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Нижнетагильский Фестиваль Интеллектуальных Игр
"Рыцарский турнир: знатоки против эрудитов-2<br>
10--12 мая 2001</h1>


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From: Anatolle &lt;<a href="mailto:chgkntagil@postnt.com">chgkntagil@postnt.com</a>&gt;
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 17:55:10 +0600
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Если я не ошибаюсь
(а я надеюсь, что я не ошибаюсь) <small>[тем не менее здесь Анатолий
ошибается -- в Санкт-Петербурге Елена Кисленкова проводит игры на 
английском языке с 1998 года. -- БВ]</small>,
то 10-12 мая в Нижнем  Тагиле
впервые в Восточном полушарии играли ЧГК на английском языке.
Состоялся он благодаря Льву Горенштейну, слава ему, слава, слава!
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Теперь и вы можете заценить этот экперимент.
Только сразу оговорюсь: свеченность и легкость вопросов в данном
случае намеренная - игрокам и так было непросто.
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Translated by Lev Gorenstein, May 2002.
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1. Pavel Florensky once wrote: "They are the most revealing depths of
one's will, and Eastern people consider them to be the most diffident
part".  With that in mind, here's how Florensky described the most
famous of their formations:  "IT has sin, temptation, and charm.  IT
is lascivious and corrupt, and expresses nothing positive but inner
embarrasment".  Who has IT?
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Answer: Gioconda (Mona Lisa).
Comment: They are lips. "IT" stands for the smile.
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2. Once during the World War I the famous humorist Arkady Averchenko
has brought a military-related tale to a censorship office.  The
censor allowed the tale, but marked out the sentence "The sky was
deep blue".  Answering the surprised author's question, the censor
noted that these words could lead the enemy to the conclusion
that the action takes place in the South, and thus they could disclose
the secret.  The secret of what?
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Answer: The disposition of Russian troops.
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3. An American comedian Steve Wright joked:
"One day I decided to mix myself a drink.  I took two parts of one,
and one part of the other, and the drink turned out perfectly".
Please name both ingredients that Steve used.
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Answer: Hydrogen and oxygen (forming H2O).
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4. During one of V. V. Mayakovsky's performances someone short
approached the poet and yelled a very famous phrase.  Mayakovsky
stepped toward this person and responded: "And I'm doing it!".  What
did the shorty yell?
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Answer: "From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step".
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5. In Levant the "bAba ganUsh" dish is often called "a poor man's
caviar".  During the Middle Ages the Italians believed that its main
ingredient causes insanity, and called it "melanzana".  Yet, according
to one source, at about the same time in Russia this dish was very
respected because of its rarity.  So what is the main ingredient of
"bAba ganUsh"?
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Answer: Eggplant.
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6.  You hardly know too many stories about day-to-day life of the
Senate, but this particular story about a very ready-witted Senator
Palpatin you certainly know (or at least have heard about it).
Being unscrupulous, he orchestrated his own elections to become a
President of the Old Republic and soon proclamed himself an
Imperor.  Yet it was his closest aide that achieved the most
notorious fame.  This story was put in a novel by Alan Din Foster
(even though his name was not on the cover).  We don't ask you the
name on the cover, nor the name of this witty Senator.  We don't
even ask you the true name of this famous aide.  All we ask is this
aide's most known alias.
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Answer: Darth Vader
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7. Deni Vre-Luka was one of the most talented authograph forgers of
the 19th century.  Among the masterpieces that he managed to sell to
the unsuspecting French were letters from Caesar to Cleopatra, as well
as letters from Judas, Pontius Pilate, Joan of Arc and Cicero.
Please name the languages that Deni Vre-Luka knew.
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Answer: French
Comment: 19th century French was the only language he knew, and all
his letters were written in this language.
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8. Employees of the "News room" division of the "Euronews" TV channel
claim that their job is best described by the number, that is similar
to a telephone one.  The difference is in the groupping of digits: two
digits, then one, and then three more.  Please reproduce their number.
</p>

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Answer: 24 - 7 - 365.
Comment: 24 hours a day - 7 days a week - 365 days a year
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9. In the year 2000 the compilation of the critical essays reviewing
classic world-famous writings was published in the West.  The
compilation consisted of two parts.  The second part was devoted to
the works of an American writer Vladimir Nabokov.   And who's works
were reviewed in the first part?
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Answer: The works of Russian writer Vladimir Sirin.
Comment: To publish his classic works in Russian, Nabokov used the
pen-name "Vladimir Sirin".  Only few of his early (pre-revolution)
poems were published under the name Nabokov, and both the author and
the reviewers considered them to be inferior.
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10.  According to Ovid, this God created world from Chaos.  This
God had an altar near Athens and apostle Paul has told Athenians
that he came to preach them this particular God.  Your knowledge
might not help you to name this God.  How did Ovid an Paul call
him?
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Answer: Unknown.
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11. Gerald Darrell recalls that Argentinian customs was a real
bureaucratic hell because the officials were sending him in rounds
with tons of formal papers and documents.  On top of that, almost all
officials had the last name Garcia.  Only one of them (the one that
gave Darrell the final authorization signature) had a different last
name.  This name looked symbolic to Darrell, because in his opinion
only the owner of this name could possibly remain a live human
being in that office.  What was this last name?
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Answer: Dante
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12. Dear experts, please tell us why some editions of J. Rowling's
Harry Potter book series are prublished with a dull grey cover?
</p>

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Answer: So that the adults were not ashamed to read them in public
places.
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Вот такие вот пирожки...
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Best regards,<br>
 Anatolle, <a href="mailto:chgkntagil@postnt.com">chgkntagil@postnt.com</a>
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