From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 7:56:33 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > ** Round 2 - Geography    
   >    
   > * A. South American Cities    
   >    
   > A1. Name the city of about half a million in Peru's part of the    
   > Amazon basin that is the largest city in the world that    
   > *is not* on an island, but has *no access* by road.    
      
   Iguacu   
      
   > A2. In which country would you find El Alto, meaning "the    
   > heights"? It's the second-largest city in the country,    
   > larger than the capital of which it was once a part, and    
   > has the distinction of being the largest mostly-indigenous    
   > city in all of Latin America.    
      
   Bolivia   
      
   > * B. A is the Only Vowel    
   >    
   > In these questions the "name" of a country means its usual short    
   > name in English, like "France" or "Germany".    
   >    
   > B1. In North and South America, including their associated    
   > islands, there are three countries where the only vowels    
   > in the name are instances of A. Name *either one* of the    
   > *other two*.    
      
   Panama   
      
   > B2. In Africa, including its associated islands, there are four    
   > countries where the only vowels in the name are instances    
   > of A. Name *any one*.    
      
   Chad; Madagascar   
      
   > * C. Population and Spelling    
   >    
   > Again, in these questions the "name" of a country means its usual    
   > short name in English.    
   >    
   > C1. What is the world's most populous country with a Z in    
   > its name?    
      
   Mozambique   
      
   > C2. What is the world's most populous country with an X in    
   > its name?    
      
   Mexico   
      
   > * D. Canadiana: Ontario County Seats    
   >    
   > D1. Owen Sound is the county seat of which county? Hint:    
   > The name resembles a well-known sports trophy.    
      
   Stanley; Gray   
      
   > * E. Lakes at Interesting Elevations    
   >    
   > E2. The other candidate for the largest lake in South America    
   > is so far above sea level that it's the world's highest    
   > lake navigable by large ships. What's its name?    
      
   Lake Titicaca   
      
   > * F. Artificial Lakes    
   >    
   > F1. Lake Mead was created by damming what river?   
      
   Colorado River   
       
   > F2. Lake Nasser was created by damming what river?    
      
   Nile River   
      
   > ** Round 3 - Miscellaneous    
   >     
   > * B. The Exception to the Pattern    
   >    
   > B1. Sue Grafton wrote 25 novels about Kinsey Millhone. The    
   > first and last titles were "A is for Alibi" and "Y is for    
   > Yesterday", and most of the rest followed the same pattern    
   > in alphabetical order. But the 24th book, in 2015, did    
   > not fit the pattern. What was its full title?    
      
   "X"   
      
   > B2. Once the term "Super Bowl" became official, it became    
   > customary to refer to the annual instances of the game using    
   > Roman numerals in sequence, for example "Super Bowl XIV".    
   > But again, in 2015 an exception to the pattern was made.    
   > What did they call the game that year?    
      
   Super Bowl 50   
   (I'm not really sure that the 50th Super Bowl was in 2015, but I don't think   
   they called it Super Bowl L whenever it was)   
      
   > * C. Crossword Words    
   >    
   > These questions were stolen from a recent "Toronto Star" crossword.    
   > If you disagree with the clue, please take it up with the "Star".    
   > In each case, we give you the clue, the number of letters, and    
   > one letter you're supposed to have already filled in in the grid.    
   > You give the exact answer that would go into the puzzle solution.    
   > Example: we say "Add yeast, 6 letters, 2nd letter is E"; you    
   > say LEAVEN.    
   >    
   > C1. "Ancient port near Carthage or a town in New York State."    
   > 5 letters, 2nd letter is T.    
      
   UTICA   
      
   > C2. "Put in chains." 7 letters, 3rd letter is S.    
      
   ENSNARE   
      
   > * D. Gaza    
   >    
   > D2. In 2005 Israel withdrew from military occupation of Gaza,    
   > including the removal of settlers. Which Israeli prime    
   > minister proposed, and was eventually able to implement,    
   > the withdrawal?    
      
   Sharon   
      
   > * E. Prizes Established    
   >    
   > E1. What year, within 5, were the first Pulitzer ["PULL-it-zer"]    
   > Prizes given out?    
      
   1921   
       
   > E2. What year, within 5, were the first Nobel Prizes given out?    
      
   1901   
      
   > * F. Indian Numbers    
   >    
   > F1. In India they generally do not express large numbers    
   > in millions. What we call a million, they would call how    
   > many lakhs?    
      
   100; 10   
      
   > F2. In India, one crore [rhymes with "bore"] equals how many    
   > lakhs?    
      
   1000; 100   
      
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   Joshua Kreitzer   
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