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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 20 01:57PM


> * Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana - Yeah, They Said it
 
> 7. "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."
> Prime minister.
 
Pierre Trudeau
 
> than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be
> loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."
> A politician's last public words.
 
Jack Layton
 
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - Rivers, Just Rivers
 
> 1. Which North American river flows downstream through Bismarck,
> then Sioux City, then Omaha?
 
Missouri
 
> 4. Which river flows into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon,
> and has the Snake River as its largest tributary?
 
Columbia
 
> 5. Switching continents, what is the main river of Ukraine?
> It flows through Kiev and into the Black Sea.
 
Don; Dneiper
 
> 6. What is the main river of Poland, passing through Krakow and
> Warsaw before flowing into Gdansk Bay?
 
Vistula
 
> 8. What is the main river of Newcastle, England, also historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
 
Fleet
 
> 9. Which river rises on the Tibetan plateau and passes two nations'
> capitals: Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia)?
 
Red
 
> 10. Which river, also rising on the Tibetan plateau, is Pakistan's
> major river, reaching the Arabian Sea south of Karachi?
 
Indus; Brahmaputra
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 20 08:06AM -0600

In article <GZKdnUExs69HHfDJnZ2dnUU7-LWdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - Rivers, Just Rivers
 
> 1. Which North American river flows downstream through Bismarck,
> then Sioux City, then Omaha?
Missouri
 
> 2. Which river flows downstream from Fargo through Winnipeg?
Red
 
> Fort McMurray?
 
> 4. Which river flows into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon,
> and has the Snake River as its largest tributary?
Columbia
 
> 5. Switching continents, what is the main river of Ukraine?
> It flows through Kiev and into the Black Sea.
Dnieper
 
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
 
> 8. What is the main river of Newcastle, England, also historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
Tyne (it's in the full name, right?)
 
> 9. Which river rises on the Tibetan plateau and passes two nations'
> capitals: Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia)?
Mekong
 
Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 20 03:11PM

On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 23:49:14 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2014-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
> * Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana - Yeah, They Said it
 
Nope
 
 
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - Rivers, Just Rivers
 
> 1. Which North American river flows downstream through Bismarck,
> then Sioux City, then Omaha?
 
Missouri?
 
> 2. Which river flows downstream from Fargo through Winnipeg?
 
Red?
 
> 3. Which river rises in Jasper National Park and flows through
> Fort McMurray?
 
MacKenzie?
 
> 4. Which river flows into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon,
> and has the Snake River as its largest tributary?
 
Columbia
 
> Warsaw before flowing into Gdansk Bay?
 
> 7. What is the main river of Glasgow, Scotland, historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
 
Clyde
 
> 8. What is the main river of Newcastle, England, also historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
 
Tyne
 
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 20 04:58PM +0100

On 2014-11-20 06:49, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> type of person speaking; you give the person's name.
 
> 1. "An election is no time to discuss serious issues."
> Soon-to-be-defeated PM.
 
Brian Mulroney
 
 
> 4. "Pass the tequila, Sheila, and lie down and love me again."
> Colorful minister talking publicly about Liberal opposition
> member Sheila Copps.
 
Pierre Trodeaux
 
 
> 9. "Vive le Québec libre!" A world leader overstays his Canadian
> welcome.
 
Charles de Gaulle
 
 
 
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - Rivers, Just Rivers
 
> 1. Which North American river flows downstream through Bismarck,
> then Sioux City, then Omaha?
Mississippi
 
> 5. Switching continents, what is the main river of Ukraine?
> It flows through Kiev and into the Black Sea.
 
Jenisej
 
 
 
> 6. What is the main river of Poland, passing through Krakow and
> Warsaw before flowing into Gdansk Bay?
 
Wisla
 
 
 
--
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Björn
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Nov 20 06:22PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> type of person speaking; you give the person's name.
 
> 1. "An election is no time to discuss serious issues."
> Soon-to-be-defeated PM.
Mulroney, Chretien
 
> 3. "I don't know... a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof?
> It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good
> proof, it's because it's proven." Prime minister.
Mulroney, Chretien
> about going there, but the wife is really nervous. I just see
> myself in a pot of boiling water with all these natives dancing
> around me." Toronto politician.
Ford
> big, fat, black cats." Prairie premier and political reformer.
 
> 7. "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."
> Prime minister.
Mulroney, Chretien
> separatist.
 
> 9. "Vive le Québec libre!" A world leader overstays his Canadian
> welcome.
Chirac, Sarkozy
> than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be
> loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."
> A politician's last public words.
Layton
> Warsaw before flowing into Gdansk Bay?
 
> 7. What is the main river of Glasgow, Scotland, historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
Clyde
> 8. What is the main river of Newcastle, England, also historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
Tyne
> capitals: Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia)?
 
> 10. Which river, also rising on the Tibetan plateau, is Pakistan's
> major river, reaching the Arabian Sea south of Karachi?
 
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 20 10:04PM +0100

> about going there, but the wife is really nervous. I just see
> myself in a pot of boiling water with all these natives dancing
> around me." Toronto politician.
 
Rob Ford

> 9. "Vive le Québec libre!" A world leader overstays his Canadian
> welcome.
 
Charles de Gaulle

> * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - Rivers, Just Rivers
 
> 1. Which North American river flows downstream through Bismarck,
> then Sioux City, then Omaha?
 
Mississipi

> 4. Which river flows into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon,
> and has the Snake River as its largest tributary?
 
Columbia

> 5. Switching continents, what is the main river of Ukraine?
> It flows through Kiev and into the Black Sea.
 
Dnipro

> 6. What is the main river of Poland, passing through Krakow and
> Warsaw before flowing into Gdansk Bay?
 
Wisla

> 7. What is the main river of Glasgow, Scotland, historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
 
Forth

> 8. What is the main river of Newcastle, England, also historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
 
Tyne.

> 9. Which river rises on the Tibetan plateau and passes two nations'
> capitals: Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia)?
 
Mekong

> 10. Which river, also rising on the Tibetan plateau, is Pakistan's
> major river, reaching the Arabian Sea south of Karachi?
 
Indus
 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 20 05:56PM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> about going there, but the wife is really nervous. I just see
> myself in a pot of boiling water with all these natives dancing
> around me." Toronto politician.
 
Ford
 
> separatist.
 
> 9. "Vive le Québec libre!" A world leader overstays his Canadian
> welcome.
 
Charles de Gaulle (the man had more gall than France)
 
 
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - Rivers, Just Rivers
 
> 1. Which North American river flows downstream through Bismarck,
> then Sioux City, then Omaha?
 
Missouri
 
 
> 2. Which river flows downstream from Fargo through Winnipeg?
 
Red River of the North
 
 
> 3. Which river rises in Jasper National Park and flows through
> Fort McMurray?
 
Saskatchewan River
 
 
> 4. Which river flows into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon,
> and has the Snake River as its largest tributary?
 
Columbia
 
 
> 5. Switching continents, what is the main river of Ukraine?
> It flows through Kiev and into the Black Sea.
 
Dneiper; Dneister
 
 
> 6. What is the main river of Poland, passing through Krakow and
> Warsaw before flowing into Gdansk Bay?
 
Oder
 
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
 
> 8. What is the main river of Newcastle, England, also historically
> important for trade and shipbuilding?
 
Tyne
 
 
> 9. Which river rises on the Tibetan plateau and passes two nations'
> capitals: Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia)?
 
Mekong
 
 
> 10. Which river, also rising on the Tibetan plateau, is Pakistan's
> major river, reaching the Arabian Sea south of Karachi?
 
Indus
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
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