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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIWSS24 Game 11, Rounds 9-10: out    |
|    17 Aug 25 23:36:17    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > ** Game 11, Round 9 - History - Outlaws       >       > 9. This businessman founded Enron, and oversaw and organized the       > mass accounting fraud that ended up costing the United States       > billions of dollars when that company went bankrupt. He died       > of a heart attack before going to prison. Who was he?              Madoff              > ** Game 11, Round 10 - Challenge - It's Too Long       >       > * A. Long Wars       >       > A1. The Crusades lasted for about three hundred years. How many       > major -- i.e. numbered -- Crusades were there?              Four              > A2. The Long March was a strategic retreat undertaken by one       > side in what country's civil war?              China              > * C. Long Rivers       >       > C1. What's the longest river in Europe?              Volga              > C2. What's the *second-longest* river in South America?              Paraná              > * D. Long Flights       >       > D1. The current longest non-stop flight in the world lasts for       > 18 hours 40 minutes and operates between New York's JFK       > Airport and *what Asian hub airport city*?              Singapore              > D2. The current longest non-stop flight from Toronto lasts       > for 17 hours 5 minutes, and goes to *what Asian country*'s       > capital city?              Japan              > E1. "Ŕ la recherche du temps perdu" is 1,500,000 words long.       > Who wrote it?              Proust              > F2. The longest test match on record for a game of cricket       > took place in 1939, between England and which of its       > colonial possessions?              India              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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