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Mark Brader
Mar 16, 2015, 11:21:21 PM3/16/15
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-19,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
72 stories.
2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
5. Which Toronto institution installed the first milk-pasteurization
plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
mandatory?
6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
each year.
8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
largest historical reconstruction in North America?
9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
provincial border?
* Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
folk group?
B. Literature: Wodensday
Which is to say, Norse mythology.
B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
the Well of Wisdom?
B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
give the meaning of its name in English.
C. History: Black Thursday
C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
as Black Thursday, occur?
C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
"are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
will do.
--
Mark Brader | "The dream of a common standard is er... enhanced
Toronto | by the diversity of a myriad of national rules..."
m...@vex.net | --Ian Walmsley
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
72 stories.
2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
5. Which Toronto institution installed the first milk-pasteurization
plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
mandatory?
6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
each year.
8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
largest historical reconstruction in North America?
9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
provincial border?
* Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
folk group?
B. Literature: Wodensday
Which is to say, Norse mythology.
B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
the Well of Wisdom?
B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
give the meaning of its name in English.
C. History: Black Thursday
C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
as Black Thursday, occur?
C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
"are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
will do.
--
Mark Brader | "The dream of a common standard is er... enhanced
Toronto | by the diversity of a myriad of national rules..."
m...@vex.net | --Ian Walmsley
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Mar 16, 2015, 11:32:41 PM3/16/15
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
CN Tower
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
Toronto; Windsor
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
The Weavers
> folk group?
> B. Literature: Wodensday
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
> C. History: Black Thursday
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Calvin
Mar 16, 2015, 11:47:54 PM3/16/15
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On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 1:21:21 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
Pass
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
October
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 16, 2015, 11:56:35 PM3/16/15
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In article <hoqdnWPN4_stAJrI...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
Mugwumps
> B. Literature: Wodensday
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
>
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
>
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
October
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
chauffers
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
>
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
>
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
>
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
Greek
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
rock salt
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
>
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
Denny Doherty
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
> B. Literature: Wodensday
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
>
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
>
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
>
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
>
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
>
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
>
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 17, 2015, 1:48:53 AM3/17/15
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:hoqdnWPN4_stAJrInZ2dnUU7-
W2d...@vex.net:
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
Maple Leaf Gardens
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
Denny Doherty
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
October
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
shoeshine boys
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
Persian Empire
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
salt
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
W2d...@vex.net:
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
Olympic Stadium
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
SAQ
> will do.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Mar 17, 2015, 7:08:09 AM3/17/15
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
>
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
BC Place
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
>
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
>
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
>
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
>
> 5. Which Toronto institution installed the first milk-pasteurization
> plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
> mandatory?
>
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
(3 of them, I believe). That's probably it, but I can't remember the
name of the mall.
>
> 7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
> between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
> 200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
> each year.
>
> 8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
> largest historical reconstruction in North America?
>
> 9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
> claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
>
> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
> provincial border?
(Flin Flon also is on both sides of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border.
Unlike Lloydminster, where the border bisects the city right down the
middle, only a small part of Flin Flon is in Sask. But it's the southern
part of the town. The MB/SK border has a number of east-west jags and
Flin Flon is on one of those.)
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
>
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
>
> B. Literature: Wodensday
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
>
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
>
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
>
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
>
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
>
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
>
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
>
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
>
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
>
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
>
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
>
--
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 17, 2015, 8:44:01 AM3/17/15
to
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
Doherty
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
> B. Literature: Wodensday
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
>
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
>
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
>
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
>
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
>
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
>
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
--
Peter Smyth
Mar 17, 2015, 2:37:16 PM3/17/15
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
CN Tower
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
Rogers Arena
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
Rogers Arena
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
Vancouver
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
> 5. Which Toronto institution installed the first milk-pasteurization
> plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
> mandatory?
>
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
>
> 7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
> between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
> 200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
> each year.
>
> 8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
> largest historical reconstruction in North America?
>
> 9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
> claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
>
> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
> provincial border?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
>
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
The Mamas and the Papas presumably
> plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
> mandatory?
>
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
>
> 7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
> between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
> 200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
> each year.
>
> 8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
> largest historical reconstruction in North America?
>
> 9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
> claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
>
> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
> provincial border?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
>
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
> B. Literature: Wodensday
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
>
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
>
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what month in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
>
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
>
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> as Black Thursday, occur?
