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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 2, Rounds 7-8: pre-SW   
   11 Oct 25 11:16:04   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Common Latin Expressions   
   > 2. Cogito ergo sum.   
      
   I think, thus I exist   
      
   > 3. Alea iacta est.   
      
   The dice has been cast   
      
   > 4. Festina lente.   
      
   Fiest of Lent   
      
   > 6. Bona fide.   
      
   Good faith   
      
   > 7. Memento mori.   
      
   Remember that you are bound to die   
      
   > 9. Semper fidelis.   
      
   Always faithful   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - USA   
   >   
   >    A2. Who wrote "The Zoo Story", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?",   
   >        and "A Delicate Balance"?   
      
   Terrence Williams   
      
   > * B. History - Westward Expansion   
   >   
   >    B1. In 1803 the US acquired 828,000 square miles of land west   
   >        of the Mississippi River from France.  The acquisition   
   >        doubled the size of the country and included part or all   
   >        of 15 modern US states.  What is this transaction commonly   
   >        referred to as?   
      
   Louisana purchase   
      
   > * F. Geography - Ain't No Mountain High Enough   
   >   
   >    F1. What is the tallest mountain in the US?   
      
   Denali   
      
   >    F2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you   
   >        have finished with the previous one.  Jung vf gur gnyyrfg   
   >        zbhagnva va gur pbagvthbhf (be "ybjre") sbegl-rvtug fgngrf?   
      
   Mt. Helens   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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