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Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Round 2 - Geography
> * A. South American Cities
> 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
> 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*.
Ghana
> * C. Population and Spelling
> C1. What is the world's most populous country with a Z in
> its name?
Brazil
> C2. What is the world's most populous country with an X in
> its name?
Mexico
> * E. Lakes at Interesting Elevations
> E1. This body of water in Venezuela is sometimes called the
> largest lake in South America, but it's practically at sea
> level and receives ocean water at high tide, so arguably
> it's not a lake at all. In any case, what's its name?
Maracaibo
> 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?
Titicaca
> * F. Artificial Lakes
> F1. Lake Mead was created by damming what river?
Colorado
> F2. Lake Nasser was created by damming what river?
Nile
> ** Round 3 - Miscellaneous
> * A. Culinary Terms
> A1. What word means to lightly coat uncooked food with a dry
> mixture, typically flour, cornmeal, or bread crumbs?
dredge
> A2. What word means a thick creamy soup, with a base of strained
> broth of shellfish or game?
chowder
> * B. The Exception to the Pattern
> 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
> * C. Crossword Words
> 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.
enslave
> * D. Gaza
> D1. The Gaza Strip has been much in the news in recent weeks.
> What is its area, within 5% of the true number in either
> direction?
600 square miles
> * E. Prizes Established
> E1. What year, within 5, were the first Pulitzer ["PULL-it-zer"]
> Prizes given out?
1910
> E2. What year, within 5, were the first Nobel Prizes given out?
1900
> * 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?
10
> F2. In India, one crore [rhymes with "bore"] equals how many
> lakhs?
1/10
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