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   Dan Blum to Erland Sommarskog   
   Re: Erland's occasional quiz   
   03 Jul 24 00:42:55   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Erland Sommarskog  wrote:   
      
   > 1. Gibril Farishta and Saladin Chamcha are the main characters in which   
   >    1980's novel which sparked quite some controversy?   
      
   The Satanic Verses   
      
   > 4. Which city might you be travelling to if you land at the Changi airport?   
      
   Seoul   
      
   > 5. Herogenaurach is a city in Bavaria with around 25000 inhabitants.   
   >    Despite the unassuming size, the city holds the headquarters for   
   >    both the second and third largest company world-wide for which class   
   >    of consumer products?   
      
   athletic shoes   
      
   > 6. This actor has been seen in such diverse movies as "The Grifters",   
   >    "Con Air", "Being John Malkovich" and "Runaway Jury". Who is this   
   >    person?   
      
   John Cusack   
      
   > 8. You meet a group of people, and you find that their last names   
   >    all end in -adze, -idze or -shvili. Which country are the likely   
   >    to be coming from?   
      
   Georgia   
      
   > 10. Which car manufacturer has or had models like 104, 207, 305, 404 and   
   >     5008?   
      
   Porsche   
      
   > 12. Cannel? is a pastry which is popular all over France, but it is   
   >     speciality of which region, of which the name may be more likely   
   >     to make you think of wine? You can see a sample of the goodies   
   >     here: https://www.sommarskog.se/temp/caneles.jpg. (Picture taken   
   >     from Wikipedia.)   
      
   Burgundy   
      
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