From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 12/15/24 14:45, Erland Sommarskog wrote:   
   >   
   >   1. Baloo, Bagheera and King Louie are characters from which popular movie   
   >      from the 1960s?   
      
   The Jungle Book   
      
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   >   2. How many women served as head of state of Russia in the 18th century?   
      
   1   
      
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   >   3. If you find yourself in Kashgar, in the western fringes of which   
   >      country are you?   
   >   
   >   4. Roja Stona won gold in the Olympics, but he has now signed a contract   
   >      for a team in another sport. Name any of the two sports. Be   
   >      sufficiently specific.   
   >   
   >   5. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham has been in the news recently. Why?   
      
   leader of Syrian rebels   
      
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   >   6. Old Prussian is an extinct language. Name any of the languages existing   
   >      today that it is most closely related to.   
      
   Lithuanian   
      
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   >   7. The Finnish city of Rovaniemi prouds itself to be the home of   
   >      which mythical figure?   
      
   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer   
      
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   >   8. The American English word "rutabaga" origins from which language?   
   >   
   >   9. Which artist turned the summer of 2024 into a brat summer?   
      
   Taylor Swift   
      
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   > 10. A month or two back, which world leader came to assistance on a   
   >      flight when they asked if there was a doctor on board?   
   >   
   > 11. In computing, what does the abbreviation VPN stand for?   
      
   Virtual Private Network   
      
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   > 12. What famous department store are these two pictures from? There is   
   >      of the exterior, and one from the interior you see as might you   
   >      step in from the street.   
   >      https://www.sommarskog.se/temp/P1020768.jpg   
   >      https://www.sommarskog.se/temp/P1020768.jpg   
      
   Harrod's   
      
   [Note those two urls are identical. I found what I think is the correct   
   second one by adding one to the number.]   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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