From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 1, Round 9 - History - Dark Corners of the '50s   
   >   
   > For many, the 1950s were a decade of peace and prosperity.  But not   
   > everyone was so fortunate.   
   >   
   > 1. The democratic government of this country nationalized its oil   
   >    and was consequently toppled in a UK/US-organized coup in 1953.   
   >    The authoritarian regime that followed stayed in place until   
   >    February 1979.  Which country?   
      
   Iran   
      
   > 2. In 1954, another CIA-orchestrated coup replaced the democratic   
   >    government of Jacobo Árbenz with a long-lasting dictatorship.   
   >    In which Latin-American country did that happen?   
      
   Paraguay   
      
   > 3. A fight for independence in this African colony lasted from   
   >    1952 to 1960 and claimed 15,000 to 20,000 lives, including those   
   >    of more than 1,000 supposed rebels executed by the British.   
   >    What then-colony?   
      
   Rhodesia   
      
   > 4. What war, waged from June 1950 to July 1953, cost between   
   >    2,500,000 and 3,000,000 lives?   
      
   Korean War   
      
   > 5. 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 deaths resulted from a war of   
   >    independence, which lasted from 1954 to 1962 and brought about   
   >    the end of the French Fourth Republic.  Name the then-colony.   
      
   Algeria   
      
   > 6. Which Soviet leader sent in the tanks to crush the Hungarian   
   >    rebellion in 1956?   
      
   Chruschev   
      
   > 8. From 1955 to 1959 the UK used torture and execution against   
   >    insurgents in one of their colonies.  A peculiarity of this   
   >    struggle: the rebels were not fighting for independence, but   
   >    for the right to join another European country.  Name the island   
   >    where this happened.   
      
   Cyprus   
      
   > 9. The Castle Bravo test of a hydrogen bomb on 1954-03-01 resulted   
   >    in radiation injury to Japanese fishermen, Pacific islanders,   
   >    and American technicians as far as 100 miles away.  Name the   
   >    atoll where the test took place.   
      
   Bikini   
      
   > 10. In 1959, a particularly brutal secret police was established   
   >    to terrorize and dispose of folks the dictator disliked.  What   
   >    country was home to "Uncle Gunnysack"; i.e., the Tonton Macoutes?   
      
   Haïti   
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Winter Challenge Round   
   >   
   >    A2. Which Shakespeare play opens with these lines?   
   >   
   >           "Now is the winter of our discontent   
   >            made glorious summer by this sun of York"   
      
   Henry VI   
      
   > * B. Military History   
   >   
   >    B1. When Napoleon and his army entered the abandoned city of   
   >        Moscow in September 1812, it was their intention to spend   
   >        the winter there.  What prevented them?   
      
   They oculd not find enough food to live off.   
      
      
   >    B2. The Battle of Lake Peipus, fought in April 1242, is known as   
   >        the Battle on the Ice for the fact that much of it was fought   
   >        on a frozen lake.  On the losing side of the battle were   
   >        the Teutonic Knights.  Who was the hero of the Russian side?   
      
   Alexander Nevsky   
      
   (Who earned that name for another supposed water battle on the Neva   
   river, blown to bombastic portions in Russian chronicles. And in   
   Swedish chronicles not mentioned at all. It might just have been a   
   skirmish with some Swedish adventures who tried to seize the opportunity.)   
      
   > * D. Canadiana / Geography   
   >   
   >    D1. Among Canadian cities with a population over 500,000,   
   >        which has on average the coldest winters?   
      
   Edmonton   
      
   >    D2. The locality in Canada with the heaviest annual snowfall,   
   >        averaging 637.9 cm, or 21 feet, is Woody Point, population   
   >        282.  In which province is Woody Point?   
      
   Newfoundland   
      
   > * E. Sports: Winter Olympics   
   >   
   >    E1. In the history of the Winter Olympics, from 1924 to 2022,   
   >        which country has won the most gold medals and the most   
   >        medals overall?   
      
   Norway   
      
   >    E2. What country has hosted the greatest number of Winter   
   >        Olympic Games?   
      
   USA   
      
   > * F. Science   
   >   
   >    F1. During the period from approximately 1300 to 1850, average   
   >        global temperatures dropped by as much as 2°C, particularly   
   >        in North America and Europe.  By what name is this period   
   >        commonly known?   
      
   Little ice age   
      
   >    F2. What is the scientific word for the study of the behavior   
   >        of materials at very low temperatures?  It derives from   
   >        the Greek word for frost.   
      
   Cryogenics   
      
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