From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   I have assembled twelve questions about this and that. As usual, post   
   answers to the newsgroup. Use only your own knowledge. Don't ask the   
   cat, the spouse or chat GPT.   
      
   Each question is worth one point. In case of a tie, I will make a   
   subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers to score a winner,   
   and if that is not possible, first post wins.   
      
   I plan to score this on Tuesday 9th.   
      
   HAVE FUN!   
      
   1. BYD, also known as Build Your Dreams, is the world's largest manufacturer   
      of what type of product?   
      
   2. Up to 1960 how many of the Summer Olympics had been hosted by a city   
      outside Europe?   
      
   3. The catalogue of which popular artist includes two studio albums of which   
      the first word in the title is "Born"?   
      
   4. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus have assumed the duties as the head   
      of the interim government in which country?   
      
   5. If you are going to Varanasi, which river may you be looking into to soak   
      yourself into?   
      
   6. Which is the only country to have taken at least one medal in every   
      Summer and Winter Olympics since 1908?   
      
   7. Which city of religious importance was known as Yathrib until around   
      AD 627 when tradition has it that the ruler of the city forbade this   
      name?   
      
   8. In which country are you most likely to find speakers of Mordvinian,   
      a Finnish-Ugric language?   
      
   9. The world's most recent national capital is Nusantara. It is in fact   
      so recent that it has not been inaugurated yet. It was slated to happen   
      on Aug 17th, but it was postponed due to delays in construction. So the   
      old capital that faces the risk of sinking is still the capital for some   
      time. The name Nusantara can roughly be translated into English as   
      "outer islands". Of which country is Nusantara becoming the capital?   
      
   10. Which well-known artist has recently taken place in the US Capitol   
       representing Arkansas as a statue?   
      
   11. Francis Ford Coppola is hitting the screen with his recent   
       "Megalopolis", a title directly may make you think of a file from 1927   
       by which director?   
      
   12. Look at the picture http://privat.sommarskog.se/2000/Stora/05.JPG.   
       This is outside the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Who is the artist   
       behind this puppy?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)