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QFTCI11 Final Round 7: Geography
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Mark Brader
Nov 27, 2011, 8:27:30 PM11/27/11
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-04-04,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I wrote 4 triples in this round.
* Final, Round 7 - Geography
A. Country Subdivisions
A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
Answer in German.
A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
divided into? More or less the same word is used in
English, French, and German.
A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
also used in English: what is it?
B. Airports
In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
Airport?
B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport?
B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
Chopin?
C. Trains
C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
country would you find the Indian Pacific?
C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
fast train whose initials stand for the English words
"Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
find ICE trains?
C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
D. Seas
D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
of India and is about the same size as India?
D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
than Maryland. Name it.
E. US Mountains
For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
name that state.
E1. The Catskills.
E2. The Poconos.
E3. The Green Mountains.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "As always, breakfast recapitulated
m...@vex.net phylogeny." -- Spider Robinson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I wrote 4 triples in this round.
* Final, Round 7 - Geography
A. Country Subdivisions
A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
Answer in German.
A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
divided into? More or less the same word is used in
English, French, and German.
A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
also used in English: what is it?
B. Airports
In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
Airport?
B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport?
B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
Chopin?
C. Trains
C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
country would you find the Indian Pacific?
C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
fast train whose initials stand for the English words
"Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
find ICE trains?
C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
D. Seas
D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
of India and is about the same size as India?
D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
than Maryland. Name it.
E. US Mountains
For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
name that state.
E1. The Catskills.
E2. The Poconos.
E3. The Green Mountains.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "As always, breakfast recapitulated
m...@vex.net phylogeny." -- Spider Robinson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Nov 27, 2011, 8:44:39 PM11/27/11
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On Nov 27, 7:27 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Land
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
(I'm not under any illusions that this is the correct answer, but I
don't have any better answer)
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Calvin
Nov 27, 2011, 10:46:59 PM11/27/11
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:27:30 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Paletinate or something like that
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
>
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
>
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
> E2. The Poconos.
Missouri, Iowa
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont?
--
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Nov 27, 2011, 11:19:13 PM11/27/11
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Joshua Kreitzer:
> (I'm not under any illusions that this is the correct answer, but...)
Giggle!
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m...@vex.net | listening to you or understanding what you're saying:
Toronto | I'm doing all three at the same time." -- Aaron Sorkin
> (I'm not under any illusions that this is the correct answer, but...)
Giggle!
--
Mark Brader | "No, I'm disagreeing with you. That doesn't mean I'm not
m...@vex.net | listening to you or understanding what you're saying:
Toronto | I'm doing all three at the same time." -- Aaron Sorkin
swp
Nov 27, 2011, 11:40:07 PM11/27/11
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On Sunday, November 27, 2011 8:27:30 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
lander (where's the umlaut on this new computer?) or bundesland
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
>
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
>
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
>
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
>
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
> E2. The Poconos.
pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
vermont
swp
Dan Tilque
Nov 28, 2011, 12:09:39 AM11/28/11
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Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Land
>
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
>
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
>
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
>
>
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
>
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
>
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
>
>
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
>
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
>
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
>
>
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
>
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
>
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
>
>
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
New York
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont
--
Dan Tilque
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont
--
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teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial
Academy training manuals..."
-- "Labyrinth", Lois McMaster Bujold
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 28, 2011, 1:08:16 AM11/28/11
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In article <gMednQfeGI8ffk_T...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
oblast
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
>
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
Nairobi
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
Warsaw
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
>
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
>
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
Japan
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
>
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
Arabian Sea
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
Sea of Azov
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
>
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
canton
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
>
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
>
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
>
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
>
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
>
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
New York
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont, hence the name of the state
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
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Peter Smyth
Nov 28, 2011, 3:34:17 AM11/28/11
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"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:gMednQfeGI8ffk_T...@vex.net...
>* Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
>A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Lander
news:gMednQfeGI8ffk_T...@vex.net...
>* Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
>A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
Canton
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
Oblast
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
>
>B. Airports
>
>In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
>For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
>
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
>
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Fr�d�ric
>B. Airports
>
>In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
>For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
>
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
>
> Chopin?
>
>
>C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
USA
>
>
>C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> � Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
Germany
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
Japan
>
>D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
Black Sea
>D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
>
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
Caspian Sea
> of India and is about the same size as India?
