Pete Gayde's entry came in while I was constructing the answers posting,
so I'm rescoring to accept it.

Mark Brader:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-06,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

I wrote both of these rounds.

* Game 7, Round 7 - Geography - World City Names

We give the usual name of a city in English; you give its actual
name in the local language. In the original game a close-enough pronunciation would have been sufficient, but here you must give
the exact spelling of the answer using our alphabet (you may omit
accent marks, but if you give them they must be correct).

I accepted spellings using "oe" and "ue" to render "ö" and "ü" into
our alphabet.

In the original game, this example was given: "we say 'PA-riss,
France'; you say 'Pa-REE' or P-A-R-I-S -- only that's not a real
example, because it uses the same spelling."

And, in the original game, this was the easiest round.

1. Vienna, Austria.

Wien [properly "veen"]. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete.

2. Naples, Italy.

Napoli or [local dialect] Napule. 4 for everyone.

3. The Hague, Netherlands.

Den Haag. 4 for everyone.

4. Munich, Germany.

München [properly "MYOON-khen"]. 4 for everyone.

5. Moscow ["MOSS-cow" or "MOSS-koe"], Russia.

Moskva. 4 for everyone.

6. Lisbon, Portugal.

Lisboa ["leece-BO-uh"]. 4 for everyone.

7. Prague, Czechia.

Praha. 4 for everyone.

8. Cologne, Germany.

Köln [properly "kerln" without the R sound]. 4 for everyone.

9. Brussels, Belgium. Give *either* the French or the Dutch name --
you need not say which.

Bruxelles or Brussel [both more or less "broo-SELL"]. 4 for everyone.

10. Geneva, Switzerland. Give *either* the French or the German
name -- you need not say which.

Genève ["zhen-EV"] or Genf ["ghenf"]. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, Joshua, and Pete.

* Game 7, Round 8 - History - US Presidents by Middle Name

A simple round: we say David, for example, and you say Dwight
Eisenhower. Or just Eisenhower will be sufficient unless another
president has the same surname.

1. Birchard.

Rutherford Hayes. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.

(Lyndon Johnson: see below.)

2. Henry.

William Harrison. (Both names required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Joshua.

(George H.W. Bush: Herbert Walker.)

3. John.

Donald Trump. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.

4. Hussein.

Barack Obama. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.

5. Gamaliel ["ga-MAY-lee-ell"].

Warren Harding. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.

6. Robinette.

Joe (Joseph) Biden. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.

7. Baines.

Lyndon Johnson. (Both names required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Joshua, and Pete.

8. Milhous ["MILL-house"].

Richard Nixon. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.

9. Jefferson.

Bill (William) Clinton. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.

10. Wilson.

Ronald Reagan. 4 for Joshua and Pete.

(George W. Bush: Walker. Hoover: Clark.)


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo Can Ent Lit Geo His FOUR
Stephen Perry 32 36 36 32 40 0 144
Joshua Kreitzer 0 28 28 23 40 40 136
Dan Blum 9 15 18 23 36 36 113
Pete Gayde 14 8 -- -- 40 36 98
Dan Tilque 0 8 8 4 40 28 84
Erland Sommarskog 4 23 -- -- 40 8 75

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Mark Brader | "Which humans of that time did here whether this place
Toronto | was cult place already at that time, extracts itself
msb@vex.net | from our knowledge." --from a web site for tourists

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