• RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 6, Rounds 4,6: missing one, Formula One

    From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 25 23:48:25 2022
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-06-12,
    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 6, Round 4 - Geography - What is Missing?

    For each question, name the one element missing from the list.
    Each list is given in sequence where applicable, and specifically
    in clockwise order where applicable. But the missing element may,
    of course, be anywhere within the list or at either end.

    Answers may repeat.

    1. African nations that border the Mediterranean Sea: Egypt, Libya,
    Algeria, Morocco.

    2. States and non-overseas territories of Australia: Northern
    Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital
    Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia.

    3. Nations that border Bolivia: Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.

    4. US states that border the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana,
    Mississippi, Florida.

    5. Central American countries (i.e. between Colombia and Mexico)
    that border the Caribbean Sea: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
    Honduras, Belize.

    6. Nations that """border""" the Black Sea: Turkey, Bulgaria,
    Ukraine, Russia, Georgia.

    7. Countries that the Danube """flows""" through (or along the
    border of): Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia,
    Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine.

    8. Nations that border Myanmar, formerly known as Burma: Bangladesh,
    China, Laos, Thailand.

    9. Capital cities on the original Orient Express train route of
    1883-1962: Istanbul, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris.

    10. Seas within the Mediterranean Basin (i.e. between Istanbul and
    Gibraltar): Sea of Marmara, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Alboran,
    Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian.


    * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - F1

    Answer these questions about the world's premier car racing
    organization: the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
    Formula One (F1) World Championship.

    1. The F1 season consists of a number of individual races; what
    are each of them known as?

    2. How many of these races are currently on the calendar for the
    2012 season, within 1? Hint: it is one more than the most
    ever in a previous F1 season. *Note*: Alternatively, you may
    answer for the 2022 season as it was originally scheduled,
    and you need not say if you are doing that.

    3. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with questions #1-2. Sbe rnpu bs gur
    """ynfg 10 lrnef""", rirel Tenaq Cevk rkprcg bar cre lrne unf
    ercerfragrq n angvbany punzcvbafuvc, r.t. gur Pnanqvna Tenaq
    Cevk. Gur rkprcgvba vf n punzcvbafuvc gung sbe gur """ynfg
    5 lrnef""" unf orra eha va Inyrapvn, Fcnva. Jung """vf"""
    guvf cnegvphyne Tenaq Cevk pnyyrq?

    4. Gur "Sbezhyn" va Sbezhyn Bar ercerfragf n frg bs ehyrf juvpu
    rnpu pne zhfg zrrg, nterrq gb ol gur inevbhf Tenaq Cevk enpvat
    tebhcf phyzvangvat va gur sbezngvba bs gur pheerag fgehpgher
    naq tbireanapr. Tenaq Cevk enprf jrer svefg fgntrq va 1909, va
    ohg jung lrne qvq gur betnavmngvba sbeznyvmr? Tvhfrccr Snevan
    orpnzr gur svefg S1 Jbeyq Qevire Punzcvba gur fnzr lrne.
    Nafjre jvguva 7 lrnef.

    5. Name the """current""" World Driving Champion; he won the title
    in both the 2010 and the 2011 season. *Note*: You may also
    answer with the 2021 winner.

    6. Name the racer who """has won more world championships as a
    driver than any other, at 7""".

    7. Besides the championship for drivers, results for each race in
    a season are combined to award another annual world championship.
    What is this one called?

    8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
    question #7. """Bayl sbhe pbhagevrf unir cebqhprq jvaavat
    pbafgehpgbef. Vgnyl vf bar; anzr nal bar bs gur bgure guerr."""

    9. For that extra burst of speed, each circuit in the F1 season
    """has""" one or more DRS zones. What does the acronym DRS
    stand for?

    10. The """last""" driver to be killed during an F1 race was this
    Brazilian in 1994, considered by many to be the best driver ever.
    Name him.

    --
    Mark Brader, Toronto | "People are entitled to their own opinions, msb@vex.net | but not their own facts." --Michael Bloomberg

    My text in this article is in the public domain.

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sat Jun 25 22:04:54 2022
    On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 11:48:31 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 6, Round 4 - Geography - What is Missing?

