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Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:27:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Harold Reynolds <harold@RAINBOW.PHYSICS.UTORONTO.CA>
From:         Harold Reynolds <harold@RAINBOW.PHYSICS.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject:      tests

Dear Fellow Diplomats,
   Below are two new Diplomacy "tests", based this time on the Youngstown
map which allows me to make puns on places in Asia and Africa.  I hope you
enjoy them, and I guarantee at least two involuntary groans.
Harold

                          Youngstown Diplomacy Test #1

Test your knowledge of the Youngstown Diplomacy board by filling each blank
with one of the words below.

 1. "I don't like Sue!"  "Yes, ____________ not a nice person."

 2. "Now we ____________ down to sleep; we pray the Lord our souls to
    keep."
 3. "Dana was locked up for that DipCon mass murder!"  "Oh? how many
    did ____________?"
 4. "One of the problems with being a DipCon star is that I'm always
    ____________ for pictures!"
 5. "My husband Rocco is getting fat!"  "I guess there's ____________
    to love."
 6. "Ask your father what he brought home from the store."  "What's
    in the ____________?"
 7. All of a ____________, the sandstorm was upon us.

 8. "What did Alma eat?"  "____________ whole pizza all by herself!"

 9. "What should we give Libby for her birthday?"  "Let's give
    ____________ copy of "Diplomacy".
10. "Did that man cheat you?"  "Yes, ____________ me all right."

11. Come all ____________ to Bethlehem so ye may rejoice.

12. Animals like to live in ____________, so why do many houses have
    one?
13. When I saw the mugger coming, ____________ away fast!

14. A good place to buy cold cuts is ____________.

15. Did ____________ for gold in the big Gold Rush?

16. Geographers prefer to eat on fine ____________.

17. "Cal is a great lumberjack."  "Oh?  Can ____________ redwood down
    in 10 minutes?"
18. A wager that the outcome will be a draw is a ____________.

19. Rats are always the first to leave a ____________ ship.

20. "Are you going to Thailand?"  "Yes, ____________."

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a) Aden            f) Danakil          k) Laos            p) Sinkiang
b) Alma Ata        g) Delhi            l) Libya           q) Sudan
c) Baghdad         h) Egypt            m) Morocco         r) Suez
d) Calcutta        i) Iran             n) Posen           s) Tibet
e) China           j) Japan            o) Siam            t) Yemen

                               By Harold Reynolds
                               November 10, 1992

                          Youngstown Diplomacy Test #2

Test your knowledge of the Youngstown Diplomacy board once again by filling
each blank with one of the words listed below.

 1. When the geographer looked at the grass in his yard, he exclaimed
    "I ____________!"
 2. This is a test!  No ____________ at another's work!

 3. I have been a geographer ____________ my life.

 4. The Vietnam war used to ____________ many Americans.

 5. Lawyer: "I can litigate."  Geographer: "I ____________!"

 6. To ____________ house down on purpose is considered arson.

 7. The best place to buy men's neckwear is ____________.

 8. When writing the alphabet, one must put ____________ after "l".

 9. "Father, I stole the Atlas of Pakistan!"  "You have ____________
    greatly!  Return it and repent!"
10. The team has been defeated 18 times in a row.  They're on a real
    ____________ streak.
11. That which keeps the bay plant from blowing away.  ____________

12. The Great Red Gem Swindle became known as the "____________".

13. How to make your dog attack someone in India: say "____________!"

14. The city of departed sighs is ____________.

15. The French geographer's river of love is the ____________.

16. "I refuse to believe that Egyptian rivers flow uphill!" is an
    example of de-____________.
17. How the Japanese sing the American national anthem: "____________
    you see..."
18. S & M geography style: Why tie two knots when you can __________?

19. A weird painting of the English countryside could be described as
    ____________-al.
20. Read the book "Highway Travel" by Dusty ____________.

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a) Amur            f) Formosa          k) Osaka           p) Sikkim
b) Annam           g) Hanoi            l) Peking          q) Sind
c) Beirut          h) Kansu            m) Rhodes          r) Surrey
d) Burma           i) Luzon            n) Rubicon         s) Taiwan
e) Ceylon          j) Nile             o) Saigon          t) Thailand

                               By Harold Reynolds
                               November 10, 1992
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