>
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
>
>E. US Mountains
>
>For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
>is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
>name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
> E2. The Poconos.
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Peter Smyth
>E. US Mountains
>
>For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
>is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
>name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
> E2. The Poconos.
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Joachim Parsch
Nov 28, 2011, 5:39:02 AM11/28/11
to
Mark Brader schrieb:
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-04-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote 4 triples in this round.
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Bundesland.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-04-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote 4 triples in this round.
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
>
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
>
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
>
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
>
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
> E2. The Poconos.
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Joachim
Stan Brown
Nov 28, 2011, 8:19:43 AM11/28/11
to
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:27:30 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Lander
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
New York
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont (hence the name)
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
Dan Blum
Nov 28, 2011, 10:21:56 AM11/28/11
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
> A. Country Subdivisions
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Land
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
> A. Country Subdivisions
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
> B. Airports
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Fr?d?ric
> Chopin?
Warsaw; Krakow
> C. Trains
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
Germany
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
> D. Seas
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
Sea of Azov
> E. US Mountains
> E. US Mountains
> E1. The Catskills.
New York
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont
--
New York
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Pete
Nov 28, 2011, 12:04:00 PM11/28/11
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:gMednQfeGI8ffk_T...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-04-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote 4 triples in this round.
>
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Staat
>
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
Canton
>
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
Republik
>
>
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
Port au Prince; Kinshasha
>
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
Nairobi
>
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
Warsaw
>
>
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
Australia
>
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
England
>
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
Japan
>
>
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
Aegean
>
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
Arabian
>
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
>
>
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
news:gMednQfeGI8ffk_T...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-04-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote 4 triples in this round.
>
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
>
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
>
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
>
>
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
>
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
>
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
>
>
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
>
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
>
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
>
>
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
>
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
>
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
>
>
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
New York
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont
>
Pete
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont
>
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 28, 2011, 5:48:17 PM11/28/11
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Bundesland
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
(Tay-zhay-vay? If you ask for a ticket to that train in France, I don't
know where they will send you...)
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
> E1. The Catskills.
North Carolina
> E2. The Poconos.
Nevada
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Oregon
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Mark Brader
Nov 28, 2011, 6:02:03 PM11/28/11
to
Mark Brader:
> > C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for...
Erland Sommarskog:
might do it, or something?
--
Mark Brader | "Which baby is that? Oh, of course -- it must be
Toronto | the one that comes complete with bathwater."
m...@vex.net | --Maria Conlon
> > C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for...
Erland Sommarskog:
> (Tay-zhay-vay? If you ask for a ticket to that train in France, I don't
> know where they will send you...)
Huh? Are you imagining "tay" pronounced as a French or Swedish person
> know where they will send you...)
might do it, or something?
--
Mark Brader | "Which baby is that? Oh, of course -- it must be
Toronto | the one that comes complete with bathwater."
m...@vex.net | --Maria Conlon
Jeffrey Turner
Nov 28, 2011, 6:21:42 PM11/28/11
to
On 11/27/2011 8:27 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
>
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
Canton
>
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
>
> A. Country Subdivisions
>
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
>
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
>
>
> B. Airports
>
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
>
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
> C. Trains
>
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
>
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
> D. Seas
>
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
>
>
> E. US Mountains
>
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
>
> E1. The Catskills.
New York
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont (Obvious if you know French.)
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania
> E3. The Green Mountains.
--Jeff
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 29, 2011, 3:29:30 AM11/29/11
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> (Tay-zhay-vay? If you ask for a ticket to that train in France, I don't
>> know where they will send you...)
>
> Huh? Are you imagining "tay" pronounced as a French or Swedish person
> might do it, or something?
All I can say that it makes perfect nonsense. English is a completely
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> (Tay-zhay-vay? If you ask for a ticket to that train in France, I don't
>> know where they will send you...)
>
> Huh? Are you imagining "tay" pronounced as a French or Swedish person
> might do it, or something?
hopeless language to be used to indicate pronounciation. For instance, I
would interpret "ay" to be a diphtong, but there is no diphtong in
[te:Ze:Ve:].