    For each question, name the one element missing from the list.
    Each list is given in sequence where applicable, and specifically
    in clockwise order where applicable. But the missing element may,
    of course, be anywhere within the list or at either end.

    1. African nations that border the Mediterranean Sea: Egypt, Libya,
    Algeria, Morocco.

    Tunisia

    2. States and non-overseas territories of Australia: Northern
    Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital
    Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia.

    Victoria

    3. Nations that border Bolivia: Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.

    Chile

    4. US states that border the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana,
    Mississippi, Florida.

    Alabama

    5. Central American countries (i.e. between Colombia and Mexico)
    that border the Caribbean Sea: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
    Honduras, Belize.

    Guatemala

    6. Nations that """border""" the Black Sea: Turkey, Bulgaria,
    Ukraine, Russia, Georgia.

    Armenia; Romania

    7. Countries that the Danube """flows""" through (or along the
    border of): Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia,
    Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine.

    Romania

    8. Nations that border Myanmar, formerly known as Burma: Bangladesh,
    China, Laos, Thailand.

    India

    9. Capital cities on the original Orient Express train route of
    1883-1962: Istanbul, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris.

    Vienna

    10. Seas within the Mediterranean Basin (i.e. between Istanbul and Gibraltar): Sea of Marmara, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Alboran,
    Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian.

    Aegean Sea

    * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - F1

    Answer these questions about the world's premier car racing
    organization: the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
    Formula One (F1) World Championship.

    1. The F1 season consists of a number of individual races; what
    are each of them known as?

    Grand Prix

    2. How many of these races are currently on the calendar for the
    2012 season, within 1? Hint: it is one more than the most
    ever in a previous F1 season. *Note*: Alternatively, you may
    answer for the 2022 season as it was originally scheduled,
    and you need not say if you are doing that.

    20

    4. Gur "Sbezhyn" va Sbezhyn Bar ercerfragf n frg bs ehyrf juvpu
    rnpu pne zhfg zrrg, nterrq gb ol gur inevbhf Tenaq Cevk enpvat
    tebhcf phyzvangvat va gur sbezngvba bs gur pheerag fgehpgher
    naq tbireanapr. Tenaq Cevk enprf jrer svefg fgntrq va 1909, va
    ohg jung lrne qvq gur betnavmngvba sbeznyvmr? Tvhfrccr Snevan
    orpnzr gur svefg S1 Jbeyq Qevire Punzcvba gur fnzr lrne.
    Nafjre jvguva 7 lrnef.

    1952

    5. Name the """current""" World Driving Champion; he won the title
    in both the 2010 and the 2011 season. *Note*: You may also
    answer with the 2021 winner.

    Schumacher; Hamilton

    6. Name the racer who """has won more world championships as a
    driver than any other, at 7""".

    Schumacher

    7. Besides the championship for drivers, results for each race in
    a season are combined to award another annual world championship.
    What is this one called?

    Constructors' Championship

    8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
    question #7. """Bayl sbhe pbhagevrf unir cebqhprq jvaavat
    pbafgehpgbef. Vgnyl vf bar; anzr nal bar bs gur bgure guerr."""

    Germany; France

    10. The """last""" driver to be killed during an F1 race was this
    Brazilian in 1994, considered by many to be the best driver ever.
    Name him.

    Senna

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    gromit82@hotmail.com

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  • From Erland Sommarskog@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sun Jun 26 11:17:59 2022
    Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
    * Game 6, Round 4 - Geography - What is Missing?

    For each question, name the one element missing from the list.
    Each list is given in sequence where applicable, and specifically
    in clockwise order where applicable. But the missing element may,
    of course, be anywhere within the list or at either end.

    Answers may repeat.

    1. African nations that border the Mediterranean Sea: Egypt, Libya,
    Algeria, Morocco.

    Tunisia

    2. States and non-overseas territories of Australia: Northern
    Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital
    Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia.

    Victoria

    3. Nations that border Bolivia: Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.

    Chile

    4. US states that border the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana,
    Mississippi, Florida.

    Alabama

    5. Central American countries (i.e. between Colombia and Mexico)
    that border the Caribbean Sea: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
    Honduras, Belize.

