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|    Gregg Seelhoff to All    |
|    Re: Erland's Occasional Quiz    |
|    07 Oct 24 22:26:16    |
      From: seelhoff@sophsoft.com              > 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.              I believe the next Tuesday 9th is in September 2025. ;-)              > 2. Up to 1960 how many of the Summer Olympics had been hosted by a       > city outside Europe?              2              > 3. The catalogue of which popular artist includes two studio albums of       > which the first word in the title is "Born"?              Bruce Springsteen              > 6. Which is the only country to have taken at least one medal in every       > Summer and Winter Olympics since 1908?              Germany              > 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?              Bali              > 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?              Fritz Lang              --       Gregg Seelhoff              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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