| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 27 08:30PM +0200 > * Game 7, Round 2 - History - French Rulers > 1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France > that year? Louis IV > 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge > to the would-be English king Charles II? Louis XIV > 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848? Louis Philppe > 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is > now Canada? Louis X > 6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British? Louis XV > 7. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at > the end of World War I. Poincaré > 8. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at > the beginning of World War II. Clemenceau |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 27 08:39PM +0200 I failed to observe that there rounds. I saw the top of one entrant's answer slate, so I skip the first two questions (which I wouldn't have known anyway.) > * Game 7, Round 4 - Geography - Bay Watch > 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern > coast of what country? Australia > 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of > its coastline belong to? Russia > 6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects > the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it. Yellow Sea > 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic > coast that France and Spain border on? Biscaya > 8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse > what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia? Gulf of Aden > 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between > Italy and such countries as Croatia? Adriatic > 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching? Frisco Bay? |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 27 01:42PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > I failed to observe that there rounds. I saw the top of one entrant's > answer slate, so I skip the first two questions (which I wouldn't > have known anyway.) Thanks, good recovery. -- Mark Brader "I would love to make it, more than Toronto anything else I've not written." msb@vex.net --William Goldman |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 27 06:52PM -0700 On 5/26/21 12:48 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > acceptable (Francis, Henry, Philip). > 1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France > that year? Louis II > 2. Remember George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"? Which king did > Joan manage to get crowned? Charles V ?? > 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge > to the would-be English king Charles II? > 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848? Louis XVIII > 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is > now Canada? > 6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British? Louis XVI > in various shorelines. They're all pretty much the same thing, > but some of them are called bays, some are gulfs, and some are seas. > 1. What *two* Canadian provinces have coastline on Chaleur Bay? Quebec and New Brusnwick > 2. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan each have one large bay on their > western side. Name *either* bay. Green Bay > 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern > coast of what country? Australia > Canada and Greenland? > 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of > its coastline belong to? Russia > the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it. > 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic > coast that France and Spain border on? Biscay > what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia? > 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between > Italy and such countries as Croatia? Adriatic > 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching? Now that's a mistake. The actual name of the show is "Babewatch". They're not watching a body of water at all. Certainly the viewers aren't. -- Dan Tilque |
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