Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-06,
> 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 both of these rounds.
> * Game 7, Round 7 - Geography - World City Names
> We give the usual name of a city in English; you give its actual
> name in the local language. In the original game a close-enough
> pronunciation would have been sufficient, but here you must give
> the exact spelling of the answer using our alphabet (you may omit
> accent marks, but if you give them they must be correct).
I accepted spellings using "oe" and "ue" to render "ö" and "ü" into
our alphabet.
> In the original game, this example was given: "we say 'PA-riss,
> France'; you say 'Pa-REE' or P-A-R-I-S -- only that's not a real
> example, because it uses the same spelling."
And, in the original game, this was the easiest round.
> 1. Vienna, Austria.
Wien [properly "veen"]. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Joshua.
> 2. Naples, Italy.
Napoli or [local dialect] Napule. 4 for everyone.
> 3. The Hague, Netherlands.
Den Haag. 4 for everyone.
> 4. Munich, Germany.
München [properly "MYOON-khen"]. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Moscow ["MOSS-cow" or "MOSS-koe"], Russia.
Moskva. 4 for everyone.
> 6. Lisbon, Portugal.
Lisboa ["leece-BO-uh"]. 4 for everyone.
> 7. Prague, Czechia.
Praha. 4 for everyone.
> 8. Cologne, Germany.
Köln [properly "kerln" without the R sound]. 4 for everyone.
> 9. Brussels, Belgium. Give *either* the French or the Dutch name --
> you need not say which.
Bruxelles or Brussel [both more or less "broo-SELL"]. 4 for everyone.
> 10. Geneva, Switzerland. Give *either* the French or the German
> name -- you need not say which.
Genève ["zhen-EV"] or Genf ["ghenf"]. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Joshua.
> * Game 7, Round 8 - History - US Presidents by Middle Name
> A simple round: we say David, for example, and you say Dwight
> Eisenhower. Or just Eisenhower will be sufficient unless another
> president has the same surname.
> 1. Birchard.
Rutherford Hayes. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
(Lyndon Johnson: see below.)
> 2. Henry.
William Harrison. (Both names required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Joshua.
(George H.W. Bush: Herbert Walker.)
> 3. John.
Donald Trump. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 4. Hussein.
Barack Obama. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 5. Gamaliel ["ga-MAY-lee-ell"].
Warren Harding. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 6. Robinette.
Joe (Joseph) Biden. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 7. Baines.
Lyndon Johnson. (Both names required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Joshua.
> 8. Milhous ["MILL-house"].
Richard Nixon. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 9. Jefferson.
Bill (William) Clinton. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 10. Wilson.
Ronald Reagan. 4 for Joshua.
(Hoover: Clark.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 9 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo Can Ent Lit Geo His FOUR
Stephen Perry 32 36 36 32 40 0 144
Joshua Kreitzer 0 28 28 23 40 40 136
Dan Blum 9 15 18 23 36 36 113
Dan Tilque 0 8 8 4 40 28 84
Erland Sommarskog 4 23 -- -- 40 8 75
Pete Gayde 14 8 -- -- -- -- 22
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