November
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
Waiters
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
>
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
>
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
>
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
>
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
>
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
>
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
Peter Smyth
>
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
>
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
>
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
>
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
>
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
>
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 17, 2015, 5:26:10 PM3/17/15
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
Toronto Tower
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
October
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
swp
Mar 17, 2015, 9:35:35 PM3/17/15
to
On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 11:21:21 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
...
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
montreal canadiens hockey is played at the ... bell center?
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
calgary
> 5. Which Toronto institution installed the first milk-pasteurization
> plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
> mandatory?
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
gotta be a mall somewhere cold .. canadian rockies? ... edmonton??
> 7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
> between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
> 200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
> each year.
> 8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
> largest historical reconstruction in North America?
it's a reconstructed fortress, I cannot recall the name
> 9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
> claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
> provincial border?
lloydminster ; flin flon (??)
>
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
denny doherty
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
the mugwumps
> B. Literature: Wodensday
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
his eye
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
yggdrasil
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
october
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
shoeshine boys
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
>
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
dave hodge (they switched to a philadelphia flyers game for the end of the 3rd period, but did not want to show the overtime.)
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
mrs gretzky
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
persian empire (coming soon to an iran near you!)
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
salt
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
forty creek whiskey
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
saq
> --
> Mark Brader | "The dream of a common standard is er... enhanced
> Toronto | by the diversity of a myriad of national rules..."
> m...@vex.net | --Ian Walmsley
swp, who thinks that the most wonderful thing about standards these days is that there are so many from which to choose
...
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
first canadian place (toronto)
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
> 5. Which Toronto institution installed the first milk-pasteurization
> plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
> mandatory?
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
> 7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
> between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
> 200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
> each year.
> 8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
> largest historical reconstruction in North America?
> 9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
> claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
> provincial border?
>
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
>
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
> B. Literature: Wodensday
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
>
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
>
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
> --
> Mark Brader | "The dream of a common standard is er... enhanced
> Toronto | by the diversity of a myriad of national rules..."
> m...@vex.net | --Ian Walmsley
Mark Brader
Mar 19, 2015, 1:46:33 PM3/19/15
to
Mark Brader:
> Doherty
No, I'm taking your first posted answer.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Tools, not solutions. :-)"
m...@vex.net -- Henry Spencer
> > A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
Marc Dashevsky:
> Doherty
No, I'm taking your first posted answer.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Tools, not solutions. :-)"
m...@vex.net -- Henry Spencer
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 19, 2015, 3:39:27 PM3/19/15
to
In article <OJ-dnTZ7u8TllpbI...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
When I constructed the second entry, I thought I had replicated the first
exactly. What was my first guess?
>
> Mark Brader:
> > > A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
>
> Marc Dashevsky:
> > Doherty
>
> No, I'm taking your first posted answer.
I never saw my first entry and it wasn't in my outbox. I was quite puzzled.
> Mark Brader:
> > > A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
>
> Marc Dashevsky:
> > Doherty
>
> No, I'm taking your first posted answer.
When I constructed the second entry, I thought I had replicated the first
exactly. What was my first guess?
Björn Lundin
Mar 19, 2015, 4:06:12 PM3/19/15
to
On 2015-03-17 04:21, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
CN-Tower in Toronto
>
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
>
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
>
>
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
> 7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
> between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
> 200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
> each year.
> 8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
> largest historical reconstruction in North America?
>
> 9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
> claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
>
> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
> provincial border?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
>
>
> B. Literature: Wodensday
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
An eye
>
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
>
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
>
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
>
> C. History: Black Thursday
>
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
>
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
>
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
>
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
--
--
Björn
Mark Brader
Mar 19, 2015, 5:36:38 PM3/19/15
to
Marc Dashevsky:
>>> Doherty
Mark Brader:
--
Mark Brader At any rate, C++ != C. Actually, the value of
Toronto the expression "C++ != C" is [undefined].
m...@vex.net -- Peter da Silva
>>> Doherty
Mark Brader:
>> No, I'm taking your first posted answer.
Marc Dashevsky:
> I never saw my first entry and it wasn't in my outbox. I was quite puzzled.
> When I constructed the second entry, I thought I had replicated the first
> exactly. What was my first guess?
Denny Doherty.
> When I constructed the second entry, I thought I had replicated the first
> exactly. What was my first guess?