    Gutalemala

    6. Nations that """border""" the Black Sea: Turkey, Bulgaria,
    Ukraine, Russia, Georgia.

    Romania

    7. Countries that the Danube """flows""" through (or along the
    border of): Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia,
    Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine.

    Romania

    8. Nations that border Myanmar, formerly known as Burma: Bangladesh,
    China, Laos, Thailand.

    India

    9. Capital cities on the original Orient Express train route of
    1883-1962: Istanbul, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris.

    Vienna


    10. Seas within the Mediterranean Basin (i.e. between Istanbul and
    Gibraltar): Sea of Marmara, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Alboran,
    Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian.


    Aegean

    * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - F1

    Answer these questions about the world's premier car racing
    organization: the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
    Formula One (F1) World Championship.

    1. The F1 season consists of a number of individual races; what
    are each of them known as?

    Grand Prix

    2. How many of these races are currently on the calendar for the
    2012 season, within 1? Hint: it is one more than the most
    ever in a previous F1 season. *Note*: Alternatively, you may
    answer for the 2022 season as it was originally scheduled,
    and you need not say if you are doing that.

    20

    3. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with questions #1-2. Sbe rnpu bs gur
    """ynfg 10 lrnef""", rirel Tenaq Cevk rkprcg bar cre lrne unf
    ercerfragrq n angvbany punzcvbafuvc, r.t. gur Pnanqvna Tenaq
    Cevk. Gur rkprcgvba vf n punzcvbafuvc gung sbe gur """ynfg
    5 lrnef""" unf orra eha va Inyrapvn, Fcnva. Jung """vf"""
    guvf cnegvphyne Tenaq Cevk pnyyrq?

    Valencia Grand Prix

    4. Gur "Sbezhyn" va Sbezhyn Bar ercerfragf n frg bs ehyrf juvpu
    rnpu pne zhfg zrrg, nterrq gb ol gur inevbhf Tenaq Cevk enpvat
    tebhcf phyzvangvat va gur sbezngvba bs gur pheerag fgehpgher
    naq tbireanapr. Tenaq Cevk enprf jrer svefg fgntrq va 1909, va
    ohg jung lrne qvq gur betnavmngvba sbeznyvmr? Tvhfrccr Snevan
    orpnzr gur svefg S1 Jbeyq Qevire Punzcvba gur fnzr lrne.
    Nafjre jvguva 7 lrnef.

    1951

    5. Name the """current""" World Driving Champion; he won the title
    in both the 2010 and the 2011 season. *Note*: You may also
    answer with the 2021 winner.

    Verstappen (2021)

    6. Name the racer who """has won more world championships as a
    driver than any other, at 7""".

    Schumacher

    7. Besides the championship for drivers, results for each race in
    a season are combined to award another annual world championship.
    What is this one called?

    Constructors

    8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
    question #7. """Bayl sbhe pbhagevrf unir cebqhprq jvaavat
    pbafgehpgbef. Vgnyl vf bar; anzr nal bar bs gur bgure guerr."""

    UK

    9. For that extra burst of speed, each circuit in the F1 season
    """has""" one or more DRS zones. What does the acronym DRS
    stand for?

    Drive Real Slow :-)

    10. The """last""" driver to be killed during an F1 race was this
    Brazilian in 1994, considered by many to be the best driver ever.
    Name him.

    Senna

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  • From Dan Blum@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sun Jun 26 15:01:33 2022
    Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

    * Game 6, Round 4 - Geography - What is Missing?

    1. African nations that border the Mediterranean Sea: Egypt, Libya,
    Algeria, Morocco.

    Tunisia

    2. States and non-overseas territories of Australia: Northern
    Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital
    Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia.

    Victoria

    3. Nations that border Bolivia: Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.

    Chile

    4. US states that border the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana,
    Mississippi, Florida.

    Alabama

    5. Central American countries (i.e. between Colombia and Mexico)
    that border the Caribbean Sea: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
    Honduras, Belize.

    Guatemala

    6. Nations that """border""" the Black Sea: Turkey, Bulgaria,
    Ukraine, Russia, Georgia.

    Romania

    7. Countries that the Danube """flows""" through (or along the
    border of): Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia,
    Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine.

