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.

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

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

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."

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

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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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).

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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.
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