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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Loanwords   
      
   > 1. Trek, commando, aardvark.   
      
   Afrikaans   
      
   > 2. Pilaf, fez, balaclava.   
      
   Arabic   
      
   > 3. Nimrod, leviathan, rube.   
      
   Hebrew   
      
   > 4. Avatar, dinghy, karma.   
      
   Hindi   
      
   > 5. Tycoon, futon, honcho.   
      
   Japanese   
      
   > 6. Monsoon, wonton, lychee.   
      
   Mandarin   
      
   > 7. Mana, kiwi, tiki.   
      
   Maori   
      
   > 8. Nebbish, klutz, glitch.   
      
   Yiddish   
      
   > 9. Shindig, clan, bard.   
      
   Irish Gaelic   
      
   > 10. Admiral, lemon, saffron.   
      
   Farsi   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 8 - Science - Forestry   
      
   > 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.   
      
   palm oil   
      
   > 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?   
      
   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   
      
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