    Romania

    8. Nations that border Myanmar, formerly known as Burma: Bangladesh,
    China, Laos, Thailand.

    India

    9. Capital cities on the original Orient Express train route of
    1883-1962: Istanbul, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris.

    Vienna

    10. Seas within the Mediterranean Basin (i.e. between Istanbul and
    Gibraltar): Sea of Marmara, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Alboran,
    Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian.

    Aegean

    * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - F1

    1. The F1 season consists of a number of individual races; what
    are each of them known as?

    grand prix

    2. How many of these races are currently on the calendar for the
    2012 season, within 1? Hint: it is one more than the most
    ever in a previous F1 season. *Note*: Alternatively, you may
    answer for the 2022 season as it was originally scheduled,
    and you need not say if you are doing that.

    15; 21

    4. Gur "Sbezhyn" va Sbezhyn Bar ercerfragf n frg bs ehyrf juvpu
    rnpu pne zhfg zrrg, nterrq gb ol gur inevbhf Tenaq Cevk enpvat
    tebhcf phyzvangvat va gur sbezngvba bs gur pheerag fgehpgher
    naq tbireanapr. Tenaq Cevk enprf jrer svefg fgntrq va 1909, va
    ohg jung lrne qvq gur betnavmngvba sbeznyvmr? Tvhfrccr Snevan
    orpnzr gur svefg S1 Jbeyq Qevire Punzcvba gur fnzr lrne.
    Nafjre jvguva 7 lrnef.

    1920

    6. Name the racer who """has won more world championships as a
    driver than any other, at 7""".

    Schumacher; Andretti

    8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
    question #7. """Bayl sbhe pbhagevrf unir cebqhprq jvaavat
    pbafgehpgbef. Vgnyl vf bar; anzr nal bar bs gur bgure guerr."""

    Germany

    10. The """last""" driver to be killed during an F1 race was this
    Brazilian in 1994, considered by many to be the best driver ever.
    Name him.

    Senna

    --
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Dan Blum tool@panix.com
    "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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  • From Dan Tilque@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 28 08:57:01 2022
    On 6/25/22 21:48, Mark Brader wrote:

    Sorry I've missed some of the recent rounds. Sometimes following other
    news (and we've had tons of other news recently) takes up too much of my
    time and I forget to come back here.



    * Game 6, Round 4 - Geography - What is Missing?

    For each question, name the one element missing from the list.
    Each list is given in sequence where applicable, and specifically
    in clockwise order where applicable. But the missing element may,
    of course, be anywhere within the list or at either end.

    Answers may repeat.

    1. African nations that border the Mediterranean Sea: Egypt, Libya,
    Algeria, Morocco.

    Tunisia


    2. States and non-overseas territories of Australia: Northern
    Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital
    Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia.

    Victoria


    3. Nations that border Bolivia: Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.

    Colombia


    4. US states that border the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana,
    Mississippi, Florida.

    Alabama


    5. Central American countries (i.e. between Colombia and Mexico)
    that border the Caribbean Sea: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
    Honduras, Belize.

    Guatemala


    6. Nations that """border""" the Black Sea: Turkey, Bulgaria,
    Ukraine, Russia, Georgia.

    Romania


    7. Countries that the Danube """flows""" through (or along the
    border of): Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia,
    Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine.

    Romania


    8. Nations that border Myanmar, formerly known as Burma: Bangladesh,
    China, Laos, Thailand.

    India


    9. Capital cities on the original Orient Express train route of
    1883-1962: Istanbul, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris.

    Vienna


    10. Seas within the Mediterranean Basin (i.e. between Istanbul and
    Gibraltar): Sea of Marmara, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Alboran,
    Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian.

    Aegean



    * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - F1

    Answer these questions about the world's premier car racing
    organization: the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
    Formula One (F1) World Championship.

    1. The F1 season consists of a number of individual races; what
    are each of them known as?

    Grand Prix


    2. How many of these races are currently on the calendar for the
    2012 season, within 1? Hint: it is one more than the most
    ever in a previous F1 season. *Note*: Alternatively, you may
    answer for the 2022 season as it was originally scheduled,
    and you need not say if you are doing that.

