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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Final, Rounds 2-3: geograp   
   11 Feb 25 03:35:06   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Final, Round 2 - Geography   
      
   > * Canadian Place-Name Changes   
      
   > 1. What Ontario city was formerly known as Bytown?   
      
   Ottawa   
      
      
   > * Famous Hotels   
      
   > 4. Named after the founder of Singapore, it's where Rudyard Kipling   
   >    wrote "The Jungle Book".  It's also the birthplace of the   
   >    Singapore Sling cocktail.   
      
   Raffles   
      
      
   > * English City Suffixes   
      
   > 7. Originating from the Latin word castrum, what do the suffixes   
   >    "-caster", "-cester" ["SES-ter"], and "-chester" all mean?   
   >    Examples include Ancaster, Worcester, and Manchester.   
      
   walled   
      
      
   > * Deepest Lakes   
      
   > 10. Name the deepest lake in Africa (1,470 m).   
      
   Victoria   
      
   > 11. Name the deepest lake in Asia (1,642 m).   
      
   Baikal   
      
   > 12. Name the deepest lake in North America (614 m).   
      
   Superior   
      
   > * Mexican States   
      
   > 15. M?rida ["MARE-ee-dah"] is the capital city of this southern   
   >    state on the Gulf of Mexico.  This state forms part of the   
   >    peninsula that shares its name.   
      
   Yucatan   
      
   > ** Final, Round 3 - Entertainment   
      
   > * Movie Financiers   
      
   > 2. This singer-songwriter mortgaged his home and his business   
   >    manager's London office to raise $4,000,000 to finance "Monty   
   >    Python's Life of Brian".  When an astonished Eric Idle asked his   
   >    friend why he would do that, he said, "I want to see the movie."   
      
   George Harrison   
      
   > 3. This actor-musician-songwriter and music-video pioneer was the   
   >    executive producer of the 1984 science-fiction black comedy   
   >    "Repo Man".  Before obtaining studio financing, he paid the   
   >    startup costs out of his inheritance from his mother's invention   
   >    -- Liquid Paper.   
      
   Vedder   
      
   > * Broadway Musicals   
      
   > 4. 1950 -- "The Oldest Established"; "Luck Be a Lady"; "Sit Down,   
   >    You're Rockin' the Boat".   
      
   Guys and Dolls   
      
   > 5. 1949 -- "A Cockeyed Optimist"; "A Wonderful Guy"; "There is   
   >    Nothin' Like a Dame".   
      
   South Pacific   
      
   > 6. 1947 -- "How are Things in Glocca Morra?"; "Old Devil Moon";   
   >    "That Great Come-and-Get-It Day".   
      
   Brigadoon   
      
   > * Real Names of Characters   
      
   > 9. The real first name of this iconic cartoon character, who made   
   >    her debut in 1928, is Minerva.  Name the character.   
      
   Minnie Mouse   
      
   > * Film Crew   
      
   > 10. This person adds the everyday realistic ambient sounds that   
   >    aren't captured by the recording on set, to help create a sense   
   >    of reality.  (Be specific.)   
      
   Foley artist   
      
   > 11. This person is the head electrician on set, responsible for   
   >    the execution of the lighting plan for a production.  We want   
   >    the 1-word job title.   
      
   gaffer   
      
   > * Rock and Roll Hall of Fame   
      
   > 13. Who is the only artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall   
   >    of Fame three times -- once as a solo artist and as a member   
   >    of two groups?   
      
   Paul McCartney   
      
   > 14. Name any of the three women who have been inducted twice into   
   >    the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Two are in as solo and group   
   >    performers, and the other as a songwriter and performer.   
      
   Carole King   
      
      
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