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   Dan Blum to Erland Sommarskog   
   Re: Erland's occasional quiz   
   18 Aug 25 02:02:31   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Erland Sommarskog  wrote:   
      
   > 3. In which century did Beijing first became the capital of China?   
      
   13th (although it wasn't called that then)   
      
   > 4. Amis, Paiwan and Atayal are the three most numerous indigenous peoples   
   >    of which high-tech island?   
      
   Taiwan   
      
   > 5. What circumstance unites the two music groups Nirvana and Joy Division?   
      
   the lead singer committed suicide   
      
   > 6. Lot was the nephew of Abraham. He had two daughters and two sons. The   
   >    mother of the daughters was his wife, but who gave birth to his sons?   
      
   the daughters   
      
   > 7. Ivan Mazepa was an independence fighter who is associated with which   
   >    modern country?   
      
   Hungary   
      
   > 8. What is noticeable about the number 1729?   
      
   it can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways   
      
   > 9. The Wedding Banquet is an early film from which renowned director   
   >    whose later works include both dragons and cowboys?   
      
   Ang Lee   
      
   > 11. The famous Wimbledon Championships in tennis is organised by All England   
   >     Lawn Tennis and ??? Club. What word does the question mark represent?   
      
   Badminton   
      
   > 12. Refer to https://www.sommarskog.se/temp/IMG_3984.jpg. The statue   
   >     illustrates an event that takes place at the yearly San Fermin   
   >     festival in which city?   
      
   Pamplona   
      
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