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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   
      
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