From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 3/13/2024 11:48 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Eponymous Products   
   >   
   > This round is about products, natural and artificial, that are   
   > named for places.  In each case, name the product.   
   >   
   > 2. One of many British imperial borrowings, this style of house is   
   >     modeled on the lodgings built for early European settlers   
   >     in Bengal.  Name the house style.   
      
   bungalow   
      
   > 3. This fortified wine, long popular in Britain, is most famously   
   >     produced in the Andalusian city of Jerez ["Hey-reth"] de la   
   >     Frontera.  Name it.   
      
   sherry   
      
   > 4. This fortified dessert wine derives its name from the Atlantic   
   >     island where it is produced.  Its flavor comes from a distinctive   
   >     process of heat and aging, developed after the discovery that   
   >     long, turbulent ocean transport in the overheated hold of a   
   >     ship actually improved the flavor.  Name the liquor.   
      
   Madeira   
      
   > 5. This bulky carrying bag, associated with soldiers, is probably   
   >     named for the Belgian town where the thick cloth used to make   
   >     it was produced from the 17th century.  Name the bag.   
      
   duffel bag   
      
   > 6. When two European immigrants began to manufacture work pants in   
   >     19th-century America, they used the soft yet durable cotton   
   >     cloth named for the city of its original manufacture in southern   
   >     France.  Name the textile.   
      
   denim   
      
   > 7. This traditional dessert, a dense pastry shell holding a layer   
   >     of fruit preserves and sliced nuts topped with a lattice design,   
   >     is reputed to be the oldest confection named for a city.   
   >     The first known reference to it by name was in 1673; the city   
   >     is in Austria.  Name the dessert.   
      
   Viennese torte   
      
   > 8. Though this seasonal fruit originally grew in southeast Asia,   
   >     it takes its name from the North African port from which it   
   >     was traditionally shipped to Europe.  Name the fruit.   
      
   orange   
      
   > 10. This ornamental textile design featuring a stylized Persian   
   >     teardrop motif first appeared in Britain on Kashmir shawls   
   >     imported from India.  It takes its English name from a Scottish   
   >     textile town famed for its production.  The design was all the   
   >     rage during the psychedelic '60s and remains popular today.   
   >     Name the design.   
      
   paisley   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Grammar   
   >   
   >  From the accompanying list, pick out the grammatical term that   
   > best answers each question.  Answers do not repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. What do we call a noun derived from a verb and ending in -ing?   
   >     e.g., "Eating is a pleasure".   
      
   gerund   
      
   > 2. Nominative ("he") and accusative ("him") are instances of what?   
      
   case   
      
   > 3. What word describes an object related in form and meaning to   
   >     the verb that governs it? e.g., "Sing a song", "Dream a dream",   
   >     "See a sight."   
      
   cognate; stem   
      
   > 4. What is the "if" clause in a conditional sentence called?   
      
   apodosis; protasis   
      
   > 5. Active ("I shoot") and passive ("I am shot") are instances   
   >     of what?   
      
   voice   
      
   > 6. Indicative and subjunctive are instances of what?   
      
   mood   
      
   > 7. What fault is exemplified by this sentence from "Forbes"?   
   >     "Following the death of their grandmother, the passenger used   
   >     Air Canada's chatbot on the website to research flights which   
   >     suggested the passenger could apply for bereavement fares   
   >     retroactively."   
      
   misplaced modifier   
      
   > 8. What fault is exemplified by the phrase "free gift"?   
      
   pleonasm   
      
   > 9.  What do we call the noun for which a pronoun stands?   
   >     For instance, "Ralph" in the sentence, "Ask Ralph; he'll know."   
      
   antecedent   
      
   > 10. A quotation attributed to Winston Churchill has him referring   
   >     to *what kind of word* and saying that objections to ending a   
   >     sentence with one were something up with which he would not put?   
      
   preposition   
      
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