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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Final, Round 2 - Geography   
      
   > 1. 102 feet of snow fell between 1971-02-19 and 1972-02-18 on the   
   >    weather station on this US mountain, establishing a Guinness   
   >    world record for the biggest annual snowfall.  Name the mountain.   
      
   Mount Washington   
      
   > 2. A new world record wind speed of 253 mph was established in   
   >    1996 during Cyclone Olivia.  In which country was this wind   
   >    speed recorded?   
      
   Japan; USA   
      
   > 3. A world record 73 inches of rain fell within 24 hours on March   
   >    15-16, 1952, on which Indian Ocean island?   
      
   Reunion   
      
   > * Ancient Egyptian Cities   
      
   > 7. This city was the capital of Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine   
   >    Egypt for almost 1,000 years, until the Muslim conquest of 641.   
   >    Today it is Egypt's 2nd-largest city.  Name it.   
      
   Alexandria   
      
   > 8. Currently the 3rd-largest city in Egypt, it is located on the   
   >    west bank of the Nile, 5 km southwest of central Cairo.   
   >    The city is the site of the Great Sphinx and the Pyramid   
   >    of Khufu.  Name it.   
      
   Giza   
      
   > 9. One of this city's ancient names was Thebes.  Opposite it,   
   >    on the west bank of the Nile, lies the Valley of the Kings.   
   >    What is the present name of this city?   
      
   Memphis   
      
   > * Territorial Disputes   
      
   > 10. The Mason-Dixon line was surveyed in 1763-67 to resolve a   
   >    border dispute involving areas of colonial America.  It is   
   >    still a demarcation among four US states.  Name any one of   
   >    these states.   
      
   Maryland   
      
   > 11. The Aroostook War was a military and civilian confrontation in   
   >    1838-39 between the US and the UK over the international boundary   
   >    between a British colony and a US state.  Name *either*.   
      
   Maine   
      
   > 12. The Sakhalin Islands were the subject of a territorial dispute   
   >    between two countries in 1845-75.  Name either one.   
      
   Russia   
      
   > * Famous Streets   
      
   > 13. In what city is Beale St.?  It is famous in music circles.   
      
   Memphis, Tennessee   
      
   > 15. The street names in the classic version of Monopoly are taken   
   >    from which real city?   
      
   Atlantic City   
      
   > ** Final, Round 3 - Entertainment   
      
   > 2. "The Hurt Locker", "Zero Dark Thirty", "K-19: The Widowmaker".   
      
   Kathryn Bigelow   
      
   > 3. "The Virgin Suicides", "Lost in Translation", "Marie Antoinette".   
      
   Sofia Coppola   
      
   > * "Saturday Night Live" Guest Hosts   
      
   > 4. On 1975-10-11, who was the first guest host?   
      
   Buck Henry   
      
   > 6. Name *either* the oldest guest host at age 88 in 2010, or the   
   >    youngest guest host at age 7 in 1982.   
      
   Betty White   
      
   > 7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."   
      
   Sunset Boulevard   
      
   > 9. "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.  How he got in   
   >    my pajamas, I don't know."   
      
   Animal Crackers   
      
   > 10. Chaim Witz.   
      
   Gene Simmons   
      
   > 11. Farrokh Bulsara.   
      
   Freddie Mercury   
      
   > 12. Reginald Kenneth Dwight.   
      
   Elton John   
      
   > 13. "The French Lieutenant's Woman", "Reversal of Fortune",   
   >    "Damage".   
      
   Jeremy Irons   
      
   > 14. "Elephant Man", "1984", "Scandal".   
      
   John Hurt   
      
   > 15. "Hamlet" (1948), "The Prince and the Showgirl", "Marathon Man".   
      
   Laurence Olivier   
      
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