These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-11-18,
and should be interpreted accordingly.

On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.

All questions were written by members of What She Said, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of
current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2024-08-30
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".


* Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Aliens

"Star Trek" has a lot of aliens! We've given you a 2-page handout
with lots of aliens on it; we name the alien race, and you identify
which picture it is. See:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/qftci/10:2/trek.pdf

(Note that the numbers are *above* the images.)

1. Borg.
2. Gorn.
3. Trill.
4. Kazon.
5. Romulan.
6. Ferengi.
7. Bajoran.
8. Kelpien.
9. Andorian.
10. Cardassian.

If you like, decode the rot13 to see the species for the 8 decoys
and answer for them for fun, but for no points.

11. Oerra.
12. Bevba.
13. Ihypna.
14. Obyvna.
15. Qrygna.
16. Xyvatba.
17. Gnynkvna.
18. Gryynevgr.


* Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Superlatives

Since geography is, at many times, a science of quantifying facts
about the places we live in, it follows that some countries have
"the most" or "the best" of a certain thing. We will name a thing
that a country has (or does) the most of, and you tell us what
country we're talking about.

1. Most elephants.
2. Most individual islands.
3. Produces the most quinoa.
4. Most different species of frogs.
5. Has the highest (most elevated) asphalted road.
6. Owns the northernmost point of land in the world.
7. Most time zones, if overseas territories and dependencies
are included.

8. Most mountainous landscape, meaning that of its land area,
the highest percentage is mountainous.

9. Country with the city of at least 1,000,000 people that is
farthest from any other city of at least 1,000,000 people.

10. Flattest mainland country in the world, meaning that it has
the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points,
and excluding island countries.

--
Mark Brader, | "There is no silver bullet, because not every
Toronto, msb@vex.net | problem is a werewolf." -- Damian Conway

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On 7/23/25 22:29, Mark Brader wrote:

* Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Aliens

"Star Trek" has a lot of aliens! We've given you a 2-page handout
with lots of aliens on it; we name the alien race, and you identify
which picture it is. See:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/qftci/10:2/trek.pdf

(Note that the numbers are *above* the images.)

1. Borg.

18

2. Gorn.
3. Trill.
4. Kazon.
5. Romulan.

9

6. Ferengi.

2

7. Bajoran.
8. Kelpien.
9. Andorian.

4

10. Cardassian.

If you like, decode the rot13 to see the species for the 8 decoys
and answer for them for fun, but for no points.

11. Oerra.
12. Bevba.
13. Ihypna.
14. Obyvna.
15. Qrygna.
16. Xyvatba.
17. Gnynkvna.
18. Gryynevgr.

* Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Superlatives

Since geography is, at many times, a science of quantifying facts
about the places we live in, it follows that some countries have
"the most" or "the best" of a certain thing. We will name a thing
that a country has (or does) the most of, and you tell us what
country we're talking about.

1. Most elephants.

Botswana

2. Most individual islands.

Indonesia

3. Produces the most quinoa.

Mexico

4. Most different species of frogs.

Costa Rica

5. Has the highest (most elevated) asphalted road.

USA

6. Owns the northernmost point of land in the world.

Denmark

7. Most time zones, if overseas territories and dependencies
are included.

France

8. Most mountainous landscape, meaning that of its land area,
the highest percentage is mountainous.

Switzerland

9. Country with the city of at least 1,000,000 people that is
farthest from any other city of at least 1,000,000 people.

New Zealand

10. Flattest mainland country in the world, meaning that it has
the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points,
and excluding island countries.

Qatar


--
Dan Tilque

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On 7/24/2025 12:29 AM, Mark Brader wrote:

* Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Aliens

"Star Trek" has a lot of aliens! We've given you a 2-page handout
with lots of aliens on it; we name the alien race, and you identify
which picture it is. See:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/qftci/10:2/trek.pdf

(Note that the numbers are *above* the images.)

