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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 3, Rounds 2-3: strait   
   15 Oct 25 01:24:27   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * 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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