--
Mark Brader At any rate, C++ != C. Actually, the value of
Toronto the expression "C++ != C" is [undefined].
m...@vex.net -- Peter da Silva
Mark Brader
Mar 19, 2015, 10:42:16 PM3/19/15
to
Mark Brader:
Hearty congratulations!
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
First Canadian Place (Toronto). I worked on its 12th floor for 8
months in 1977. 4 for Stephen.
The CN Tower does not have usable floors for most of its height,
and therefore does not qualify as a building.
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
Olympic Stadium (Montreal). 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Björn.
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
Bell Centre (Montreal; also accepting its earlier name, the Molson
Centre). 4 for Stephen.
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
Calgary. 4 for Stephen.
> 5. Which Toronto institution installed the first milk-pasteurization
> plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
> mandatory?
Hospital for Sick Children.
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
West Edmonton Mall. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
> between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
> 200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
> each year.
Champlain Bridge (Montreal).
> 8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
> largest historical reconstruction in North America?
(Fortress of) Louisbourg.
> 9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
> claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
Shediac NB.
> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
> provincial border?
Lloydminster AB/SK. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Stephen.
Dan commented in his posting:
| (Flin Flon also is on both sides of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan
| border. Unlike Lloydminster, where the border bisects the city
| right down the middle, only a small part of Flin Flon is in Sask.
| But it's the southern part of the town. The MB/SK border has a
| number of east-west jags and Flin Flon is on one of those.)
But this is wrong, although it's hard to prove it on the Internet.
Even the city's official web site (cityofflinflon.ca, which is
definitely not to be confused with cityofflinflon.com!) manages
to leave the matter unclear: at
http://www.cityofflinflon.ca/mayors-message.html
the mayor states that "We are one of only two border cities in
Canada[,] with the Man/Sask Border running directly through our
community". But at the top of the same page, like every page on
the site, is a city logo showing the place name as "Flin Flon, Man."
And the site's map of the city
http://www.cityofflinflon.ca/files/map-ff-ccomm%5B1%5D.pdf
(which also names it as "Flin Flon, Manitoba") shows *neither* the
city limits nor the provincial boundary. As Dan said, the boundary
runs E-W in that area (or nominally so -- Google Maps shows it
rather angled); it roughly follows parts of Fifth, Saskatchewan,
and Boundary Avs., and crosses the northern end of Hapnot Lake.
Anyway, Google Maps also doesn't show the city limits, and as for
road atlases, the place is too small for them to show it as more
then a dot.
But.
The last time that this came up here may have been in connection
with Rare Entries contest MSB74 in 2002. At that time Dan said he
was unable to determine the actual status of the "part of Flin Flon"
that's in SK, but Alan Curry found a link to Manitoba's Flin Flon
Extension of Boundaries Act. This was first enacted in 1952 and
the current version is here:
http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/municipal/c07389e.php
Dan said he wasn't going to read all that just then. But you don't
need to read the whole thing; right at the top you'll see that it
authorizes the City of Flin Flon to administer various services in
a section of Saskatchewan known as the "boundary area", but it does
NOT actually extend the city to include that area. There was also
a simultaneous act in Saskatchewan, of the same name; presumably
this one authorized Flin Flon to provide these services in SK even
though it was in MB. That act still isn't available online, but more
recent SK laws referring to that one are, and these also use the term
"boundary area".
So evidently the place referred to (and postally addressed) as
Flin Flon SK is not an actual part of the city. This is true even
though people may think of it as one, in the same way that of suburban
municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas are often thought of
as being part of a nearby metropolitan city; and even though it's
perfectly reasonable to consider it part of the same "community",
as the mayor says.
Which means that Lloydminster's status as a single city that actually
is in two provinces -- granted in 1930 by legislation in both -- is
indeed unique in Canada, and Flin Flon is not a second correct answer.
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
In the original game this was the second-hardest round, after
the audio round.
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
Denny Doherty. 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Stephen.
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
The Mugwumps. 4 for Marc and Stephen.
> B. Literature: Wodensday
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
His (right) eye. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Björn.
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
Yggdrasil, Tree of Life. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen,
and Björn.
> C. History: Black Thursday
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
October. It was October 24. 4 for Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Erland, Stephen, and Björn. 2 for Dan Blum.
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
Shoeshine boys. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
Dave Hodge. 4 for Stephen.
