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Feb 21, 2014, 11:01:41 PM2/21/14
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This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, John Adams, Calvin, Russ, Dan Tilque,
Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.

Please submit your answers no later than 11:00pm (GMT-5) on February 24th, 2014.

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#7. Sochi, Russia, is the site of the current Winter Olympics. It has many
"sister cities", the first of which was Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United
Kingdom. Since what *year* has Cheltenham been Sochi's sister city?
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swp

johnada...@gmail.com

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Feb 21, 2014, 11:05:51 PM2/21/14
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On Friday, February 21, 2014 11:01:41 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
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> #7. Sochi, Russia, is the site of the current Winter Olympics. It has many
> "sister cities", the first of which was Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United
> Kingdom. Since what *year* has Cheltenham been Sochi's sister city?
> ***

1960

John

Dan Tilque

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Feb 22, 2014, 3:49:22 AM2/22/14
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swp wrote:

> ***
> #7. Sochi, Russia, is the site of the current Winter Olympics. It has many
> "sister cities", the first of which was Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United
> Kingdom. Since what *year* has Cheltenham been Sochi's sister city?
> ***

1981

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Dan Tilque

Peter Smyth

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Feb 22, 2014, 5:18:13 AM2/22/14
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swp wrote:

> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, John Adams, Calvin, Russ,
> Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> Please submit your answers no later than 11:00pm (GMT-5) on February
> 24th, 2014.
>
> ***
> #7. Sochi, Russia, is the site of the current Winter Olympics. It
> has many "sister cities", the first of which was Cheltenham,
> Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Since what year has Cheltenham
> been Sochi's sister city? ***

1926

Peter

Erland Sommarskog

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Feb 22, 2014, 5:43:16 AM2/22/14
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
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> #7. Sochi, Russia, is the site of the current Winter Olympics. It has
> many "sister cities", the first of which was Cheltenham,
> Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Since what *year* has Cheltenham
> been Sochi's sister city?

What a completely crazy question!

1991 (Which is a choice made entirely on tactical grounds)


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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Russ

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Feb 22, 2014, 7:31:26 AM2/22/14
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1957

Russ S.

Joshua Kreitzer

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Feb 22, 2014, 3:08:50 PM2/22/14
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote in
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1945

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Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com

swp

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Feb 22, 2014, 4:21:01 PM2/22/14
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On Saturday, February 22, 2014 5:43:16 AM UTC-5, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> ***
> > #7. Sochi, Russia, is the site of the current Winter Olympics. It has
> > many "sister cities", the first of which was Cheltenham,
> > Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Since what *year* has Cheltenham
> > been Sochi's sister city?
>
> What a completely crazy question!

sort of. I heard about the large number of sister cities for Sochi during the
opening ceremony telecast, and decided to add something regarding that as a
question in the next knock out contest. It is topical for current events, of
course, and isn't as whacky as asking how many sister cities Sochi has. Oh,
and I like the alliteration of saying 'Sochi's Sister Cities' too.

swp

Calvin

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Feb 23, 2014, 8:05:33 PM2/23/14
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1992

cheers,
calvin

swp

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Feb 23, 2014, 8:15:55 PM2/23/14
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On Friday, February 21, 2014 11:01:41 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
1926 Peter Smyth (-33 years)
1945 Joshua Kreitzer
1957 Russ
1959 *** Correct Answer ***
1960 John Adams
1981 Dan Tilque
1991 Erland Sommarskog
1992 Calvin (+33 years)

Calvin is eliminated on the tie breaker, as he entered last.

This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, John Adams, Russ, Dan Tilque,
Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer

swp
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