Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
The geography round.
> * Game 8, Round 7 - History - 1995
> All these events took place in 1995.
> 1. Which country's membership in the British -- er, that is, in
> the Commonwealth of Nations -- was suspended due to repeated
> human-rights violations?
Nigeria. (Suspended until 1999.) 4 for Stephen.
> 2. What was released in the Tokyo subway, killing 12 people and
> injuring over 5,000?
Sarin. 4 for everyone -- Stephen, Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> 3. The signing of the Dayton Agreement brought peace to what part
> of the world?
Bosnia (accepting a less specific reference such as Balkan Peninsula).
4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Erland, and Joshua.
> 4. Who was famously found not guilty of killing his wife and
> another person?
O.J. Simpson. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Which online sales web site began operations?
EBay. 4 for Dan Blum.
Amazon was founded in 1994.
> 6. Which planet did the spacecraft Galileo orbit?
Jupiter. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
> 7. In which US city did a terrorist attack destroy the federal
> building?
Oklahoma City. 4 for everyone.
> 8. Whose 35,000-word manifesto was published by the "Washington
> Post", "New York Times", and other papers?
Theodore Kaczynski ["ka-ZIN-ski"], the Unabomber. (Accepting either.)
4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. Which country began peace talks with Israel?
Syria.
The Israel-Jordan treaty was signed in 1994.
> 10. In which country did the US withdraw its peacekeeping troops?
Somalia. 4 for Stephen and Erland.
> * Game 8, Round 8 - Geography - Rivers
> Please see the handout at:
>
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/g8r8/rivs.png
> For each question we will name a river of some importance, and
> you will simply tell us which numbered dot marks its mouth, or
> if it has a large delta, then the general area of its mouths.
> Note that most of the dots are on coastlines, but not all.
In the original game the audio round -- which I also wrote -- was
the easiest, and this one was second-easiest.
> 1. Volga.
#21. (On the Caspian Sea.) 4 for everyone.
> 2. Rhine.
#16. 4 for Stephen, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Hudson.
#8. 4 for everyone.
> 4. Congo.
#31. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Mekong ["MAY-kong"].
#27. 4 for everyone.
> 6. Saskatchewan.
#4. (On Lake Winnipeg.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 7. Danube.
#19. 4 for everyone.
> 8. Ganges.
#25. 4 for everyone.
> 9. Amazon.
#13. 4 for Stephen, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
> 10. Loire ["Lwar"].
#15. 4 for Stephen, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua.
> So there were 23 decoys. If you like, for fun but for no points,
> decode the rot13 and give the correct dot number for each.
> 11. Chao Phraya.
#26. Joshua got this.
> 12. Colorado.
#2. Erland and Joshua got this.
> 13. Columbia.
#1. Erland and Joshua got this.
> 14. Euphrates.
#22. Erland and Joshua got this.
> 15. Indus.
#24. Erland and Joshua got this.
> 16. Limpopo.
#33.
> 17. Mackenzie.
#3.
> 18. Mississippi.
#6. Erland and Joshua got this.
> 19. Missouri.
#5. (On the Mississippi R.) Erland and Joshua got this.
> 20. Negro.
#11. (On the Amazon R.) Erland got this.
> 21. Nelson.
#7.
> 22. Niger.
#30. Joshua got this.
> 23. Nile.
#20. Erland and Joshua got this.
> 24. Ob.
#23. Erland got this.
Joshua was interested to note that the rot13 version of this river's
name is the same as its reversal.
> 25. Oder.
#18. Erland and Joshua got this.
> 26. Orinoco.
#10. Erland got this.
> 27. Paraná.
#12. Erland got this.
> 28. Rhône.
#17. Erland got this.
> 29. St. Lawrence.
#9. Erland and Joshua got this.
> 30. São Francisco.
#14.
> 31. Yangtze.
#29. Erland got this.
> 32. Yellow.
#28. Erland got this.
> 33. Zambezi.
#32. Erland got this.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Spo Sci Can His Geo FOUR
Stephen Perry 0 36 40 11 32 36 144
Joshua Kreitzer 8 23 12 4 23 37 95
Dan Blum 8 12 12 21 28 28 89
Dan Tilque 0 20 4 0 20 36 80
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 0 0 20 36 56
Pete Gayde 0 30 0 17 -- -- 47
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