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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 9, Rounds 2-3: subway   
   28 May 24 20:16:15   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 9, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Subway Station Addresses:   
   >   Don't be Fooled!   
      
   I guess a sure way to avoid being fooled is to not look at all. Move on!   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 3 - History - The Greatest of...   
   >   
   > 1. Winston Churchill was chosen the greatest Briton.  Which   
   >    20th-century figure was the highest-ranking *woman* on that list,   
   >    coming in at #3?   
      
   QEII   
      
   > 2. Howard Florey, who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology   
   >    or Medicine with Sir Alexander Fleming in recognition of his   
   >    role in the development of penicillin, was the greatest of   
   >    which country?   
      
   New Zealand   
      
   > 3. Which 20th-century political fiigure was selected as the   
   >    greatest Frenchman?   
      
   Charles de Gaulle   
      
   > 5. Which political martyr was named the greatest Chilean?   
      
   Salvador Allende   
      
   > 6. The greatest Spaniard is currently living in self-imposed exile   
   >    in the UAE, dodging potential charges of large-scale bribery   
   >    and embezzlement back home.  Name him.   
      
   King Juan Carlos   
      
   > 7. Which nation's greatest includes painter René Magritte,   
   >    singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, and Adolphe Sax, inventor of   
   >    the saxophone?   
      
   Belgium   
      
   > 8. Nikola Tesla is the second-greatest of which nation?   
      
   Serbia   
      
   > 10. 3 of the 10 greatest Canadians are still alive.  Name *any   
   >    one* of them.   
      
   Mark Brader   
      
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