* 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.
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.
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."""
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.
* 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.
* Game 6, Round 4 - Geography - What is Missing?
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
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.
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.
6. Name the racer who """has won more world championships as a
driver than any other, at 7""".
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."""
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.
* 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.
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.
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. 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?
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.
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. """Only four countries have produced winning
constructors. Italy is one; name any one of the other three."""
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.
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.
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...
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