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Marc Dashevsky
Sep 10, 2015, 5:18:58 AM9/10/15
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This is Rotating Quiz 196. Entries must be posted by Wednesday,
September 16, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. CDT (GMT-6).
Use no reference materials. The winner gets to create the next RQ.
Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in
the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer next
to the question number.
Each answer is one of the North American countries in the following list:
Costa Rica Bahamas Cuba Jamaica
El Salvador Barbados Haiti Mexico
Guatemala Dominica Canada Panama
Nicaragua Honduras USA Belize
St. Lucia Grenada Dominican Republic
Antigua and Barbuda St. Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Each of the 10 questions below offers a list of commodities exported
by a country, as specified in the CIA World Factbook in each country's
"Economy" tab under "Exports - commodities." Identify the country
for each list of commodities.
In case of a tie, the winner is determined by the difficulty of the
questions answered--defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest
people got right. If this still results in a tie, the first to have
posted the answers is the winner.
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- petroleum and petroleum products
- liquefied natural gas
- methanol
- ammonia
- urea
- steel products
- beverages
- cereal and cereal products
- sugar
- cocoa
- coffee
- citrus fruit
- vegetables
- flowers
1.
- fruit and nuts
- fish
- iron and steel waste
- wood
2.
- petroleum
- nickel
- medical products
- sugar
- tobacco
- fish
- citrus
- coffee
3.
- crawfish
- aragonite
- crude salt
- polystyrene products
4.
- motor vehicles and parts
- industrial machinery
- aircraft
- telecommunications equipment
- chemicals
- plastics
- fertilizers
- wood pulp
- timber
- crude petroleum
- natural gas
- electricity
- aluminum
5.
- bananas
- eddoes and dasheen (taro)
- arrowroot starch
- tennis racquets
6.
- bananas
- pineapples
- coffee
- melons
- ornamental plants
- sugar
- beef
- seafood
- electronic components
- medical equipment
7.
- agricultural products (soybeans; fruit; corn) 9.2%
- industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%
- capital goods (transistors; aircraft; motor vehicle parts; computers; telecommunications equipment) 49.0%
- consumer goods (automobiles medicines) 15.0%
8.
- manufactured goods
- oil and oil products
- silver
- fruits
- vegetables
- coffee
- cotton
9.
- coffee
- apparel
- coffee
- shrimp
- automobile wire harnesses
- cigars
- bananas
- gold
- palm oil
- fruit
- lobster
- lumber
10.
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
September 16, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. CDT (GMT-6).
Use no reference materials. The winner gets to create the next RQ.
Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in
the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer next
to the question number.
Each answer is one of the North American countries in the following list:
Costa Rica Bahamas Cuba Jamaica
El Salvador Barbados Haiti Mexico
Guatemala Dominica Canada Panama
Nicaragua Honduras USA Belize
St. Lucia Grenada Dominican Republic
Antigua and Barbuda St. Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Each of the 10 questions below offers a list of commodities exported
by a country, as specified in the CIA World Factbook in each country's
"Economy" tab under "Exports - commodities." Identify the country
for each list of commodities.
In case of a tie, the winner is determined by the difficulty of the
questions answered--defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest
people got right. If this still results in a tie, the first to have
posted the answers is the winner.
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- petroleum and petroleum products
- liquefied natural gas
- methanol
- ammonia
- urea
- steel products
- beverages
- cereal and cereal products
- sugar
- cocoa
- coffee
- citrus fruit
- vegetables
- flowers
1.
- fruit and nuts
- fish
- iron and steel waste
- wood
2.
- petroleum
- nickel
- medical products
- sugar
- tobacco
- fish
- citrus
- coffee
3.
- crawfish
- aragonite
- crude salt
- polystyrene products
4.
- motor vehicles and parts
- industrial machinery
- aircraft
- telecommunications equipment
- chemicals
- plastics
- fertilizers
- wood pulp
- timber
- crude petroleum
- natural gas
- electricity
- aluminum
5.
- bananas
- eddoes and dasheen (taro)
- arrowroot starch
- tennis racquets
6.
- bananas
- pineapples
- coffee
- melons
- ornamental plants
- sugar
- beef
- seafood
- electronic components
- medical equipment
7.
- agricultural products (soybeans; fruit; corn) 9.2%
- industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%
- capital goods (transistors; aircraft; motor vehicle parts; computers; telecommunications equipment) 49.0%
- consumer goods (automobiles medicines) 15.0%
8.
