From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 7/1/2025 6:28 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Loanwords   
   >   
   > "English is a language that beats up other languages in the back   
   > alley and steals their loose vocabulary" is a running joke among   
   > linguists.   
      
   And yet, those other languages still *have* those words.   
      
   >  We'll give you three words commonly used in English;   
   > you tell us what language got beaten up in the back alley.   
   >   
   > 1. Trek, commando, aardvark.   
      
   Afrikaans   
      
   > 2. Pilaf, fez, balaclava.   
      
   Turkish   
      
   > 3. Nimrod, leviathan, rube.   
      
   Hebrew   
      
   > 4. Avatar, dinghy, karma.   
      
   Sanskrit   
      
   > 5. Tycoon, futon, honcho.   
      
   Japanese   
      
   > 6. Monsoon, wonton, lychee.   
      
   Cantonese   
      
   > 7. Mana, kiwi, tiki.   
      
   Maori   
      
   > 8. Nebbish, klutz, glitch.   
      
   Yiddish   
      
   > 9. Shindig, clan, bard.   
      
   Irish   
      
   > 10. Admiral, lemon, saffron.   
      
   Arabic   
      
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh   
   > fnvq Prygvp be Puvarfr sbe nal nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or   
   > zber fcrpvsvp.   
      
   Bxnl, punatrq vg.   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 8 - Science - Forestry   
   >   
   > 10,000,000,000 acres of the world's land area is covered in forests.   
   > The science of forestry has elements that belong to the biological,   
   > physical, social, political, and managerial sciences.  Here are   
   > 10 questions about them.   
   >   
   > 1. What is the term for the biological science of studying forests   
   >     and woodlands?  It is comprised of the Latin word for forests and   
   >     woods, and the Ancient Greek term for "science of" or "study of".   
      
   dendrology   
      
   > 7. Deforestation threatens many forest ecosystems.  It occurs   
   >     when humans remove trees from a forested area by cutting or   
   >     burning, either to harvest timber or to make way for farming.   
   >     Most deforestation today occurs in tropical forests.  According   
   >     to the Union of Concerned Scientists, the vast majority of   
   >     tropical deforestation is the result of the production of   
   >     four commodities: wood, beef, and two others.  Name *either*   
   >     of the others.   
      
   rice   
      
   > 8. China's Great Green Wall, officially known as the Three-North   
   >     Shelter Forest or Belt, is a series of human-planted windbreaking   
   >     forest strips or shelterbelts.  The project began in 1978 and   
   >     is expected to be completed around 2050, at which point it will   
   >     about 4500 kilometers in length.  Its purpose is to provide   
   >     timber to the local population, and hold back the expansion   
   >     of what?   
      
   the Gobi Desert   
      
   > 10. What is the word used in many northern countries, including   
   >     where its use originated, for the biome between the tundra   
   >     and the temperate forest, characterized by coniferous forests   
   >     consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches?  In Canada,   
   >     "boreal forest" is used for this definition, and the word we are   
   >     seeking is used to describe the more barren areas approaching   
   >     the tree line and the tundra.   
      
   taiga   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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