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   > * Game 3, Round 2 - Geography - Straits & Narrows   
      
   > 2. What is the strait that separates Vancouver Island, Canada,   
   > from the Olympic Peninsula in the US?   
      
   Juan de Fuca Strait   
      
   > 5. What is the strait that separates Iran from the United Arab   
   > Emirates and Oman? It links the Persian Gulf and the Gulf   
   > of Oman.   
      
   Strait of Hormuz   
      
   > 7. What is the strait that separates Denmark from Norway?   
   > It joins the North Sea to the Kattegat Strait, which leads on   
   > between Denmark and Sweden to the Baltic Sea.   
      
   Skagerrak   
      
   > 8. What is the strait that separates the European part of Turkey   
   > from Anatolia or the Asian part of Turkey, from the Black   
   > Sea to the Sea of Marmara? It is also sometimes known as the   
   > Istanbul Strait.   
      
   Bosporous; Dardanelles   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Massey Lectures Books   
      
   > 2. "The Underdeveloped Country", 1965. This speaker also wrote   
   > "The Affluent Society" and "The Age of Uncertainty". He was   
   > an economist who worked in multiple Democratic administrations,   
   > from FDR to Lyndon Johnson.   
      
   Keynes   
      
   > 3. "Conscience for Change", 1967. This speaker also wrote "The   
   > Measure of a Man" and "Strength to Love". He was a minister and   
   > a played a significant role in the 1960s civil rights movement.   
      
   Abernathy   
      
   > 4. "Canadian Cities and Sovereignty Association", 1979.   
   > This speaker also wrote "The Death and Life of American Cities"   
   > and "Cities and the Wealth of Nations". As an activist for   
   > urban issues, she opposed both the Lower Manhattan and Spadina   
   > Expressways.   
      
   Jacobs   
      
   > 6. "Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies",   
   > 1988. This speaker also wrote "Manufacturing Consent" and   
   > "Language and Mind". He is often referred to as the "father of   
   > modern linguistics". He is also well known for his left-leaning   
   > political activism and social criticism.   
      
   Chomsky   
      
   > 8. "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth", 2008.   
   > This speaker also wrote "Oryx and Crake" and "Surfacing",   
   > among numerous literary works. She might be best known for her   
   > 1985 novel that was adapted into a dystopian science-fiction   
   > television series that premiered in 2017.   
      
   Atwood   
      
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