- manufactured goods
- oil and oil products
- silver
- fruits
- vegetables
- coffee
- cotton
9.
- coffee
- apparel
- coffee
- shrimp
- automobile wire harnesses
- cigars
- bananas
- gold
- palm oil
- fruit
- lobster
- lumber
10.
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Erland Sommarskog
Sep 10, 2015, 3:40:03 PM9/10/15
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Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> Each of the 10 questions below offers a list of commodities exported
> by a country, as specified in the CIA World Factbook in each country's
> "Economy" tab under "Exports - commodities." Identify the country
> for each list of commodities.
You could not say that it is easy....
> Each of the 10 questions below offers a list of commodities exported
> by a country, as specified in the CIA World Factbook in each country's
> "Economy" tab under "Exports - commodities." Identify the country
> for each list of commodities.
> - petroleum and petroleum products
> - liquefied natural gas
> - methanol
> - ammonia
> - urea
> - steel products
> - beverages
> - cereal and cereal products
> - sugar
> - cocoa
> - coffee
> - citrus fruit
> - vegetables
> - flowers
> 1.
> - fruit and nuts
> - fish
> - iron and steel waste
> - wood
> 2.
> - petroleum
> - nickel
> - medical products
> - sugar
> - tobacco
> - fish
> - citrus
> - coffee
> 3.
> - crawfish
> - aragonite
> - crude salt
> - polystyrene products
> 4.
> - motor vehicles and parts
> - industrial machinery
> - aircraft
> - telecommunications equipment
> - chemicals
> - plastics
> - fertilizers
> - wood pulp
> - timber
> - crude petroleum
> - natural gas
> - electricity
> - aluminum
> 5.
> - bananas
> - eddoes and dasheen (taro)
> - arrowroot starch
> - tennis racquets
> 6.
> - bananas
> - pineapples
> - coffee
> - melons
> - ornamental plants
> - sugar
> - beef
> - seafood
> - electronic components
> - medical equipment
> 7.
> - agricultural products (soybeans; fruit; corn) 9.2%
> - industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%
> - capital goods (transistors; aircraft; motor vehicle parts; computers;
telecommunications equipment) 49.0%
> - consumer goods (automobiles medicines) 15.0%
> 8.
> - manufactured goods
> - oil and oil products
> - silver
> - fruits
> - vegetables
> - coffee
> - cotton
> 9.
> - coffee
> - apparel
> - coffee
> - shrimp
> - automobile wire harnesses
> - cigars
> - bananas
> - gold
> - palm oil
> - fruit
> - lobster
> - lumber
> 10.
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 10, 2015, 4:16:19 PM9/10/15
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In article <XnsA511DC6B3...@127.0.0.1>, esq...@sommarskog.se says...
and there are fewer entrants compared to other RQs. Is it acceptable for
me to play these quizzes but to abdicate creating the next RQ to the
second-place person if I happen to win?
> Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> > Each of the 10 questions below offers a list of commodities exported
> > by a country, as specified in the CIA World Factbook in each country's
> > "Economy" tab under "Exports - commodities." Identify the country
> > for each list of commodities.
>
> You could not say that it is easy....
I seem to be not very good at quiz constructor. Mine are usually too hard
> > Each of the 10 questions below offers a list of commodities exported
> > by a country, as specified in the CIA World Factbook in each country's
> > "Economy" tab under "Exports - commodities." Identify the country
> > for each list of commodities.
>
> You could not say that it is easy....
and there are fewer entrants compared to other RQs. Is it acceptable for
me to play these quizzes but to abdicate creating the next RQ to the
second-place person if I happen to win?
Dan Blum
Sep 10, 2015, 4:34:16 PM9/10/15
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Marc Dashevsky <use...@marcdashevsky.com> wrote:
> - petroleum and petroleum products
> - liquefied natural gas
> - methanol
> - ammonia
> - urea
> - steel products
> - beverages
> - cereal and cereal products
> - sugar
> - cocoa
> - coffee
> - citrus fruit
> - vegetables
> - flowers
> 1.
Costa Rica
> - petroleum and petroleum products
> - liquefied natural gas
> - methanol
> - ammonia
> - urea
> - steel products
> - beverages
> - cereal and cereal products
> - sugar
> - cocoa
> - coffee
> - citrus fruit
> - vegetables
> - flowers
> 1.
