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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:31:48 +1000
From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      WORDS-L TP: Judge's decision and next question
Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu

>>"What's the world's deepest land gorge?"
>
>This is the typical TP question that penalizes people who know more than the
>folks who put the game together.
>
>There are three claimants, I believe:
>     Colca Canyon in Peru
>     Kali Gandhaki River Gorge in Nepal
>     Hell's Canyon right here in merry old NA.
>
>I'll go with Kali Gandhaki River Gorge, since I've seen it with my own baby
>blues, and protest any answer the card gives to the contrary.
>
>I could check Hell's Canyon--2408 m. deep; Colca Canyon is 11,200 ft. deep
>so it wins.  Is that what the card says?
>
>Kali Gandaki River Gorge is 18k feet deep two sources claim.

The card gives the answer 'The Grand Canyon' which is certainly the most
famous land gorge if not the deepest... which it seems it probably is not
since my reference book states it is only 5,500 feet deep.

From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
>  BFD!  WHAT two sources???

>Here are snippets from two stories about Kali Gandaki River Gorge:
>
>>But she belonged here. She would have found a way to stick her feet into the
>>backwater eddies of  Kali  Gandaki, a river that carves a  gorge  5 miles deep
>>between the neighboring summits of Dhalagiri and Annapurna.
>>
>>   ... paper. Among them: the Thorong La, 17,771 feet, one of the highest
>>trekkable passes; the 18,000-foot gash gouged by the  Kali  Gandaki River, the
>>Earth's deepest declivity; and along the way, some of the world's greatest
>>mountains -- Annapurna, Manaslu, Dhaulagiri -- each of them ...
>
>You want the cites, you find'em

The first appears to be a quote from some fictional work; the second has a
more scholarly ring to it. I would expect the Himalayas to lay claim to the
world's deepest gorge, since they seem to have all the other largest
topographical features, so I've decided that Mka can have this one.

>Literature please
>
>-K
>
>-Mka

"What war added 'jeep' and 'quisling' to the English language?"

Rolled a 6 for you, so you can now choose Sport, Entertainment or roll again,
if you answer correctly.

Carolyn
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Players:

 blomberg cepeda <ST402747@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU> - bc
 Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD%AKRONVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu> - ed - Entertainment.
 Ruth M. Hanschka <ap290@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU> - rmh - Geography.
 Brad Baxter <BBAXTER@uga.cc.uga.edu> - bb -
 Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU> - abh -
 Emily Horning <ECZ5EJH@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> - eh - Geography -
 Betty Zaleski <tsbzaleski@cc.weber.edu> - bz - Geography -
 Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU> - nh -
 Aaron L Dickey <kieran@WORLD.STD.COM> - ald - Geography -
 Entropy Warrior <AUSBROOK@UCS.INDIANA.EDU> - mka - Science/Nature; Geography
 - CURRENT PLAYER (2)
 JOHN WILLIAMS <WILLIAMS%MC.BITNET@u3a.cc.uga.edu> - jw - History - CURRENT
PLAYER (1)
 Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik <amadeus@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> - shk - Entertainment;
History; Art/Literature; Science/Nature -
 Brad Grissom <BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU> - bg - Art/Literature; History -
 Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU> - gs -
 Agnes Kruchio <kruchio@EPAS.UTORONTO.CA> - ak
 Anne Haycock <haycock@think.com> - ah - CURRENT PLAYER (3)
 Anjani < AYC3@NCH08A.EM.CDC.GOV> - ay
 Carolyn Baird <lncjb@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> - cjb

On the Sidelines:
 Bayla Singer <bsinger@ENIAC.SEAS.UPENN.EDU>
 Karen Kay <ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU>
 Rashmi <rashmi%Spl3.ECE.Drexel.EDU@COE.DREXEL.EDU>
 Jenna <GE777009@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU> - Alternate questioner.
 Doris Smith <dorisann@tenet.edu>
 Ken Wolman <ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM>
 Gerald Walton <VCGW%UMSVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>


Code: G - Geography
      E - Entertainment
      H - History
      A - Art and Literature
      N - Science and Nature
      S - Sports and Leisure
      R - Roll again


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