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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   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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