From: swp@aol.com   
      
   msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in   
   news:k4CdnVmeI7LCuoX7nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com:   
      
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-04,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers   
   > and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may   
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation   
   > of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2023-05-24   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - States, Provinces, and Regions   
   >   
   > This category is about subnational jurisdictions, such as states,   
   > provinces, and regions.  For each question, you'll be asked to   
   > identify which country the jurisdiction is part of.   
   >   
   > 1. The first question is about Sinaloa.  Which country is it in?   
      
   mexico   
      
   > 2. Zeeland.   
      
   the netherlands   
      
   > 3. Otago.   
      
   new zealand   
      
   > 4. Karnataka.   
      
   india   
      
   > 5. Busan.   
      
   south korea   
      
   > 6. Piedmont.   
      
   united states   
      
   > 7. Thuringia.   
      
   germany   
      
   > 8. Isfahan.   
      
   iran   
      
   > 9. Northern Mindanao.   
      
   philippines   
      
   > 10. South Kalimantan.   
      
   indonesia   
      
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 8 - History - Historical Periods   
   >   
   > Many historical periods, lasting from decades to centuries, have   
   > familiar titles by which they are known.  These questions deal   
   > with named historical periods.   
   >   
   > 1. What is the name used for the era of US history that came in   
   >    the immediate aftermath of the Civil War and was focused on the   
   >    repercussions of the abolition of slavery and the reintegration   
   >    of the southern states into the Union?   
      
   antebellum   
      
   > 2. What is the name in French for the period of European history   
   >    starting in the 1870s and concluding with the outbreak of   
   >    World War I?  It was considered an era of peace, prosperity,   
   >    innovation, and elegance.   
      
   la belle epoque   
      
   > 3. In which country is the period from 1916 to '28 (or longer,   
   >    by some reckonings) known as "the Warlord Era"?   
      
   china   
      
   > 4. The Reconquista is the name applied to the centuries of warfare   
   >    between Spanish Christians and Moors that began in the 700s and   
   >    ended only with the capitulation of the last Muslim stronghold   
   >    in 1492.  What Andalusian city was the final bastion of Moorish   
   >    Spain?   
      
   grenada?   
      
   > 5. What is the name given to the period of sectarian violence   
   >    in Northern Ireland that lasted from the late 1960s to the Good   
   >    Friday Agreement of 1998?   
      
   the troubles   
      
   > 6. In the United States, the 1890s were viewed nostalgically   
   >    as a time of wealth and ease for the up-and-coming class.   
   >    In Great Britain, the decade of Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley   
   >    was characterized as one of moral laxity and licentiousness.   
   >    Each nation has its own monicker for the '90s.  Provide either.   
      
   the mauve decade   
      
   > 7. The Risorgimento is the name given to the 19th-century period   
   >    when the Italian peninsula became united as a nation for the   
   >    first time since the Roman era.  What revolutionary adventurer   
   >    was the military hero of this period?   
      
   giuseppe garibaldi?   
      
   > 8. The French Second Empire was the period in which Baron Haussmann   
   >    created today's Paris of grand avenues and vistas by demolishing   
   >    much of the medieval city.  Who was the ruler of France during   
   >    the Second Empire?   
      
   napoleon iii   
      
   > 9. What is the informal name given to the period of modern German   
   >    history between the end of World War I and the rise to power   
   >    of Hitler?  It derives from the name of the picturesque city   
   >    which hosted the assembly that established the post-war German   
   >    government.   
      
   weimar republic   
      
   > 10. The career of William Shakespeare commenced in the Elizabethan   
   >    Era.  In which era of English regal history did it conclude?   
      
   king james i ?   
      
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur fvkgu   
   > dhrfgvba, vs lbh fnvq "gur Tvyqrq Ntr", gung ersref gb n ybatre   
   > uvfgbevpny crevbq.  Tb onpx naq tvir n anzr nccyvpnoyr gb gur   
   > fcrpvsvp qrpnqr.   
   >   
      
   swp   
      
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