From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-07-15,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin', and are   
   > used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have   
   > been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation of   
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
      
   London   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 4. Likely the biggest innovation for the Paris Games involves the   
   >     opening ceremony.  What will be the new wrinkle for the Opening   
   >     this year?   
      
   Olympic teams on boats in the Seine   
      
   >   
   > 5. Speaking of innovations, what sport will make its Olympic debut   
   >     at the Paris Games?   
      
   Break dancing   
      
   >   
   > 6. Another change for the Paris Games involves the mascot.  This   
   >     time, the Games mascot is not an animal or a fictional character,   
   >     but an object, called a phryge ["freezh"].  *What type of   
   >     clothing* is a phryge?   
   >   
   > 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.)   
      
   22; 27   
      
   >   
   > 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; Romania   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Tonga; Tuvalu   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - Nicknames   
   >   
   > * A. Sports: Baseball   
   >   
   >     A1. Which outfielder was known as "the Georgia Peach"?   
      
   Ty Cobb   
      
   >     A2. Which 1950s and 60s pitcher was nicknamed "the Left Hand   
   >         of God"?   
      
   Sandy Koufax; Warren Spahn   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Science   
   >   
   >     B1. What did 19th-century Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle call   
   >         "the dismal science?"   
   >   
   >     B2. Which scientist was nicknamed "the Modern-Day Einstein"?   
      
   Neil DeGrasse Tyson   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Entertainment: Country Music   
   >   
   >     C1. Which singer-songwriter, who died in 1953, was nicknamed   
   >         "the Hillbilly Shakespeare?"   
      
   Woody Guthrie   
      
   >   
   >     C2. What Nashville building is known as the Mother Church of   
   >         Country Music?   
      
   Grand Ole Opry   
      
   >   
   >     After completing this category, please decode the rot13: Vs   
   >     lbh fnvq Unax Jvyyvnzf sbe na nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or   
   >     zber fcrpvsvp.   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. History: World War II Generals   
   >   
   >     D1. Who was nicknamed "The Desert Fox"?   
      
   Rommel   
      
   >     D2. Who was nicknamed "Old Blood and Guts"?   
      
   Patton   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Geography: Cities   
   >   
   >     E1. What city is known as "the Paris of the Middle East"?   
      
   Beirut   
      
   >     E2. What South American city is known as "the Paris of the   
   >         Americas"?   
      
   Buenos Aires   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Canadiana: Prime Ministers   
   >   
   >     F1. Which prime minister was nicknamed "Mike"?   
   >     F2. Which prime minister was known to his friends as "Rex"?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)