A good source for how to indicate pronounciation in an understandable and
accurate way can be found on
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Evan_Kirshenbaum/IPA/faq.html
Mark Brader
Nov 29, 2011, 11:06:58 AM11/29/11
to
Erland Sommarskog:
>>> (Tay-zhay-vay? If you ask for a ticket to that train in France, I don't
>>> know where they will send you...)
>>> (Tay-zhay-vay? If you ask for a ticket to that train in France, I don't
>>> know where they will send you...)
> All I can say that it makes perfect nonsense. English is a completely
> hopeless language to be used to indicate pronounciation.
And yet we manage.
> hopeless language to be used to indicate pronounciation.
> For instance, I would interpret "ay" to be a diphtong, but there is
> no diphtong in [te:Ze:Ve:].
English-speakers, who don't respect that difference.
> A good source for how to indicate pronounciation in an understandable and
> accurate way can be found on
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Evan_Kirshenbaum/IPA/faq.html
an A-sound qualifies as understandable.
--
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Toronto | my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county
m...@vex.net | and it comes every two and a half minutes" -- John Rowland
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 29, 2011, 5:26:03 PM11/29/11
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Of course there isn't, but the idea is to make it understandability for
> English-speakers, who don't respect that difference.
I guess for English speakers, the simplest is to say [TI:dZI:VI:] and be
> Of course there isn't, but the idea is to make it understandability for
> English-speakers, who don't respect that difference.
done with it.
>> A good source for how to indicate pronounciation in an understandable and
>> accurate way can be found on
>> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Evan_Kirshenbaum/IPA/faq.html
>
> Bah. No system that uses "a" to represent an O-sound and "o" to represent
> an A-sound qualifies as understandable.
open vowels, and this is also the standard usage of this letter in
langauages using any of the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic scripts.
In the same vein, /o/ and /O/ stands for half-open, or half-closed rounded
back vowels, which also is the default meaning for this letter.
Nonewithstanding that there certainly are exceptions in both cases.
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> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
> A. Country Subdivisions
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
Land (or Bundesland). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Joachim, Dan Blum,
and Erland. 3 for Stephen (the hard way), Peter, and Stan.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
Canton (or in German, Kanton). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc,
Peter, Joachim, Stan, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, and Jeff. 3 for Calvin
and Stephen.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
Oblast. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, Stan, and Erland.
2 for Stephen.
> B. Airports
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
Port-au-Prince (Haiti). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Stan, Dan Blum,
Erland, and Jeff. 3 for Pete.
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
Nairobi (Kenya). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Dan Blum,
Pete, Erland, and Jeff. 3 for Calvin.
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
Warsaw (Poland). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Marc, Stan, Pete, Erland,
and Jeff. 3 for Calvin and Dan Blum.
> C. Trains
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
Australia. (It connects the two eponymous oceans.) 4 for Calvin,
Stephen, Stan, Dan Blum, Pete, and Jeff.
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
Germany. 4 for Stephen, Peter, Joachim, Stan, Dan Blum, and Erland.
2 for Calvin.
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
Japan. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, Joachim,
Stan, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, and Jeff.
> D. Seas
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
Sea of Marmara. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Joachim,
Stan, Dan Blum, Erland, and Jeff.
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
Arabian Sea. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Stan,
Pete, and Jeff.
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
Sea of Azov. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Joachim,
Stan, Dan Blum, and Erland.
> E. US Mountains
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
> E1. The Catskills.
New York. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Stan, Dan Blum,
Pete, and Jeff.
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Stan,
Dan Blum, Pete, and Jeff.
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont -- hence the name, as several entrants noted. 4 for Joshua,
Calvin, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Joachim, Stan, Dan Blum, Pete,
and Jeff.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Spo Lit Geo THREE
Joshua Kreitzer 43 46 50 38 48 144
Dan Blum 51 33 30 -- 51 135
Stan Brown 39 38 -- -- 55 132
Dan Tilque 47 36 28 -- 44 127
Marc Dashevsky 44 16 36 20 40 120
Stephen Perry -- -- -- 60 56 116
Jeff Turner 42 -- 28 -- 44 114
Pete Gayde 28 28 43 -- 39 110
Peter Smyth 43 21 23 -- 19 87
Erland Sommarskog 27 20 4 8 40 87
"Calvin" 31 15 -- 12 31 77
Rob Parker 56 18 -- -- -- 74
Joachim Parsch 32 -- 8 -- 28 68
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Mark Brader | ...I'm comfortably ensconced with a warm newsgroup
Toronto | so I'm asking the assembled multitude here...
m...@vex.net | --Stephanie Mitchell
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-04-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I wrote 4 triples in this round.