> - fruit and nuts
> - fish
> - iron and steel waste
> - wood
> 2.
> - petroleum
> - nickel
> - medical products
> - sugar
> - tobacco
> - fish
> - citrus
> - coffee
> 3.
> - crawfish
> - aragonite
> - crude salt
> - polystyrene products
> 4.
> - motor vehicles and parts
> - industrial machinery
> - aircraft
> - telecommunications equipment
> - chemicals
> - plastics
> - fertilizers
> - wood pulp
> - timber
> - crude petroleum
> - natural gas
> - electricity
> - aluminum
> 5.
> - bananas
> - eddoes and dasheen (taro)
> - arrowroot starch
> - tennis racquets
> 6.
> - bananas
> - pineapples
> - coffee
> - melons
> - ornamental plants
> - sugar
> - beef
> - seafood
> - electronic components
> - medical equipment
> 7.
> - agricultural products (soybeans; fruit; corn) 9.2%
> - industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%
> - capital goods (transistors; aircraft; motor vehicle parts; computers; telecommunications equipment) 49.0%
> - consumer goods (automobiles medicines) 15.0%
> 8.
> - manufactured goods
> - oil and oil products
> - silver
> - fruits
> - vegetables
> - coffee
> - cotton
> 9.
> - coffee
> - apparel
> - coffee
> - shrimp
> - automobile wire harnesses
> - cigars
> - bananas
> - gold
> - palm oil
> - fruit
> - lobster
> - lumber
> 10.
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_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 10, 2015, 5:05:05 PM9/10/15
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Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> I seem to be not very good at quiz constructor. Mine are usually too hard
> and there are fewer entrants compared to other RQs. Is it acceptable for
> me to play these quizzes but to abdicate creating the next RQ to the
> second-place person if I happen to win?
>
Don't take it as a complaint. I certainly appreciate this quiz more than
> I seem to be not very good at quiz constructor. Mine are usually too hard
> and there are fewer entrants compared to other RQs. Is it acceptable for
> me to play these quizzes but to abdicate creating the next RQ to the
> second-place person if I happen to win?
>
one on movie quotes. But maybe it could have been made easier by giving
percentages for all countries, or having fewer possible countries in
the list. I mean, I can have some ideas what they export from Costa Rica
or Canada, but St Kitts and Nevis is a very white spot on my map.
Dan Blum
Sep 10, 2015, 5:21:29 PM9/10/15
to
been easier, assuming that it is possible to get this from from the data
used. Of course, I didn't check so I don't know if that actually would
have been easier.
swp
Sep 10, 2015, 9:58:48 PM9/10/15
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On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 5:18:58 AM UTC-4, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz 196. Entries must be posted by Wednesday,
> September 16, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. CDT (GMT-6).
noted. all of my answers are guesses. except one. that one is a wild guess.
> This is Rotating Quiz 196. Entries must be posted by Wednesday,
> September 16, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. CDT (GMT-6).
[rick astley will let you borrow any movie from his pixar collection. except one.]
> Each answer is one of the North American countries in the following list:
>
> Costa Rica Bahamas Cuba Jamaica
> El Salvador Barbados Haiti Mexico
> Guatemala Dominica Canada Panama
> Nicaragua Honduras USA Belize
> St. Lucia Grenada Dominican Republic
> Antigua and Barbuda St. Kitts and Nevis
> Trinidad and Tobago St. Vincent and The Grenadines
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> - petroleum and petroleum products
> - liquefied natural gas
> - methanol
> - ammonia
> - urea
> - steel products
> - beverages
> - cereal and cereal products
> - sugar
> - cocoa
> - coffee
> - citrus fruit
> - vegetables
> - flowers
> 1.
nicaragua
>
> - petroleum and petroleum products
> - liquefied natural gas
> - methanol
> - ammonia
> - urea
> - steel products
> - beverages
> - cereal and cereal products
> - sugar
> - cocoa
> - coffee
> - citrus fruit
> - vegetables
> - flowers
> 1.
> - fruit and nuts
> - fish
> - iron and steel waste
> - wood
> 2.
> - petroleum
> - nickel
> - medical products
> - sugar
> - tobacco
> - fish
> - citrus
> - coffee
> 3.
> - crawfish
> - aragonite
> - crude salt
> - polystyrene products
> 4.
