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> ** Game 6, Round 9 - Sports Geography - Soccer Cities
> Given the name of the team, tell us the city where it """is"""
> based. Note: there are plenty of Uniteds and FCs all over the
> world, so to avoid multiple answers, these questions pertain only to
> 2011 first-division clubs from Europe and North and South America.
> (*Note*: And since that's what we're talking about, only the answers
> that were correct in 2011 will be accepted.)
> 1. Juventus.
Turin. 4 for Erland. 2 for Joshua.
> 2. Hearts, or the Heart of Midlothian.
Edinburgh. 4 for Joshua and Erland. 2 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
> 3. Whitecaps.
Vancouver. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Ajax ["EYE-ax"].
Amsterdam. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.
> 5. Benfica.
Lisbon. 4 for Erland.
> 6. Boca Juniors.
Buenos Aires. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
> 7. Spartak.
Moscow. 4 for Joshua and EP/\aHd.
> 8. Olympique. Give *either one* of two possible answers.
Marseille, Lyon. 4 for Erland.
> 9. América.
Mexico City. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
> 10. Galatasaray.
Istanbul. 4 for Erland.
> ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. Inuktitut Place Names
> We give you the current Inuit name, the year that it came
> into use, and a little extra info; you give us the former
> English name.
> A1. Kuujjuaq; 1980; the administrative capital of Nunavik on
> Ungava Bay.
Fort Chimo. I didn't know it either.
> A2. Iqaluit; 1987; capital of Nunavut.
Frobisher Bay. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> * B. David Letterman's Top 10
> Given one item from David Letterman's top 10, you tell us what
> """topical""" newsmaker he's talking about.
> B1. According to a Top 10 list in May 2011, this man's last
> words were: "I need a house full of Navy SEALs like I need
> a hole in the head". Whose?
Osama bin Laden. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> B2. According to a list in April 2011, one of the top 10
> surprises found on this person's birth certificate was the
> phrase "Notarized by Magnum P.I." Who is this referring to?
Barack Obama. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
KenKen, KenDoku, or Calcudoku. 4 for Joshua.
I get the solution:
5 4 3 1 6 2
4 6 5 2 3 1
3 2 1 4 5 6
1 3 6 5 2 4
6 1 2 3 4 5
2 5 4 6 1 3
> C2.
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g6rx/C2.png
Kakuro. I accepted "Kakuro". 4 for Joshua.
I tried solving this one too, but it seemed much more tedious to
me than the other. So I turned it over to the kakuro solver that
I found at
dcode.fr, and in about 1 second it came up with:
- - - - - - - - - -
- - 9 2 5 - 1 9 2 -
- 2 8 9 6 - 5 4 3 2
- 9 7 - 8 4 - - 1 6
- 3 4 2 1 7 - 5 7 3
- - - 3 7 9 2 4 - -
- 1 2 9 - 5 7 9 2 8
- 8 3 - - 1 4 - 7 6
- 7 9 2 6 - 3 2 1 4
- - 5 7 4 - 1 5 3 -
> * D. Poets Laureate of Toronto
> D1. Who was Toronto's first Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2004?
> Books include "Garbage Delight", "Bubblegum Delicious",
> and "The Cat and the Wizard".
Dennis Lee.
> D2. Who is Toronto's """current""" Poet Laureate? Her collections
> include "No Language is Neutral"; the G-G winner "Land to
> Light On"; and "Ossuaries", which won the Griffin Prize
> """earlier this month""".
2011 answer: Dionne Brand. 2021 answer: Al Moritz.
> * E. Olympics Ain't the Only Games in Town
> These questions are about other international multi-sport events.
> E1. The Lusophony or Lusofonia Games started in 2006, and
> """have been held twice""". What countries """are"""
> eligible to compete in the Lusophony Games?
Portuguese-speaking ones (or former Portuguese colonies).
4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
It appears that only three sets of these games have been held.
The third occasion had to be postponed and the fourth one ran into
worse trouble.
> E2. After the Olympic boycotts in 1980 and 1984, Ted Turner
> decided to promote peace and harmony by creating his own
> international multi-sport event. Held more or less every
> 4 years from 1986 to 2001, what was it called?
The Goodwill Games. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> * F. MBA Programs
> We give the name of the MBA program; you mame the university.
> F1. Asper School of Business, named after the founder of CanWest.
University of Manitoba.
> F2. Richard Ivey School of Business.
University of Western Ontario. 2 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Ent Sci Geo Can Mis Spo Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 4 36 36 22 22 40 26 30 190
Dan Blum 0 31 36 14 16 40 6 12 149
Dan Tilque 0 8 28 0 8 36 6 20 106
Pete Gayde 8 32 12 4 4 40 -- -- 100
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 4 16 0 36 36 4 96
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