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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 9, Rounds 2-3: subway   
   28 May 24 13:56:21   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Margaret Thatcher   
      
   > 3. Which 20th-century political fiigure was selected as the   
   >    greatest Frenchman?   
      
   Charles de Gaulle   
      
   > 4. Topping South Africa's greatest list, not surprisingly, is   
   >    Nelson Mandela.  At #3, somewhat surprisingly, is another   
   >    political activist who was not a native of South Africa --   
   >    but he did spend 21 critical years of his life there.  Name him.   
      
   Gandhi   
      
   > 5. Which political martyr was named the greatest Chilean?   
      
   Salvador Allende   
      
   > 7. Which nation's greatest includes painter Ren? Magritte,   
   >    singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, and Adolphe Sax, inventor of   
   >    the saxophone?   
      
   Belgium   
      
   > 8. Nikola Tesla is the second-greatest of which nation?   
      
   Czech Republic   
      
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