    13; 16


    3. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with questions #1-2. Sbe rnpu bs gur
    """ynfg 10 lrnef""", rirel Tenaq Cevk rkprcg bar cre lrne unf
    ercerfragrq n angvbany punzcvbafuvc, r.t. gur Pnanqvna Tenaq
    Cevk. Gur rkprcgvba vf n punzcvbafuvc gung sbe gur """ynfg
    5 lrnef""" unf orra eha va Inyrapvn, Fcnva. Jung """vf"""
    guvf cnegvphyne Tenaq Cevk pnyyrq?

    Catalonian Grand Prix


    4. Gur "Sbezhyn" va Sbezhyn Bar ercerfragf n frg bs ehyrf juvpu
    rnpu pne zhfg zrrg, nterrq gb ol gur inevbhf Tenaq Cevk enpvat
    tebhcf phyzvangvat va gur sbezngvba bs gur pheerag fgehpgher
    naq tbireanapr. Tenaq Cevk enprf jrer svefg fgntrq va 1909, va
    ohg jung lrne qvq gur betnavmngvba sbeznyvmr? Tvhfrccr Snevan
    orpnzr gur svefg S1 Jbeyq Qevire Punzcvba gur fnzr lrne.
    Nafjre jvguva 7 lrnef.

    5. Name the """current""" World Driving Champion; he won the title
    in both the 2010 and the 2011 season. *Note*: You may also
    answer with the 2021 winner.

    6. Name the racer who """has won more world championships as a
    driver than any other, at 7""".

    7. Besides the championship for drivers, results for each race in
    a season are combined to award another annual world championship.
    What is this one called?

    8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
    question #7. """Bayl sbhe pbhagevrf unir cebqhprq jvaavat
    pbafgehpgbef. Vgnyl vf bar; anzr nal bar bs gur bgure guerr."""

    9. For that extra burst of speed, each circuit in the F1 season
    """has""" one or more DRS zones. What does the acronym DRS
    stand for?

    10. The """last""" driver to be killed during an F1 race was this
    Brazilian in 1994, considered by many to be the best driver ever.
    Name him.


    --
    Dan Tilque

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  • From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 28 22:57:10 2022
    Mark Brader:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-06-12,
    and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
    see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
    Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".


    * Game 6, Round 4 - Geography - What is Missing?

    For each question, name the one element missing from the list.
    Each list is given in sequence where applicable, and specifically
    in clockwise order where applicable. But the missing element may,
    of course, be anywhere within the list or at either end.

    Answers may repeat.

    1. African nations that border the Mediterranean Sea: Egypt, Libya,
    Algeria, Morocco.

    Tunisia. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

    2. States and non-overseas territories of Australia: Northern
    Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital
    Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia.

    Victoria. 4 for everyone.

    3. Nations that border Bolivia: Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.

    Chile. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.

    4. US states that border the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana,
    Mississippi, Florida.

    Alabama. 4 for everyone.

    5. Central American countries (i.e. between Colombia and Mexico)
    that border the Caribbean Sea: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
    Honduras, Belize.

    Guatemala. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.

    6. Nations that """border""" the Black Sea: Turkey, Bulgaria,
    Ukraine, Russia, Georgia.

    Romania. (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
    2 for Joshua.

    7. Countries that the Danube """flows""" through (or along the
    border of): Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia,
    Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine.

    Romania. (Still true.) 4 for everyone.

    8. Nations that border Myanmar, formerly known as Burma: Bangladesh,
    China, Laos, Thailand.

    India. 4 for everyone.

    9. Capital cities on the original Orient Express train route of
    1883-1962: Istanbul, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris.

    Vienna. 4 for everyone.

    10. Seas within the Mediterranean Basin (i.e. between Istanbul and
    Gibraltar): Sea of Marmara, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Alboran,
    Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian.

    Aegean was the expected answer; I also accepted the smaller Icarian
    Sea. 4 for everyone.


    * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - F1

    Answer these questions about the world's premier car racing
    organization: the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
    Formula One (F1) World Championship.