He was disgusted because the CBC went to a newscast instead showing
a game in overtime.
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
Cassie Campbell.
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
Persian. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Stephen,
and Björn.
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
Salt. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
Forty Creek. 4 for Stephen.
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
SAQ. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Sci Can Spo Ent His Can Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 40 15 40 40 36 15 44 240
Joshua Kreitzer 28 24 4 20 40 32 4 24 168
Dan Blum 36 33 0 12 24 14 4 18 137
Marc Dashevsky 16 32 0 20 20 28 0 16 132
Dan Tilque 31 36 0 12 4 16 4 24 123
Pete Gayde 24 24 -- -- 19 22 -- -- 89
"Calvin" 16 34 0 24 4 0 0 4 82
Björn Lundin 12 32 0 0 8 4 4 16 76
Peter Smyth 20 32 0 24 -- -- 0 0 76
Erland Sommarskog 0 28 0 8 0 4 4 8 52
Bruce Bowler 8 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- 36
--
Mark Brader "They are taking to the new methods
Toronto like a duck takes to stock trading."
m...@vex.net --Mark Leeper
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 2 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has won by a wide margin.
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Hearty congratulations!
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canada's Biggest and Best
> 1. What is Canada's tallest building? It opened in 1975 and rises
> 72 stories.
months in 1977. 4 for Stephen.
The CN Tower does not have usable floors for most of its height,
and therefore does not qualify as a building.
> 2. Which Canadian stadium, opened in 1976, has the largest seating
> capacity? It can hold 56,000 people.
> 3. With 21,273 seats, what is the largest hockey arena in Canada?
Centre). 4 for Stephen.
> 4. In which city would you find the Baitunnur Mosque, the largest
> Muslim mosque complex in the country at 4,460 m²?
> 5. Which Toronto institution installed the first milk-pasteurization
> plant in Canada in 1908, 30 years before the process was
> mandatory?
> 6. In which complex would you find the world's largest permanent
> indoor lake, as well as the world's largest indoor wave pool?
> 7. What is the busiest bridge within Canada? It is estimated that
> between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 vehicles, 6,200,000 trucks,
> 200,000 buses, and 11,000,000 transit users cross the bridge
> each year.
> 8. Which national historic site on Cape Breton Island is the
> largest historical reconstruction in North America?
> 9. Which town, home to the famous mid-July Lobster Festival,
> claims to be the "Lobster Capital of the World"?
> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
> provincial border?
Dan commented in his posting:
| (Flin Flon also is on both sides of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan
| border. Unlike Lloydminster, where the border bisects the city
| right down the middle, only a small part of Flin Flon is in Sask.
| But it's the southern part of the town. The MB/SK border has a
| number of east-west jags and Flin Flon is on one of those.)
Even the city's official web site (cityofflinflon.ca, which is
definitely not to be confused with cityofflinflon.com!) manages
to leave the matter unclear: at
http://www.cityofflinflon.ca/mayors-message.html
the mayor states that "We are one of only two border cities in
Canada[,] with the Man/Sask Border running directly through our
community". But at the top of the same page, like every page on
the site, is a city logo showing the place name as "Flin Flon, Man."
And the site's map of the city
http://www.cityofflinflon.ca/files/map-ff-ccomm%5B1%5D.pdf
(which also names it as "Flin Flon, Manitoba") shows *neither* the
city limits nor the provincial boundary. As Dan said, the boundary
runs E-W in that area (or nominally so -- Google Maps shows it
rather angled); it roughly follows parts of Fifth, Saskatchewan,
and Boundary Avs., and crosses the northern end of Hapnot Lake.
Anyway, Google Maps also doesn't show the city limits, and as for
road atlases, the place is too small for them to show it as more
then a dot.
But.
The last time that this came up here may have been in connection
with Rare Entries contest MSB74 in 2002. At that time Dan said he
was unable to determine the actual status of the "part of Flin Flon"
that's in SK, but Alan Curry found a link to Manitoba's Flin Flon
Extension of Boundaries Act. This was first enacted in 1952 and
the current version is here:
http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/municipal/c07389e.php
Dan said he wasn't going to read all that just then. But you don't
need to read the whole thing; right at the top you'll see that it
authorizes the City of Flin Flon to administer various services in
a section of Saskatchewan known as the "boundary area", but it does
NOT actually extend the city to include that area. There was also
a simultaneous act in Saskatchewan, of the same name; presumably
this one authorized Flin Flon to provide these services in SK even
though it was in MB. That act still isn't available online, but more
recent SK laws referring to that one are, and these also use the term
"boundary area".
