| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jan 29 10:04AM -0600 Mark Brader wrote: > usage a somewhat different spelling or pronunciation from their > ancient form. > 1. What sort of Roman weapon was called an "onager", or jackass? Battering ram > 2. The Greeks had a weapon called a "gastraphetes" > ["GAS-tra-FEE-teez"], and yes, that prefix does mean > "stomach". What sort of weapon? Sword > 7. For centuries the most important class of Greek battleship > was the trireme. The prefix "tri-" indicates that there were > three... what? Sails; Hulls > Answer the following questions, based on the handout provided: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o8/6/mideast.jpg > 1. Name the Israeli desert at E. Negev > 2. Name the Turkish lake at K. Anatolia > 3. Name the Egyptian gulf at D. Suez > For the next 5 questions give the number corresponding to the > indicated place. > 4. Bahrain. 18 > 5. Basra. 19 > 6. Sanaa. 11; 10 > 7. Luxor. 33; 32 > 8. Tehran. 25 > After you've finished with the other questions, please decipher the > rot13 to see the last two: > 9. Anzr gur pvgl ng ahzore bar. Riyadh > 10. Anzr gur Crefvna Thys pvgl ng ahzore fvkgrra. Dubai > see 10 more cities and 6 more bodies of water, and give the number > for each city and the letter for each body of water. > 11. Zrppn. 4; 5 > 12. Qhonv. 15 > 13. Nyrknaqevn. 34 > 14. Zhfpng. 14 > 15. Nyrccb. 29 > 16. Pnveb. 35 > 17. Nzzna. 31 > 18. Ontuqnq. 22 > 19. Qbun, Dngne. 17 > 20. Zrqvan. 6 > 21. Ono ry Znaqno. > 22. Thys bs Nqra. A > 23. Thys bs Bzna. G > 24. Nenovna Frn. F > 25. Thys bs Ndnon. C > 26. Fgenvg bs Ubezhm. H Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 29 05:26PM +0100 > * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - The Middle East > 1. Name the Israeli desert at E. Negev > 2. Name the Turkish lake at K. Van > 3. Name the Egyptian gulf at D. Bay of Suez > 4. Bahrain. 18 > 5. Basra. 19 > 6. Sanaa. 10 > 7. Luxor. 33 > 8. Tehran. 25 > 9. Anzr gur pvgl ng ahzore bar. Riyadh > 10. Anzr gur Crefvna Thys pvgl ng ahzore fvkgrra. Abu Dhabi > 11. Zrppn. 5 > 12. Qhonv. 15 > 13. Nyrknaqevn. 34 > 14. Zhfpng. 14 > 15. Nyrccb. 29 > 16. Pnveb. 35 > 17. Nzzna. 31 > 18. Ontuqnq. 22 > 19. Qbun, Dngne. 17 > 20. Zrqvan. 6 > 21. Ono ry Znaqno. 13 > 22. Thys bs Nqra. A > 23. Thys bs Bzna. G > 24. Nenovna Frn. F > 25. Thys bs Ndnon. C > 26. Fgenvg bs Ubezhm. H |
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