    1. The F1 season consists of a number of individual races; what
    are each of them known as?

    Grand Prix. 4 for everyone.

    2. How many of these races are currently on the calendar for the
    2012 season, within 1? Hint: it is one more than the most
    ever in a previous F1 season. *Note*: Alternatively, you may
    answer for the 2022 season as it was originally scheduled,
    and you need not say if you are doing that.

    2012 answer: 20. 2022 answer: 23. Accepting 19-24. 4 for Joshua
    and Erland. 2 for Dan Blum.

    3. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with questions #1-2. For each of the
    """last 10 years""", every Grand Prix except one per year has
    represented a national championship, e.g. the Canadian Grand
    Prix. The exception is a championship that for the """last
    5 years""" has been run in Valencia, Spain. What """is"""
    this particular Grand Prix called?

    The European Grand Prix. (No longer true.)

    4. The "Formula" in Formula One represents a set of rules which
    each car must meet, agreed to by the various Grand Prix racing
    groups culminating in the formation of the current structure
    and governance. Grand Prix races were first staged in 1909, in
    but what year did the organization formalize? Giuseppe Farina
    became the first F1 World Driver Champion the same year.
    Answer within 7 years.

    1950 (accepting 1943-57). 4 for Joshua and Erland.

    5. Name the """current""" World Driving Champion; he won the title
    in both the 2010 and the 2011 season. *Note*: You may also
    answer with the 2021 winner.

    2010-11 answer: Sebastian Vettel. 2021 answer: Max Verstappen.
    4 for Erland.

    6. Name the racer who """has won more world championships as a
    driver than any other, at 7""".

    2012 answer: Michael Schumacher. 2022 answer: Lewis Hamilton also
    has 7. 4 for Joshua and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum.

    7. Besides the championship for drivers, results for each race in
    a season are combined to award another annual world championship.
    What is this one called?

    World Constructors' Championship (anything with "constructor" was
    okay, but no synonyms). 4 for Joshua and Erland.

    8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
    question #7. """Only four countries have produced winning
    constructors. Italy is one; name any one of the other three."""

    Austria, France, UK (accepting England). (Still true, I think.)
    4 for Erland. 2 for Joshua.

    9. For that extra burst of speed, each circuit in the F1 season
    """has""" one or more DRS zones. What does the acronym DRS
    stand for?

    Drag Reduction System.

    10. The """last""" driver to be killed during an F1 race was this
    Brazilian in 1994, considered by many to be the best driver ever.
    Name him.

    2012 answer: Ayrton Senna. 2022 answer: Jules Bianchi (France),
    crashed 2014, died 2015. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.


    Scores, if there are no errors:

    GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
    TOPICS-> His Art Geo Spo
    Joshua Kreitzer 8 27 38 26 99
    Dan Blum 15 24 40 13 92
    Erland Sommarskog 12 0 39 32 83
    Dan Tilque -- -- 36 4 40
    Pete Gayde 8 4 -- -- 12

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Tue Jun 28 23:53:16 2022
    On Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 10:57:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

    8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
    question #7. """Only four countries have produced winning
    constructors. Italy is one; name any one of the other three."""

    Austria, France, UK (accepting England). (Still true, I think.)
    4 for Erland. 2 for Joshua.

    I don't know that much about Formula 1, but I see that Mercedes has won the last eight Constructor's Championships in a row, so it would appear that Germany should be added to the list (giving me 4 points the hard way).

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    gromit82@hotmail.com

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  • From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 29 18:16:11 2022
    Mark Brader:
    8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
    question #7. """Only four countries have produced winning
    constructors. Italy is one; name any one of the other three."""

    Austria, France, UK (accepting England). (Still true, I think.)
    4 for Erland. 2 for Joshua.

    Joshua Kreitzer:
    I don't know that much about Formula 1, but I see that Mercedes has won
    the last eight Constructor's Championships in a row...

    If Wikipedia is correct, you're right so far...

    so it would appear that Germany should be added to the list...

    But wrong here, as that team is based in the UK.
    --
    Mark Brader | "The nice thing about standards is
    Toronto | that you have so many to choose from..." msb@vex.net | --Andrew Tanenbaum

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