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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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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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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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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.
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39: Translated by Lev Gorenstein, May 2002.
40: </p>
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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>
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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>
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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?
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89: Answer: "From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step".
90: </p>
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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"?
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102: Answer: Eggplant.
103: </p>
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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>
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119: <p>
120: Answer: Darth Vader
121: </p>
122:
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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.
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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>
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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>
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144: <p>
145: Answer: 24 - 7 - 365.
146: Comment: 24 hours a day - 7 days a week - 365 days a year
147: </p>
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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?
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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.
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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?
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173: <p>
174: Answer: Unknown.
175: </p>
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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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188: <p>
189: Answer: Dante
190: </p>
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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>
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197: <p>
198: Answer: So that the adults were not ashamed to read them in public
199: places.
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203: Вот такие вот пирожки...
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208: Best regards,<br>
209: Anatolle, <a href="mailto:chgkntagil@postnt.com">chgkntagil@postnt.com</a>
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