I wrote all except B.
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I wrote 4 triples in this round.
> * Final, Round 7 - Geography
> A. Country Subdivisions
> A1. In the US they have states, in Canada provinces. What is
> the term for one of the corresponding units in Germany?
> Answer in German.
and Erland. 3 for Stephen (the hard way), Peter, and Stan.
> A2. What is the name for one of the units that Switzerland is
> divided into? More or less the same word is used in
> English, French, and German.
Peter, Joachim, Stan, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, and Jeff. 3 for Calvin
and Stephen.
> A3. Russia is divided into several kinds of units, but we
> want the term for the most numerous kind -- there are
> more than 40 of them. For example, the Kaliningrad
> exclave is one of these. The Russian word for them is
> also used in English: what is it?
2 for Stephen.
> B. Airports
> In each case we're asking for the major city served by the airport.
> For example, Toronto, not Mississauga.
> B1. What city is served by Toussaint Louverture International
> Airport?
Erland, and Jeff. 3 for Pete.
> B2. What city is served by Jomo Kenyatta International
> Airport?
Pete, Erland, and Jeff. 3 for Calvin.
> B3. What city is served by an airport named for Frédéric
> Chopin?
and Jeff. 3 for Calvin and Dan Blum.
> C. Trains
> C1. You would find the Canadian Pacific in Canada. In what
> country would you find the Indian Pacific?
Stephen, Stan, Dan Blum, Pete, and Jeff.
> C2. TGV ("tay-zhay-vay") stands for the French words "Train
> à Grande Vitesse", and you would mostly find these
> trains in France. The ICE ("I-C-E") is a similarly
> fast train whose initials stand for the English words
> "Inter-City Express". In what country would you mostly
> find ICE trains?
2 for Calvin.
> C3. In what country would you find the Shinkansen?
Stan, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, and Jeff.
> D. Seas
> D1. Just south of Istanbul, forming part of the water
> boundary between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey,
> is what sea about the size of Connecticut or Lebanon?
Stan, Dan Blum, Erland, and Jeff.
> D2. What large sea is a part of the Indian Ocean lying west
> of India and is about the same size as India?
Pete, and Jeff.
> D3. This triangular sea forms a bay on the north side of the
> Black Sea. It is bounded on the west and south by
> Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and on the east
> by Russia, with the city of Rostov-on-Don at its head.
> It's about the size of Switzerland, or somewhat larger
> than Maryland. Name it.
Stan, Dan Blum, and Erland.
> E. US Mountains
> For each question we will name a range or area of mountains that
> is located entirely in one US state, or nearly so, and you must
> name that state.
> E1. The Catskills.
Pete, and Jeff.
> E2. The Poconos.
Pennsylvania. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Stan,
Dan Blum, Pete, and Jeff.
> E3. The Green Mountains.
Vermont -- hence the name, as several entrants noted. 4 for Joshua,
Calvin, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Joachim, Stan, Dan Blum, Pete,
and Jeff.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Spo Lit Geo THREE
Joshua Kreitzer 43 46 50 38 48 144
Dan Blum 51 33 30 -- 51 135
Stan Brown 39 38 -- -- 55 132
Dan Tilque 47 36 28 -- 44 127
Marc Dashevsky 44 16 36 20 40 120
Stephen Perry -- -- -- 60 56 116
Jeff Turner 42 -- 28 -- 44 114
Pete Gayde 28 28 43 -- 39 110
Peter Smyth 43 21 23 -- 19 87
Erland Sommarskog 27 20 4 8 40 87
"Calvin" 31 15 -- 12 31 77
Rob Parker 56 18 -- -- -- 74
Joachim Parsch 32 -- 8 -- 28 68
--
Mark Brader | ...I'm comfortably ensconced with a warm newsgroup
Toronto | so I'm asking the assembled multitude here...
m...@vex.net | --Stephanie Mitchell
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