From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 9, Round 9 - Sports - Summer Olympics   
   >   
   > With the Summer Olympics set to open in Paris on July 26, we have   
   > 10 questions for you...   
   >   
   > 1. Paris will be the second city to host the Olympics 3 times.   
   >    Name the other 3-time host.   
      
   Lake Placid   
      
   > 2. Which city will join  and Paris in hosting its third   
   >    Olympic Games in 2028?   
      
   Los Angeles   
      
   > 3. Which city will host the 2032 Summer Olympics?   
      
   Brisbane   
      
   > 4. Likely the biggest innovation for the Paris Games involves the   
   >    opening ceremony.  What will be the new wrinkle for the Opening   
   >    this year?   
      
   The parade was on boats on the Seine.   
      
   > 5. Speaking of innovations, what sport will make its Olympic debut   
   >    at the Paris Games?   
      
   Softball   
      
   > 7. As usual, some Olympic competitions will be staged outside   
   >    the host city.  For the surfing events, you'll have to venture   
   >    more than 15,000 km from Paris.  The venue is a legendary surfing   
   >    spot *where*?  Name *either* the specific island or the French   
   >    Overseas Territory containing it.   
      
   Tahiti   
      
   > 8. Within 2, how many sports will be contested at the Paris Games?   
   >    (Note: we're asking the number of sports, *not* the number of   
   >    events, which is 329.)   
      
   26   
      
   > 9. Which Eastern European country has won more Olympic medals --   
   >    521 to be exact -- than any other existing nation that has   
   >    *never* hosted the Games?   
      
   Poland   
      
   > 10. San Marino is the smallest country by population to win a Summer   
   >    Olympics medal, with a silver and two bronze at the Tokyo 2020   
   >    games in 2021.  Which island nation is the smallest by population   
   >    to win a *gold* medal at the Summer Olympics -- also that year?   
      
   Fiji   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - Nicknames   
   >   
   > * B. Science   
   >   
   >    B2. Which scientist was nicknamed "the Modern-Day Einstein"?   
      
   Stephen Hawkins   
      
   > * D. History: World War II Generals   
   >   
   >    D1. Who was nicknamed "The Desert Fox"?   
      
   Montgomery   
      
   > * E. Geography: Cities   
   >   
   >    E1. What city is known as "the Paris of the Middle East"?   
      
   Bucharest   
      
   >    E2. What South American city is known as "the Paris of the   
   >        Americas"?   
      
   Buenos Aires   
      
   For that matter, the town I grew up outside of is sometimes knowns "Little   
   Paris".   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)