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! 10: Нижнетагильский Фестиваль Интеллектуальных Игр
! 11: "Рыцарский турнир: знатоки против эрудитов-2<br>
! 12: 10--12 мая 2001</h1>
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! 15: <pre>
! 16: <small>
! 17: From: Anatolle <<a href="mailto:chgkntagil@postnt.com">chgkntagil@postnt.com</a>>
! 18: Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 17:55:10 +0600
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! 20: </pre>
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! 23: Если я не ошибаюсь
! 24: (а я надеюсь, что я не ошибаюсь) <small>[тем не менее здесь Анатолий
! 25: ошибается -- в Санкт-Петербурге Елена Кисленкова проводит игры на
! 26: английском языке с 1998 года. -- БВ]</small>,
! 27: то 10-12 мая в Нижнем Тагиле
! 28: впервые в Восточном полушарии играли ЧГК на английском языке.
! 29: Состоялся он благодаря Льву Горенштейну, слава ему, слава, слава!
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! 32: <p>
! 33: Теперь и вы можете заценить этот экперимент.
! 34: Только сразу оговорюсь: свеченность и легкость вопросов в данном
! 35: случае намеренная - игрокам и так было непросто.
! 36: </p>
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! 38: <p>
! 39: Translated by Lev Gorenstein, May 2002.
! 40: </p>
! 41:
! 42: <p>
! 43: 1. Pavel Florensky once wrote: "They are the most revealing depths of
! 44: one's will, and Eastern people consider them to be the most diffident
! 45: part". With that in mind, here's how Florensky described the most
! 46: famous of their formations: "IT has sin, temptation, and charm. IT
! 47: is lascivious and corrupt, and expresses nothing positive but inner
! 48: embarrasment". Who has IT?
! 49: </p>
! 50:
! 51: <p>
! 52: Answer: Gioconda (Mona Lisa).
! 53: Comment: They are lips. "IT" stands for the smile.
! 54: </p>
! 55:
! 56: <p>
! 57: 2. Once during the World War I the famous humorist Arkady Averchenko
! 58: has brought a military-related tale to a censorship office. The
! 59: censor allowed the tale, but marked out the sentence "The sky was
! 60: deep blue". Answering the surprised author's question, the censor
! 61: noted that these words could lead the enemy to the conclusion
! 62: that the action takes place in the South, and thus they could disclose
! 63: the secret. The secret of what?
! 64: </p>
! 65:
! 66: <p>
! 67: Answer: The disposition of Russian troops.
! 68: </p>
! 69:
! 70: <p>
! 71: 3. An American comedian Steve Wright joked:
! 72: "One day I decided to mix myself a drink. I took two parts of one,
! 73: and one part of the other, and the drink turned out perfectly".
! 74: Please name both ingredients that Steve used.
! 75: </p>
! 76:
! 77: <p>
! 78: Answer: Hydrogen and oxygen (forming H2O).
! 79: </p>
! 80:
! 81: <p>
! 82: 4. During one of V. V. Mayakovsky's performances someone short
! 83: approached the poet and yelled a very famous phrase. Mayakovsky
! 84: stepped toward this person and responded: "And I'm doing it!". What
! 85: did the shorty yell?
! 86: </p>
! 87:
! 88: <p>
! 89: Answer: "From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step".
! 90: </p>
! 91:
! 92: <p>
! 93: 5. In Levant the "bAba ganUsh" dish is often called "a poor man's
! 94: caviar". During the Middle Ages the Italians believed that its main
! 95: ingredient causes insanity, and called it "melanzana". Yet, according
! 96: to one source, at about the same time in Russia this dish was very
! 97: respected because of its rarity. So what is the main ingredient of
! 98: "bAba ganUsh"?
! 99: </p>
! 100:
! 101: <p>
! 102: Answer: Eggplant.
! 103: </p>
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! 105: <p>
! 106: 6. You hardly know too many stories about day-to-day life of the
! 107: Senate, but this particular story about a very ready-witted Senator
! 108: Palpatin you certainly know (or at least have heard about it).