So evidently the place referred to (and postally addressed) as
Flin Flon SK is not an actual part of the city. This is true even
though people may think of it as one, in the same way that of suburban
municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas are often thought of
as being part of a nearby metropolitan city; and even though it's
perfectly reasonable to consider it part of the same "community",
as the mayor says.
Which means that Lloydminster's status as a single city that actually
is in two provinces -- granted in 1930 by legislation in both -- is
indeed unique in Canada, and Flin Flon is not a second correct answer.
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Days of the Week
the audio round.
> A. Entertainment: Monday, Monday
> A1. Name the Canadian-born member of the Mamas and the Papas.
> A2. <Answer A1> and Cass Elliot had been band mates in what
> folk group?
> B. Literature: Wodensday
> Which is to say, Norse mythology.
> B1. What did Odin sacrifice to Mimir, in order to drink from
> the Well of Wisdom?
> B2. In a sacrifice to himself, the highest of the gods, Odin
> was hanged from a certain tree for 9 days and nights,
> pierced by his own spear, in order to learn the wisdom that
> would give him power in the 9 worlds. Name this tree or
> give the meaning of its name in English.
and Björn.
> C. History: Black Thursday
> C1. In what *month* in 1929 did the crash of Wall Street, known
> as Black Thursday, occur?
Erland, Stephen, and Björn. 2 for Dan Blum.
> C2. In a widely reported quote, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. said of
> this period, "You know it's time to sell when" (these people)
> "are giving you stock tips." Identify these people.
> D. Sports: Saturday = "Hockey Night in Canada"
> D1. What "Hockey Night in Canada" host made his last appearance,
> on 1987-03-14 after disgustedly flipping his pen?
He was disgusted because the CBC went to a newscast instead showing
a game in overtime.
> D2. On October 14, 2006, who became the first woman to do color
> commentary on a "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast?
> E. Science: Ice Cream Sundaes
> E1. In 400 BC, people of this empire would pour grape-juice
> concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat it as a treat.
> They used snow saved in cool-keeping underground chambers
> or taken from mountaintops. Name the empire.
and Björn.
> E2. What was put into a traditional hand-cranked ice-cream
> churn along with the ice to ensure freezing?
> F. Canadiana: TGIF Drinking in Canada
> F1. This popular Ontario whisky derives its name from a
> geographical feature near Grimsby. What name?
> F2. Name the Quebec equivalent of the LCBO. The short form
> will do.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Sci Can Spo Ent His Can Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 40 15 40 40 36 15 44 240
Joshua Kreitzer 28 24 4 20 40 32 4 24 168
Dan Blum 36 33 0 12 24 14 4 18 137
Marc Dashevsky 16 32 0 20 20 28 0 16 132
Dan Tilque 31 36 0 12 4 16 4 24 123
Pete Gayde 24 24 -- -- 19 22 -- -- 89
"Calvin" 16 34 0 24 4 0 0 4 82
Björn Lundin 12 32 0 0 8 4 4 16 76
Peter Smyth 20 32 0 24 -- -- 0 0 76
Erland Sommarskog 0 28 0 8 0 4 4 8 52
Bruce Bowler 8 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- 36
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Dan Tilque
Mar 20, 2015, 5:59:22 AM3/20/15
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Mark Brader wrote:
>> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
>> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
>> provincial border?
>
> Lloydminster AB/SK. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Stephen.
>
> Dan commented in his posting:
>
> | (Flin Flon also is on both sides of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan
> | border. Unlike Lloydminster, where the border bisects the city
> | right down the middle, only a small part of Flin Flon is in Sask.
> | But it's the southern part of the town. The MB/SK border has a
> | number of east-west jags and Flin Flon is on one of those.)
>
> But this is wrong, although it's hard to prove it on the Internet.
[...]
>> 10. Located almost the same distance from Edmonton as from
>> Saskatoon, what is the only city in Canada that straddles a
>> provincial border?
>
> Lloydminster AB/SK. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Stephen.
>
> Dan commented in his posting:
>
> | (Flin Flon also is on both sides of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan
> | border. Unlike Lloydminster, where the border bisects the city
> | right down the middle, only a small part of Flin Flon is in Sask.
