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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - Geography - The Portuguese Empire   
      
   > 1. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula.  Lisbon sits   
   >    upon its estuary.  From here, the Portuguese caravels set out   
   >    on their voyages of trade and discovery.  Name the river.   
      
   Tagus   
      
   > 2. Today this state is India's smallest in area and richest by GDP.   
   >    Vasco da Gama visited the place on his first voyage, and it   
   >    was a Portuguese colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was   
   >    unceremoniously annexed by India.   
      
   Goa   
      
   > 3. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,   
   >    it was both the first and the last European colony in China.   
   >    The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,   
   >    and stuck around until 1999.  Name the place.   
      
   Macao   
      
   > 4. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was   
   >    ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries.  In 1975, following   
   >    two decades of guerrilla warfare, it was granted independence,   
   >    only to fall into 25 years of civil war.  Since 2000, its   
   >    economy has benefited from oil revenue.  Name the African nation.   
      
   Angola   
      
   > 5. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was   
   >    colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century.  It prospered   
   >    from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like   
   >    Francis Drake.  Today it is a parliamentary republic whose   
   >    best-known cultural export is its music, particularly the late   
   >    singer Cesaria Evora.   
      
   Cape Verde   
      
   > 6. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village in   
   >    1543.  In 1569, a port was built to receive Portuguese ships   
   >    and their cargoes of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.   
   >    After Japan banned Catholicism and expelled the Portuguese,   
   >    the English and Dutch picked up where they'd left off.  Name   
   >    the city, known as Japan's window on the world.   
      
   Nagasaki   
      
   > 7. In 1511 the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,   
   >    achieving short-lived dominance over the South Asian spice trade.   
   >    Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.   
   >    In what present-day country is Malacca?   
      
   Indonesia   
      
   > 8. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of   
   >    Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court   
   >    in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital   
   >    outside of Europe.  It remained the capital of the Portuguese   
   >    Empire through much of the 19th century.  Name it.   
      
   Sao Paulo   
      
   > 10. Although the Portuguese did not set down deep roots in North   
   >    America, memories of their exploration endure in many placenames,   
   >    including one region whose name derives from the Portuguese   
   >    word for "worker".  Which region?   
      
   Labrador   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 6 - History - Predecessors   
      
   > 1. Who preceded French president Emmanuel Macron?   
      
   Sarkozy   
      
   > 2. Who preceded current German chancellor Olaf Scholz?   
      
   Merkel   
      
   > 4. Who preceded current British prime minister Rishi Sunak?   
      
   Truss   
      
   > 7. Who preceded Pope Francis as leader of the Roman Catholic   
   >    Church?  (Number not required.)   
      
   Benedict   
      
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