! 109: Being unscrupulous, he orchestrated his own elections to become a
! 110: President of the Old Republic and soon proclamed himself an
! 111: Imperor. Yet it was his closest aide that achieved the most
! 112: notorious fame. This story was put in a novel by Alan Din Foster
! 113: (even though his name was not on the cover). We don't ask you the
! 114: name on the cover, nor the name of this witty Senator. We don't
! 115: even ask you the true name of this famous aide. All we ask is this
! 116: aide's most known alias.
! 117: </p>
! 118:
! 119: <p>
! 120: Answer: Darth Vader
! 121: </p>
! 122:
! 123: <p>
! 124: 7. Deni Vre-Luka was one of the most talented authograph forgers of
! 125: the 19th century. Among the masterpieces that he managed to sell to
! 126: the unsuspecting French were letters from Caesar to Cleopatra, as well
! 127: as letters from Judas, Pontius Pilate, Joan of Arc and Cicero.
! 128: Please name the languages that Deni Vre-Luka knew.
! 129: </p>
! 130:
! 131: <p>
! 132: Answer: French
! 133: Comment: 19th century French was the only language he knew, and all
! 134: his letters were written in this language.
! 135: </p>
! 136:
! 137: <p>
! 138: 8. Employees of the "News room" division of the "Euronews" TV channel
! 139: claim that their job is best described by the number, that is similar
! 140: to a telephone one. The difference is in the groupping of digits: two
! 141: digits, then one, and then three more. Please reproduce their number.
! 142: </p>
! 143:
! 144: <p>
! 145: Answer: 24 - 7 - 365.
! 146: Comment: 24 hours a day - 7 days a week - 365 days a year
! 147: </p>
! 148:
! 149: <p>
! 150: 9. In the year 2000 the compilation of the critical essays reviewing
! 151: classic world-famous writings was published in the West. The
! 152: compilation consisted of two parts. The second part was devoted to
! 153: the works of an American writer Vladimir Nabokov. And who's works
! 154: were reviewed in the first part?
! 155: </p>
! 156:
! 157: <p>
! 158: Answer: The works of Russian writer Vladimir Sirin.
! 159: Comment: To publish his classic works in Russian, Nabokov used the
! 160: pen-name "Vladimir Sirin". Only few of his early (pre-revolution)
! 161: poems were published under the name Nabokov, and both the author and
! 162: the reviewers considered them to be inferior.
! 163: </p>
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! 166: 10. According to Ovid, this God created world from Chaos. This
! 167: God had an altar near Athens and apostle Paul has told Athenians
! 168: that he came to preach them this particular God. Your knowledge
! 169: might not help you to name this God. How did Ovid an Paul call
! 170: him?
! 171: </p>
! 172:
! 173: <p>
! 174: Answer: Unknown.
! 175: </p>
! 176:
! 177: <p>
! 178: 11. Gerald Darrell recalls that Argentinian customs was a real
! 179: bureaucratic hell because the officials were sending him in rounds
! 180: with tons of formal papers and documents. On top of that, almost all
! 181: officials had the last name Garcia. Only one of them (the one that
! 182: gave Darrell the final authorization signature) had a different last
! 183: name. This name looked symbolic to Darrell, because in his opinion
! 184: only the owner of this name could possibly remain a live human
! 185: being in that office. What was this last name?
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! 187:
! 188: <p>
! 189: Answer: Dante
! 190: </p>
! 191:
! 192: <p>
! 193: 12. Dear experts, please tell us why some editions of J. Rowling's
! 194: Harry Potter book series are prublished with a dull grey cover?
! 195: </p>
! 196:
! 197: <p>
! 198: Answer: So that the adults were not ashamed to read them in public
! 199: places.
! 200: </p>
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! 202: <p>
! 203: Вот такие вот пирожки...
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! 207: <em>
! 208: Best regards,<br>
! 209: Anatolle, <a href="mailto:chgkntagil@postnt.com">chgkntagil@postnt.com</a>
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