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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 5, Rounds 9-10: photo   
   15 Apr 24 09:12:47   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A. Hybrid Words (part Greek, part Latin, all English)   
   >   
   > These words are a combination of a Greek root and a Latin root.   
   > Name them.   
   >   
   >    A1. Greek: "from far" + Latin "act of seeing".   
      
   Television   
      
   >    A2. Greek: "self" + Latin: "movable".   
      
   Automobile   
      
   > * B. Sports Team Name Origins   
   >   
   >    B2. This was first the name of a pair of pants.  Then it was   
   >        the name of a patrician Dutch New Yorker.  Then it was the   
   >        name of the sports team.  It has been since shortened, to...?   
      
   Mets   
      
      
   > * F. International Waterways   
   >   
   > Rivers can be designated International Waterways, giving   
   > international shipping the right of passage to service certain   
   > landlocked countries.  Here are two of them.   
   >   
   >    F1. What river basin is an international waterway for both   
   >        Paraguay and Bolivia?   
      
   Paraná   
      
   >    F2. What river is an international waterway for both Serbia   
   >        and Croatia?   
      
   Danube   
      
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