Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I did not write either of these rounds.
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography History - What's My Country's Name Again?
> Several countries have changed their names during their history.
> Often this is done to mark a significant change, such as a regime
> change, secession, or a colony becoming independent. In each
> case we give you the previous name, and you provide the current
> internationally recognized name for the country. Today's boundaries
> are not necessarily exactly the same as when the old name was used.
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> 1. British Honduras.
Belize. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland,
and Pete.
> 2. Gold Coast.
Ghana. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland.
> 3. Ceylon.
Sri Lanka. 4 for everyone.
> 4. Siam.
Thailand. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Swaziland.
Eswatini ["ESS-wah-TEE-nee"], also spelled eSwatini. 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland.
> 6. Burma.
Myanmar. 4 for everyone.
> 7. Abyssinia.
Ethiopia. 4 for everyone.
> 8. Mesopotamia.
Iraq. 4 for everyone.
> 9. Upper Volta.
Burkina Faso ["bur-KEE-na FAH-so"]. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland,
and Pete.
> 10. East Pakistan.
Bangladesh. 4 for everyone.
> 1. Letter G indicates a bay about 5 × 8 km, which is enclosed
> completely by the Halifax Regional Municipality. The bay
> gives its name to the oceanographic institute on its shores.
> Name the bay.
Bedford Basin.
> 2. Name the geographical feature at L. It's a trough approximately
> 125 km long, between the North Mountain and South Mountain
> ranges.
Annapolis Valley.
> 3. Name the lake at B.
Bras D'or Lake.
> 4. Which letter designates Peggy's Cove, a tourist magnet because
> of its picturesque rocks and lighthouse, near which Swissair
> Flight 111 crashed in 1998?
H.
> 5. What is the strait at O, separating Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
> from PEI?
Northumberland Strait.
> 6. Where is the Fortress of Louisbourg, founded in 1713 and now
> a National Historic Site?
D. 2 for Pete.
> 7. Which letter shows the location of the Springhill Mine disaster?
> (Actually there were three distinct disasters there, the most
> recent of them in 1958.)
N. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Dan Tilque.
> 8. There is a university in the community at letter C -- which
> university?
St. Francis Xavier. (In Antigonish.)
> 9. Identify the town of Yarmouth.
J. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 10. Name the 27 km strait at A, separating Cape Breton Island from
> the rest of Nova Scotia.
Strait of Canso.
> So there were 5 decoys. If you like, for fun but for no points.
> decode the rot13, identify the five places named, and answer one
> more question about one of them.
Nobody tried these.
> 11. Minas ["minus"] Basin.
M.
> 12. Digby.
K.
> 13. North Sydney.
E.
> 14. Lunenberg.
I.
> 15. White Hill.
F.
> 16. What's notable about White Hill?
It's the highest point in the province.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Ent Sci His Geo Can FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 24 32 16 39 40 0 135
Dan Blum 24 24 28 32 40 6 124
Dan Tilque 8 4 24 28 36 6 96
Erland Sommarskog 8 0 8 39 40 0 95
Pete Gayde 4 16 11 16 32 2 75
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