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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 9 - History - Dark Corners of the '50s   
      
   > 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 ?rbenz with a long-lasting dictatorship.   
   >    In which Latin-American country did that happen?   
      
   Guatemala; Honduras   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Kenya   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Khrushchev   
      
   > 7. In 1953, a strongman overthrew democracy in Cuba and ruled as   
   >    a corrupt and murderous dictator till 1959.  He was born Reub?n   
   >    Zald?var, but is better known by his chosen name, which is what?   
      
   Batista   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Haiti   
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Winter Challenge Round   
      
   > * A. Literature   
      
   >    A1. Maxim de Winter, the master of Manderley, is the brooding   
   >        male protagonist of which classic novel of mystery and   
   >        suspense?   
      
   Rebecca   
      
   >    A2. Which Shakespeare play opens with these lines?   
      
   >           "Now is the winter of our discontent   
   >            made glorious summer by this sun of York"   
      
   Richard III   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   lack of food   
      
   >    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   
      
      
   > * D. Canadiana / Geography   
      
   >    D1. Among Canadian cities with a population over 500,000,   
   >        which has on average the coldest winters?   
      
   Winnipeg   
      
   >    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?   
      
   Ontario   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   USA   
      
   >    E2. What country has hosted the greatest number of Winter   
   >        Olympic Games?   
      
   Norway   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   cryology   
      
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