are national teams representing   
   territories that are not fully independent.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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