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Subject: Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 10, Rounds 9-10: goodbye, challenge round
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 by: Pete Gayde - Thu, 25 Aug 2022 03:52 UTC

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', but have
> been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
> I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Words for Goodbye
>
> In Samoa you would say "tofa"; in Norway, "ha det." For the first
> 6 questions, we'll give you the name of a country, and you say
> "goodbye" in that country's native language.
>
> 1. Italy.

Ciao

> 2. Japan.

Sayonara

> 3. Spain.

Adios

> 4. France.

Adieu

> 5. Germany.

Auf wiedersehen

> 6. Ireland (Gaelic).
> 7. In which language is the word for goodbye "lehitraot"?
> 8. In what country would you expect someone to say "zài jiàn"?
> 9. In which major language is the word for goodbye "ma'as-salama"?
> 10. In which language is the word for goodbye "vale" ["VAH-lay" or
> "WAH-lay"]?
>
>
> ** 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?
>
> A2. What famous artist designed the logo for the candy sucker
> pop Chupa Chups?
>
>
> * 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

>
>
> * 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.
>
> 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
>
> D1. What is the numerical term for the group of Canadian women
> who in 1927 challenged the Supreme Court of Canada's
> decision that women are "not persons", eventually leading
> to a change in Canadian judicial approach known as the
> "Living Tree Doctrine"?
>
> 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?

7 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
>
> *Note*: in each case you can answer for the next event, in 2023.
>
> F1. What nation will host the """next""" Rugby World Cup,
> in 2015?

New Zealand; USA

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

New Zealand

>

Pete Gayde

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