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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 6, Rounds 9-10: penin   
   30 Apr 24 02:11:27   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 6, Round 9 - Geography - Peninsulas   
      
   > 1. Merida, Cancun, Campeche.   
      
   Yucatan   
      
   > 2. Kalamata, Patras, Corinth.   
      
   Peloponnes   
      
   > 3. Simferopol, Sevastopol, Kerch.   
      
   Crimea   
      
   > 4. Lion's head, Tobermory, Wiarton.   
      
   Donegal; Bruce   
      
   > 5. Bay Roberts, Placentia, St. John's.   
      
   Gaspe   
      
   > 6. Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca.   
      
   Malay   
      
   > 7. Peggy's Cove, Sambro, Herring Cove.   
      
   Avalon; Dingle   
      
   > 8. Chandler, New Richmond, Grand-Rivi?re.   
      
   Bondoc; Gaspe   
      
   > 10. La Paz, Cabo San Lucas, San Jos? del Cabo.   
      
   Baja California   
      
   > ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
      
   > * B. History: Lone Battles   
      
   >    B1. The Battle of Lone Tree Hill -- also known as the Battle   
   >        of Wakde-Sarmi -- was fought from May to September of   
   >        1944 between American and Japanese troops under grueling   
   >        equatorial rain-forest conditions.  In what modern-day   
   >        country can you find Lone Tree Hill?   
      
   Papua New Guinea   
      
   >    B2. The World War I Battle of Lone Pine was fought in August   
   >        1915.  Today, the Lone Pine cemetery serves as a special   
   >        place of commemoration and pilgrimage for Australians   
   >        in memory of their war dead, particularly on ANZAC Day.   
   >        In which modern-day country can you find Lone Pine cemetery?   
      
   Belgium; France   
      
   > * D. Geography: Lonely Places   
      
   >    D1. Of all Canadian provinces, this one, with a population of   
   >        530,100, has the lowest population density at 1.4 people/km?.   
   >        Which province?   
      
   Saskatchewan; Alberta   
      
   >    D2. Excluding Antarctica, which continent has the lowest   
   >        population density, with approximately 5 people/km??   
      
   Australia   
      
      
   > * F. Science: Endlings   
      
   >    F2. Lonesome George, the last of his subspecies, passed away   
   >        in 2012, at the estimated age of 102, in his birthplace,   
   >        Pinta Island.  What type of creature was George?   
      
   tortoise   
      
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