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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Game 5, Rounds 2-3: Tonys    
   14 Nov 24 21:30:01   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 5, Round 2 - Entertainment - Tony Awards   
   >   
      
      
   > * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Airport Codes   
   >   
   > 1. Every once in a while, some very confused travellers end up   
   >    in the wrong city.  YQY is the airport code for auch a city in   
   >    the Maritimes.  But what is the city on the other side of the   
   >    world where they likely meant to go?   
      
   St Johns   
      
   > 2. This northern Canadian airport is named for former Deputy Prime   
   >    Minister Erik Nielsen.  What city has the airport code YXY?   
      
   Churchill   
      
   > 3. What is the code for Chicago's O'Hare airport?   
      
   ORD   
      
   > 4. New York City is served by 3 major airports -- two located in   
   >    Queens, and one in New Jersey.  LGA and EWR are the codes for   
   >    2 of them.  What is the code for the third?   
      
   JFK   
      
   > 5. HYD is the code for Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in this   
   >    capital city of the Indian state of Telangana.  What city has   
   >    the code HYD?   
      
   Hyrderabad   
      
   > 6. BOM is the airport code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj   
   >    International Airport.  Which city does this airport serve?   
      
   Mumbai   
      
   > 7. JNB is the code for O.R. Tambo International Airport in what   
   >    major African city?   
      
   Johannesburg   
      
   > 8. NIM is the code for Diori Hamani International airport in Niamey   
   >    in sub-Saharan Africa, in the country where Canadian diplomat   
   >    Robert Fowler was kidnapped in 2008.  Niamey is the capital of   
   >    what country?   
      
   Niger   
      
   > 9. RUH is the code for the international airport in which Middle   
   >    Eastern city?   
      
   Riyadh   
      
   > 10. SNA is the code for John Wayne Airport, serving Orange County   
   >    in California.  In which city is John Wayne Airport located?   
      
   Saint Anna   
      
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gurer vf ab   
   > pvgl va Vaqvn anzrq Obzonl nal zber.  Vs lbh tnir gung nafjre,   
   > tb onpx naq fhofgvghgr gur pheerag anzr.   
   >   
      
   I typed Mumbai before reading the note. I'm happy to see that you   
   don't accept the other name.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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