- QFTCIRS Current Events 9-10 answers - 2 Updates
- QFTCIRS Game 4, Rounds 7-8: modern architects, sacred sites - 1 Update
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 29 09:16PM +0100 >> and was recognized as the acting president by a number of >> countries, including Canada. What is her name? > Jeanine Añez Chavez. 3 for Erland. And my answer was Arañez. 3 points? You are just too kind! (And if you would get second thoughts and annul those points, I will not protest.) |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 29 02:40PM -0600 Mark Brader: > > Jeanine Añez Chavez. 3 for Erland. Erland Sommarskog: > And my answer was Arañez. 3 points? "Añez" was sufficient, so you were more than half right. -- Mark Brader | "I could be wrong." Toronto | "Have you ever said that and actually meant it?" msb@vex.net | "No." --Willie Reale, "Blue Bloods" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 29 03:14PM > * Game 4, Round 7 - Art - Giants of Modern Architecture > 1. Le Corbusier. H; G > 2. Buckminster Fuller. F > 3. Charles and Ray Eames. D; E > 4. Mies van der Rohe. L; H > 5. Philip Johnson. B; I > 6. Eero Saarinen. J > 7. Richard Neutra. K; A > 8. Louis Kahn. A; C > 9. Viljo Revell. C; D > 10. Marcel Breuer. E; I > 1. The Shwedagon Pagoda is a 344-foot Buddhist stupa crowned > with 5,448 diamonds, 2,317 rubies, and at its very tip, a giant > 76-carat diamond. Which *country* is this pagoda in? Bhutan > 2. This building was originally a Greek Orthodox cathedral, then > an imperial Mosque, and is now a museum. When it was built in > Turkey in 537, it was the largest building on Earth. Name it. Hagia Sophia > Mary was said to have appeared to Saint Juan Diego, emblazoning > his cloak with an image that is still displayed today in the > basilica. *Which city* is home to the Basilica de Guadalupe? Barcelona > date back to the time of Adam and Eve. It is circled as part > of the tawaf ritual during the hajj. *Name the cube-shaped > building* that currently holds the Black Stone. Kaaba > 7. The book of Exodus describes Moses receiving the Ten Commandments > upon Mt. Sinai. In which modern-day country is Mt. Sinai > thought to be located? Jordan; Israel > 8. Uluru, known alternatively as Ayers Rock, is a sandstone > formation sacred to the aboriginal population in the area. > In *which Australian state or territory* is it located in? Northern Territory; Western Australia > 9. Lalibela is an Orthodox Christian holy city, perhaps most > famous for its monolithic churches hewn directly out of the rock. > There are 11 of them. In which *country* is Lalibela? Albania > allowed in the chapel, and in fact they spend their entire life > within the chapel, appointing a a successor before their death. > What object is claimed by the church to reside within the chapel? crown of thorns; Holy Grail -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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