> - motor vehicles and parts
> - industrial machinery
> - aircraft
> - telecommunications equipment
> - chemicals
> - plastics
> - fertilizers
> - wood pulp
> - timber
> - crude petroleum
> - natural gas
> - electricity
> - aluminum
> 5.
> - bananas
> - eddoes and dasheen (taro)
> - arrowroot starch
> - tennis racquets
> 6.
> - bananas
> - pineapples
> - coffee
> - melons
> - ornamental plants
> - sugar
> - beef
> - seafood
> - electronic components
> - medical equipment
> 7.
> - agricultural products (soybeans; fruit; corn) 9.2%
> - industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%
> - capital goods (transistors; aircraft; motor vehicle parts; computers; telecommunications equipment) 49.0%
> - consumer goods (automobiles medicines) 15.0%
> 8.
> - manufactured goods
> - oil and oil products
> - silver
> - fruits
> - vegetables
> - coffee
> - cotton
> 9.
> - coffee
> - apparel
> - coffee
> - shrimp
> - automobile wire harnesses
> - cigars
> - bananas
> - gold
> - palm oil
> - fruit
> - lobster
> - lumber
> 10.
el salvador
> - automobile wire harnesses
> - cigars
> - bananas
> - gold
> - palm oil
> - fruit
> - lobster
> - lumber
> 10.
swp
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 11, 2015, 3:28:06 AM9/11/15
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
>> - coffee
>> - apparel
>> - coffee
> (they really like coffee!)
Yeah, I saw that too. But what is coffee here? The raw beans, or could it
>> - coffee
>> - apparel
>> - coffee
> (they really like coffee!)
also be some roast? Maybe this particular country exports both?
I note that you and I had two guesses in common. (And I had one in common
with Dan Blum.)
swp
Sep 11, 2015, 11:54:41 AM9/11/15
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On Friday, September 11, 2015 at 3:28:06 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> >> - coffee
> >> - apparel
> >> - coffee
> > (they really like coffee!)
>
> Yeah, I saw that too. But what is coffee here? The raw beans, or could it
> also be some roast? Maybe this particular country exports both?
>
> I note that you and I had two guesses in common. (And I had one in common
> with Dan Blum.)
that actually makes me feel better about my guesses. thanks!
> swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> >> - coffee
> >> - apparel
> >> - coffee
> > (they really like coffee!)
>
> Yeah, I saw that too. But what is coffee here? The raw beans, or could it
> also be some roast? Maybe this particular country exports both?
>
> I note that you and I had two guesses in common. (And I had one in common
> with Dan Blum.)
swp
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 19, 2015, 5:32:51 AM9/19/15
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Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> This is Rotating Quiz 196. Entries must be posted by Wednesday,
> September 16, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. CDT (GMT-6).
>
That was several days ago...
> This is Rotating Quiz 196. Entries must be posted by Wednesday,
> September 16, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. CDT (GMT-6).
>
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 20, 2015, 2:42:51 AM9/20/15
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Rotating Quiz #196 is over and Stephen Perry is the winner with four
correct answers in this obscure quiz. (I see now that South America
would have been a better choice.) RQ #197 is Stephen's to create.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Total
--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
Erland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
swp 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 6
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Each answer is one of the North American countries in the following list:
Costa Rica Bahamas Cuba Jamaica
El Salvador Barbados Haiti Mexico
Guatemala Dominica Canada Panama
Nicaragua Honduras USA Belize
St. Lucia Grenada Dominican Republic
Antigua and Barbuda St. Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Each of the 10 questions below offers a list of commodities exported
by a country, as specified in the CIA World Factbook in each country's
"Economy" tab under "Exports - commodities." Identify the country
for each list of commodities.
