From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Erland Sommarskog wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
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   > 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?   
      
   Bangladesh   
      
   >   
   > 5. If you are going to Varanasi, which river may you be looking into to soak   
   >     yourself into?   
      
   Indus   
      
   >   
   > 6. Which is the only country to have taken at least one medal in every   
   >     Summer and Winter Olympics since 1908?   
      
   France   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Mecca   
      
   >   
   > 8. In which country are you most likely to find speakers of Mordvinian,   
   >     a Finnish-Ugric language?   
      
   Hungary   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Indonesia   
      
   >   
   > 10. Which well-known artist has recently taken place in the US Capitol   
   >      representing Arkansas as a statue?   
      
   Johnny Cash   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Lang   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Chihuly   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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