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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - Science - Women in Science   
      
   > 8. What did you say?  This wasn't supposed to be a Canadiana round?   
   >    Okay, then... Engineer Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman   
   >    to do what?   
      
   orbit the Earth   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - A Foolish Challenge Round   
      
   >    A1. The Russian concept of the "holy fool", an eccentric social   
   >        misfit with no filter who can cast light on society from   
   >        the outside, is exemplified by the character of Prince   
   >        Myshkin in which work by Dostoevsky?   
      
   The Idiot   
      
   >    A2. Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" introduces the   
   >        character of Robin Goodfellow, who is the magical jester   
   >        to the Fairy Queen.  By what other one-syllable name is he   
   >        better known?   
      
   Puck   
      
   >    B1. Which mineral is commonly known as Fool's Gold?   
      
   pyrite   
      
   >    B2. What strategy do cuckoos employ to minimize the energy they   
   >        spend incubating eggs?   
      
   they lay them in other birds' nests   
      
   >    C1. On April 1, 2023, which automaker announced the launch of   
   >        its "Wrangler Flannel Edition" especially for the Canadian   
   >        market, to (quote) "keep you as cozy as a lumberjack in   
   >        the Canadian wilderness"?   
      
   Jeep   
      
   >    C2. On April 1, 2023, which company announced the launch of   
   >        a meatball vending machine, with plant-and-veggie Huvudroll   
   >        also available?   
      
   Ikea   
      
   >    D1. Add 5 words to finish this saying: A man who is his own   
   >        lawyer has...   
      
   a fool for a client   
      
   >    D2. Add 5 words to finish this proverb by Alexander Pope:   
   >        Fools rush in...   
      
   where angels fear to tread   
      
   >    F1. An Italian immigrant to the US in the early 1900s, this   
   >        swindler created an investment company ostensibly to profit   
   >        from postage coupon arbitrage, but really just to pass   
   >        new investors' initial contributions to older investors to   
   >        pump up the reputation of the fund and gain more investors.   
   >        Today these types of scams are named for him.  Who was he?   
      
   Ponzi   
      
   >    F2. Victor Lustig passed himself off to a group of scrap-metal   
   >        dealers as a French government official who needed to arrange   
   >        the demolition of a large metal structure and the disposal   
   >        of a large amount of iron.  He took bids and collected a   
   >        fortune, by fraudulently selling iron from -- what, exactly?   
      
   the Eiffel Tower   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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