Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Words for Goodbye

> 1. Italy.

ciao

> 2. Japan.

sayonara

> 3. Spain.

adios

> 4. France.

adieu

> 5. Germany.

auf wiedersehen

(Although I am told this is very formal; there is a shorter informal
way to say it which I forget.)

> 7. In which language is the word for goodbye "lehitraot"?

Finnish

> 8. In what country would you expect someone to say "z?i ji?n"?

China

> 9. In which major language is the word for goodbye "ma'as-salama"?

Arabic

> 10. In which language is the word for goodbye "vale" ["VAH-lay" or
> "WAH-lay"]?

Latin

> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge Round

> * A. Weird Art Trivia

> A1. What famous artist was arrested and charged as a
> co-conspirator in the theft of the "Mona Lisa" from the
> Louvre in 1911, and for forging a copy which was sold as
> the original?

Marcel Duchamp

> A2. What famous artist designed the logo for the candy sucker
> pop Chupa Chups?

Andy Warhol

> * B. Supercontinents

> B1. Plate tectonics keeps juggling the continents, bringing them
> back together into a supercontinent roughly every 450,000,000
> years after each split. Given the name of the supercontinent
> that was in existence 200,000,000-300,000,000 years ago.
> Its name derives from the Greek term for "entire Earth".

Pangaea

> B2. Give the name of the supercontinent in existence 750,000,000-
> 1,100,000,000 years ago. This name comes from the Russian
> for "to give birth".

Gondwanaland

(I don't think that's it but it's the only other one I can remember.)

> * C. Record-Holding Lakes

> C1. This lake has the longest coastline in the world for
> freshwater lakes at 2,980 km (1,851 miles), or 6,175 km
> (3,840 miles) if you count the islands within the lake.
> It's a record either way. Name the lake.

Lake Superior

> C2. The oldest known lake in the world is this Russian lake that
> fills a rift valley, and is estimated to be 25,000,000
> years old. Name the lake.

Lake Baikal

> * D. Numerical Women's Groups

> D2. What is the numerical term for the group of women's liberal
> arts colleges in the US that has been considered a parallel
> to the men's -- as it was -- Ivy League?

Seven Sisters

> * E. Pixar Villains

> E1. Charles Muntz, voiced by Christopher Plummer, is the villain
> of which Pixar movie?

Up

> E2. Randall Boggs, voiced by Steve Buscemi, is the villain of
> which Pixar movie?

Monsters Inc.

> * F. Quadrennial Non-Soccer World Cups

> F1. What nation will host the """next""" Rugby World Cup,
> in 2015?

New Zealand; Ireland

> F2. Give either of the two nations that will co-host the
> """next""" Cricket World Cup, also in 2015.

Pakistan; Bangladesh

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