6. Ferengi.

2

* Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Superlatives

Since geography is, at many times, a science of quantifying facts
about the places we live in, it follows that some countries have
"the most" or "the best" of a certain thing. We will name a thing
that a country has (or does) the most of, and you tell us what
country we're talking about.

1. Most elephants.

India

2. Most individual islands.

Indonesia

3. Produces the most quinoa.

Peru

4. Most different species of frogs.

Indonesia; USA

5. Has the highest (most elevated) asphalted road.

China

6. Owns the northernmost point of land in the world.

China; Nepal

7. Most time zones, if overseas territories and dependencies
are included.

France; USA

8. Most mountainous landscape, meaning that of its land area,
the highest percentage is mountainous.

Nepal; Bhutan

9. Country with the city of at least 1,000,000 people that is
farthest from any other city of at least 1,000,000 people.

Australia

10. Flattest mainland country in the world, meaning that it has
the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points,
and excluding island countries.

Vatican City

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com


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Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:

* Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Aliens

Nope.

* Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Superlatives

1. Most elephants.

India

2. Most individual islands.

Indonesia

3. Produces the most quinoa.

Colombia

4. Most different species of frogs.

United States

5. Has the highest (most elevated) asphalted road.

China

6. Owns the northernmost point of land in the world.

Norway

7. Most time zones, if overseas territories and dependencies
are included.

United Kingdom

8. Most mountainous landscape, meaning that of its land area,
the highest percentage is mountainous.

Lesotho

9. Country with the city of at least 1,000,000 people that is
farthest from any other city of at least 1,000,000 people.

Australia

10. Flattest mainland country in the world, meaning that it has
the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points,
and excluding island countries.

Kuwait

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Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

* Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Aliens

1. Borg.

18

2. Gorn.

15

3. Trill.

7

4. Kazon.

13

5. Romulan.

16

6. Ferengi.

2

7. Bajoran.

11

8. Kelpien.

17

9. Andorian.

4

10. Cardassian.

6

* Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Superlatives

1. Most elephants.

India

2. Most individual islands.

Indonesia

3. Produces the most quinoa.

Brazil; Venezuela

4. Most different species of frogs.

Brazil

5. Has the highest (most elevated) asphalted road.

China; Nepal

6. Owns the northernmost point of land in the world.

Canada

7. Most time zones, if overseas territories and dependencies
are included.

France

8. Most mountainous landscape, meaning that of its land area,
the highest percentage is mountainous.

Nepal; Bhutan

9. Country with the city of at least 1,000,000 people that is
farthest from any other city of at least 1,000,000 people.

China; Russia

10. Flattest mainland country in the world, meaning that it has
the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points,
and excluding island countries.

Bangladesh

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

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Mark Brader:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-11-18,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

* Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Aliens

"Star Trek" has a lot of aliens! We've given you a 2-page handout
with lots of aliens on it; we name the alien race, and you identify
which picture it is. See:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/qftci/10:2/trek.pdf

(Note that the numbers are *above* the images.)

1. Borg.

#18. (Dpecies introduced on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" [TNG].)
4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.

2. Gorn.

#15. (The original "Star Trek" series [TOS].) 4 for Dan Blum.

3. Trill.

#7. (TNG.) 4 for Dan Blum.

4. Kazon.

#13. ("Star Trek: Voyager" [VOY].) 4 for Dan Blum.

5. Romulan.

#16. (TOS.) 4 for Dan Blum.

6. Ferengi.

#2. (TNG.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Dan Blum.

7. Bajoran.

#11. (TNG.) 4 for Dan Blum.

8. Kelpien.

#17. ("Star Trek: Discovery".) 4 for Dan Blum.

9. Andorian.

#4. (TOS.) 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.

10. Cardassian.

#6. (TNG.) 4 for Dan Blum.

If you like, decode the rot13 to see the species for the 8 decoys
and answer for them for fun, but for no points.