> | But it's the southern part of the town. The MB/SK border has a
> | number of east-west jags and Flin Flon is on one of those.)
>
> But this is wrong, although it's hard to prove it on the Internet.
> As Dan said, the boundary
> runs E-W in that area (or nominally so -- Google Maps shows it
> rather angled); it roughly follows parts of Fifth, Saskatchewan,
> and Boundary Avs., and crosses the northern end of Hapnot Lake.
good on streets and roads, but not so good elsewise.
>
> http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/municipal/c07389e.php
>
> Dan said he wasn't going to read all that just then. But you don't
> need to read the whole thing; right at the top you'll see that it
> authorizes the City of Flin Flon to administer various services in
> a section of Saskatchewan known as the "boundary area", but it does
> NOT actually extend the city to include that area.
| "composite area" means the town and the boundary area together, where
| the context so requires, with any approved outlying area. (« région
| combinée »)
|
| Municipal and educational matters
|
| 2 From and after the appointed day
|
| (a) the town, as part of the composite area, shall be governed by a
| council, to be elected under an approved Act for the government of the
| composite area;
If I understand this correctly, the local council is not just for the
town but for the composite area. That is, it's elected by and governs
the entire composite area. So even though the town's boundaries don't
extend over the border, the council's administration does. I'm sure this
contributes to the vagueness of the official website.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Mar 20, 2015, 10:05:26 AM3/20/15
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Mark Brader:
Dan Tilque:
scale useful for this sort of thing.
> If I understand this correctly, the local council is not just for the
> town but for the composite area. That is, it's elected by and governs
> the entire composite area. So even though the town's boundaries don't
> extend over the border, the council's administration does. I'm sure this
> contributes to the vagueness of the official website.
Makes sense.
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m...@vex.net | when they come at you in a hurry."
> > As Dan said, the boundary
> > runs E-W in that area (or nominally so -- Google Maps shows it
> > rather angled)...
> > runs E-W in that area (or nominally so -- Google Maps shows it
Dan Tilque:
> Not sure I trust Google maps when it comes to boundaries. They're pretty
> good on streets and roads, but not so good elsewise.
Agreed, but I don't have another source that shows boundaries at a
> good on streets and roads, but not so good elsewise.
scale useful for this sort of thing.
> If I understand this correctly, the local council is not just for the
> town but for the composite area. That is, it's elected by and governs
> the entire composite area. So even though the town's boundaries don't
> extend over the border, the council's administration does. I'm sure this
> contributes to the vagueness of the official website.
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m...@vex.net | when they come at you in a hurry."
bbowler
Mar 20, 2015, 2:20:43 PM3/20/15
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:05:25 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>> > As Dan said, the boundary runs E-W in that area (or nominally so --
>> > Google Maps shows it rather angled)...
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> Not sure I trust Google maps when it comes to boundaries. They're
>> pretty good on streets and roads, but not so good elsewise.
>
> Agreed, but I don't have another source that shows boundaries at a scale
> useful for this sort of thing.
>
>> If I understand this correctly, the local council is not just for the
>> town but for the composite area. That is, it's elected by and governs
>> the entire composite area. So even though the town's boundaries don't
>> extend over the border, the council's administration does. I'm sure
>> this contributes to the vagueness of the official website.
>
> Makes sense.
As I didn't enter this one, I don't have a "dog in the fight" but being
> Mark Brader:
>> > As Dan said, the boundary runs E-W in that area (or nominally so --
>> > Google Maps shows it rather angled)...
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> Not sure I trust Google maps when it comes to boundaries. They're
>> pretty good on streets and roads, but not so good elsewise.
>
> Agreed, but I don't have another source that shows boundaries at a scale
> useful for this sort of thing.
>
>> If I understand this correctly, the local council is not just for the
>> town but for the composite area. That is, it's elected by and governs
>> the entire composite area. So even though the town's boundaries don't
>> extend over the border, the council's administration does. I'm sure
>> this contributes to the vagueness of the official website.
>
> Makes sense.
curious by nature, I decided to do some digging...
It's interesting that in the Canadian Census of 2011, it appears to be
listed as partly in Saskatchewan (pop 229) and partly in Manitoba (pop
5363).
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/fogs-spg/Facts-
csd-eng.cfm?LANG=Eng&GK=CSD&GC=4621064
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