- fruit and nuts
- fish
- iron and steel waste
- wood
2. Panama
- petroleum
- nickel
- medical products
- sugar
- tobacco
- fish
- citrus
- coffee
3. Cuba
- crawfish
- aragonite
- crude salt
- polystyrene products
4. Bahamas -- swp
- motor vehicles and parts
- industrial machinery
- aircraft
- telecommunications equipment
- chemicals
- plastics
- fertilizers
- wood pulp
- timber
- crude petroleum
- natural gas
- electricity
- aluminum
5. Canada -- Erland
- bananas
- eddoes and dasheen (taro)
- arrowroot starch
- tennis racquets
6. St. Vincent and The Grenadines -- swp
- bananas
- pineapples
- coffee
- melons
- ornamental plants
- sugar
- beef
- seafood
- electronic components
- medical equipment
7. Costa Rica
- agricultural products (soybeans; fruit; corn) 9.2%
- industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%
- capital goods (transistors; aircraft; motor vehicle parts; computers; telecommunications equipment) 49.0%
- consumer goods (automobiles medicines) 15.0%
8. United States -- Erland and swp
- manufactured goods
- oil and oil products
- silver
- fruits
- vegetables
- coffee
- cotton
9. Mexico -- swp
- coffee
- apparel
- coffee
- shrimp
- automobile wire harnesses
- cigars
- bananas
- gold
- palm oil
- fruit
- lobster
- lumber
10. Honduras
correct answers in this obscure quiz. (I see now that South America
would have been a better choice.) RQ #197 is Stephen's to create.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Total
--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
Erland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
swp 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 6
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Each answer is one of the North American countries in the following list:
Costa Rica Bahamas Cuba Jamaica
El Salvador Barbados Haiti Mexico
Guatemala Dominica Canada Panama
Nicaragua Honduras USA Belize
St. Lucia Grenada Dominican Republic
Antigua and Barbuda St. Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Each of the 10 questions below offers a list of commodities exported
by a country, as specified in the CIA World Factbook in each country's
"Economy" tab under "Exports - commodities." Identify the country
for each list of commodities.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- petroleum and petroleum products
- liquefied natural gas
- methanol
- ammonia
- urea
- steel products
- beverages
- cereal and cereal products
- sugar
- cocoa
- coffee
- citrus fruit
- vegetables
- flowers
1. Trinidad and Tobago
- petroleum and petroleum products
- liquefied natural gas
- methanol
- ammonia
- urea
- steel products
- beverages
- cereal and cereal products
- sugar
- cocoa
- coffee
- citrus fruit
- vegetables
- flowers
- fruit and nuts
- fish
- iron and steel waste
- wood
- petroleum
- nickel
- medical products
- sugar
- tobacco
- fish
- citrus
- coffee
- crawfish
- aragonite
- crude salt
- polystyrene products
- motor vehicles and parts
- industrial machinery
- aircraft
- telecommunications equipment
- chemicals
- plastics
- fertilizers
- wood pulp
- timber
- crude petroleum
- natural gas
- electricity
- aluminum
- bananas
- eddoes and dasheen (taro)
- arrowroot starch
- tennis racquets
- bananas
- pineapples
- coffee
- melons
- ornamental plants
- sugar
- beef
- seafood
- electronic components
- medical equipment
- agricultural products (soybeans; fruit; corn) 9.2%
- industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%
- capital goods (transistors; aircraft; motor vehicle parts; computers; telecommunications equipment) 49.0%
- consumer goods (automobiles medicines) 15.0%
- manufactured goods
- oil and oil products
- silver
- fruits
- vegetables
- coffee
- cotton
- coffee
- apparel
- coffee
- shrimp
- automobile wire harnesses
- cigars
- bananas
- gold
- palm oil
- fruit
- lobster
- lumber
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 20, 2015, 4:52:15 AM9/20/15
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Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> Rotating Quiz #196 is over and Stephen Perry is the winner with four
> correct answers in this obscure quiz. (I see now that South America
> would have been a better choice.)
Possibly, because it would not have given an unfair advantage to the
> Rotating Quiz #196 is over and Stephen Perry is the winner with four
> correct answers in this obscure quiz. (I see now that South America
> would have been a better choice.)
contestants who live in North America. But I think North America would
have been fine, if you had confined it to the continental states, or
at least left out the smaller island states. I hardly know where
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is - so how would I know that they export
tennis racquets?
Anyway, despite the very high level of difficulty it was a fun quiz!
swp
Sep 20, 2015, 11:59:41 AM9/20/15
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On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2:42:51 AM UTC-4, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> Rotating Quiz #196 is over and Stephen Perry is the winner with four
> correct answers in this obscure quiz. (I see now that South America
> would have been a better choice.) RQ #197 is Stephen's to create.
I'll have the next rq up in a day or so.
> Rotating Quiz #196 is over and Stephen Perry is the winner with four
> correct answers in this obscure quiz. (I see now that South America
> would have been a better choice.) RQ #197 is Stephen's to create.
swp
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