Nobody tried these.

11. Breen.

#8. ("Star Trek: Deep Space 9".)

12. Orion.

#10. (TOS.)

13. Vulcan.

#9. (TOS.)

14. Bolian.

#3. (TNG.)

15. Deltan.

#1. ("Star Trek: The Motion Picture".)

16. Klingon.

#5. (TOS, although their appearance later changed considerably.)

17. Talaxian.

#14. (VOY.)

18. Tellarite.

#12. (TOS.)

* Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Superlatives

Since geography is, at many times, a science of quantifying facts
about the places we live in, it follows that some countries have
"the most" or "the best" of a certain thing. We will name a thing
that a country has (or does) the most of, and you tell us what
country we're talking about.

This was the hardest round in the original game.)

1. Most elephants.

Botswana (about 13,000). 4 for Dan Tilque.

2. Most individual islands.

Sweden (over 260,000).

3. Produces the most quinoa.

Peru (more than half of the world's total production). 4 for Joshua.

4. Most different species of frogs.

Brazil (1,175). 4 for Dan Blum.

5. Has the highest (most elevated) asphalted road.

India (Umling La Pass in the Himalayas).

6. Owns the northernmost point of land in the world.

Denmark (Kaffeklubben / Coffee Club Island, off the north coast
of Greenland). 4 for Dan Tilque.

7. Most time zones, if overseas territories and dependencies
are included.

France (12). 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua.

8. Most mountainous landscape, meaning that of its land area,
the highest percentage is mountainous.

Bhutan (98%). 2 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

9. Country with the city of at least 1,000,000 people that is
farthest from any other city of at least 1,000,000 people.

New Zealand (Auckland, 2,150 km from Sydney). 4 for Dan Tilque.

The second-place city is Perth, Australia, 2,137 km from Adelaide.

10. Flattest mainland country in the world, meaning that it has
the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points,
and excluding island countries.

Vatican City (difference 42 m). 4 for Joshua.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Geo
Dan Blum 40 10 50
Dan Tilque 12 16 28
Joshua Kreitzer 4 13 17
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0

--
Mark Brader "Male got pregnant -- on the first try."
Toronto Newsweek article on high-tech conception msb@vex.net November 30, 1987

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On 7/27/25 00:43, Mark Brader wrote:

10. Flattest mainland country in the world, meaning that it has
the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points,
and excluding island countries.

Vatican City (difference 42 m). 4 for Joshua.

Not that it makes any difference to this quiz, but Wikipedia disagrees
on the number. It gives the low at 19 meters and the high at 76 meters,
for a 57 meter difference.

AFAICT, the second flattest is my answer: Qatar, with a 103 m difference.

--
Dan Tilque

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Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

1. Most elephants.

Botswana (about 13,000). 4 for Dan Tilque.

A quick look suggests that this is off by a factor of 10 (not that it
matters).

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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:

* Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Superlatives

2. Most individual islands.

Sweden (over 260,000).

Who would have known?

I can't escape the feeling that this is due to that we are best in
counting them.

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Mark Brader:

10. Flattest mainland country in the world, meaning that it has
the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points,
and excluding island countries.

Vatican City (difference 42 m). 4 for Joshua.

Dan Tilque:

Not that it makes any difference to this quiz, but Wikipedia disagrees
on the number.

It is the sort of thing that sources will disagree on, after all.

I suggest that the given definition of "flattest" is pretty ridiculous.
A more appropriate definition would be to average the gradient of the
land at all points in the country -- but of course that's not something
there are going to be reliable sources for. But in their absence,
I'd suggest dividing the elevation difference (highest minus lowest)
by the square root of the country's total area. And no, I'm not going
to tabulate this measure.
--
Mark Brader | ...roll the imaginary 60-meter sphere across the landscape Toronto | (for safety reasons, do not use a real sphere).
msb@vex.net | --Randall Munroe

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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