Questions for July 2008 from the Six Games Played at the AGLOA National Tournament

World Events - The Year 2008 Robert Mugabe (pictured) was reelected president of an African nation when his opponent in the runoff withdrew for fear of his life. Nations all over the world called the election a sham in which state sponsored violence intimidated opponents of the president. Identify the nation in which Mugabe is president. LinguiSHTIK (All Divisions) Is born in an adjective clause in the sentence below? The house where I was born is still standing.

Which of the following cards are in this set? R – (B Ω G) [Note: There could be more than one answer.)
(A) RBY (B) RG (C) RBG (D) RY

Presidents (Click on the numbers to obtain a list of the presidents in that range.)

1-12: I was much less of an intellectual than my friend, who was my predecessor in the White House, or my mentor, who preceded my friend as president. I really didn't have any enemies. As a result, no one ran against me for my reelection.

13-24: Edwin Drake struck oil during my one term as president. Also the first major silver strike was made on land in the Utah Territory owned by Henry Comstock.

25-33: My interest in nature began during childhood, when I spent many hours collecting all sorts of small animals, especially insects. I preserved their carcasses, examined them, and cataloged my collection. I called it my Museum of Natural History. This laid the foundation for my interest in conservation as president. 34-43:The picture at the right appeared in publications all over the world during my first term as president.

Propaganda (Click on the name of the section to obtain a list of techniques for that section.)

Section A: State Insurance Commissioner announcing an investigation into bad accounting in his department: "I'm sure no one was guilty of any fraud or violated any laws."

Section C: Click for a visual example.

Section D: Ad: "50 million users and thousands of businesses have already discovered that protection against viruses, spyware, spam and other threats doesn’t have to slow your PC. They’ve made the move to AVG Internet Security – smarter, faster, easy-to-use security software. Get it and forget it."

Section E: Ad: "The Volkswagon Passat 2.0 Turbo out-springs the BMW 525i from 0 to 60 mph. It also boasts more torque, an intercooled turbocharger, a push-button ignition and available SIRIUS Satellite Radio."

Equations (All Divisions)

Which expressions are undefined? If an expression is defined, give its value.
(A) 6*0 (B) 0*6 (C) 0√6 (D) 6√0

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