Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 11/Answers/Question 9

I started by searching the terms that I had no idea of their meaning. Ka Faraq Gatri led me to the British TV show character Dr. Who. Then Karl Marx Orden and the Stern der Völkerfreundschaft proved to be awards given out in Germany. So I began looking at the whole clue just a little wiser.

I knew there were 5 founding members of the UN, but couldn't quite remember what specific nations they were until I visited UN. The history paragraph told me they were France, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the USSR. I took a guess that the five clues were representative of these five nations. A visit to Anheuser-Busch and Adolphus Busch revealed that Anheuser was indeed the father-in-law, and four active beers were named after Busch alone. A cross-reference of the German award winners that had Wiki articles found that Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski was born of Russian parents. So I started trying to piece it all together...

Ka Faraq Gatri, or Dr. Who, would represent the UK
Anheuser-Busch has four active beers under the Busch brand name - perhaps tying it to the US through current president Bush?
I'm also guessing that a Canadian dish with an Italian variety has something to do with France
Of course, both Russian and Georgia were a members of the USSR, but that seems too easy. Perhaps China has a subnational entity that borders Georgia.
And finally, Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, who was awarded both the Karl-Marx-Orden and the Stern der Völkerfreundschaft, has ties to Russia.

I'm not sure I get the reverse chronological hint, or the German pronunciation title, but I feel I'm close... Hoof Hearted 20:32, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Current heads of state

There are five permanent member states of the United Nations: United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France and the PRC.

The named articles are references to their current presidents/prime ministers:

Ka faraq gatri: Doctor Who - Hu Jintao
A dish: Poutine - Vladimir Putin
A beer brand: Anheuser-Busch - George Bush

* A winner: (???) There are a number of winners of both orders, but I cannot find one resembling: - Tony Blair

A winner: Otto Winzer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor)

* near Georgia: Karachay-Cherkessia(??? - quite a bad pronounciation if it were this one) - Jacques Chirac

A subdivision near Georgia: Shirak, Armenia - Jacques Chirac

The order is the reverse order of their inauguration (2003,2001,1999,1997 and 1995 respectively).

-- Ravn 12:50, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very well done, the five listed items are related to the family names of the heads of state of the five permanent member states of the UN. Forty points are yours, User:Ravn. (Your dates are slightly wrong, 1952 instead on 1997) Dmn 19:19, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]