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QFTCICR19 Game 7, Rounds 2-3: Manchester, Ontario
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Mark Brader
Apr 10, 2019, 3:33:32 PM4/10/19
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-18,
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
2. The Hallé has been active in Manchester since 1858. What is
the Hallé?
3. In 1819 an incident took place in Manchester when 10-20 people
campaigning for Parliamentary reform were killed by local
law enforcement. What is this event known as?
4. Separated from Manchester by the Irwell River is what city
about 1 mile west of central Manchester?
5. What US singer was made an honorary citizen of Manchester
in 2017?
6. The University of Manchester owns a facility called Jodrell
Bank which has been in operation since the 1950s. What is it?
Be sufficiently specific.
7. As part of its history linked to the industrial revolution,
what nickname was used for Manchester in the early 1800s?
8. This area of Manchester is located 2 miles southwest of the
city center. It is home to the Manchester United soccer team
and also Manchester's main cricket ground. Name it.
9. What notable event happened in Manchester on 1996-06-15?
(You must say who did something and what they did.)
10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
* Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario
In each case, name the geographic feature. Note: some of them
are only partly in Ontario.
1. This feature was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by
UNESCO in 1990. It is most famous for the cliff over which
the feature's eponymous river flows.
2. One of the most significant landforms in Southern Ontario,
this feature gets its name from the rolling hills and river
valleys extending 100 miles from the Niagara Escarpment east
to Rice Lake. It was formed 12,000 years ago by advancing and
retreating glaciers.
3. This Ontario conservation area was created to control spring
flooding near Milton. It is also home to the Glen Eden skiing
area.
4. This Ontario provincial park was named a National Historic Site
of Canada in 1992. Its many trails include the Whiskey Rapids
Trail, along the Oxtongue River, and the Barron Canyon Trail.
5. In physical geographic terms Ontario is divided into four
regions, the largest of which covers about 2/3 of the province.
It's a simple landscape of flat plateaus and low, rounded hills,
crisscrossed by rivers and lakes. What is it?
6. This is one of the longest rivers in Ontario, at 982 km or
610 miles. It flows northeast from Lake St. Joseph in
Northwestern Ontario and empties into James Bay.
7. A mountain that rises over Tupper Lake was once thought
to be the highest point of land in Ontario, until government
topographical mapping in the 1970s revealed another ridge to
be higher. Name either feature.
8. This body of water with an area of over 300,000 square miles or
800,000 km² is bounded by Nunavut territory to the north and
west, Manitoba and Ontario to the south, and Quebec to the east.
9. This river rises at Lac des Outaouais, north of the Laurentian
Mountains of central Quebec, and flows west to Lake Timiskaming.
From there its route has been used to define the Ontario/Quebec
boundary. The river reaches great depths of nearly 460 feet
(140 m) in some places.
10. An archipelago of islands that straddles the Canada/US border
in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast
corner of Lake Ontario. It stretches for about 50 miles (80 km)
downstream from Kingston, Ontario.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "UNIX ... the essential partner for
m...@vex.net | eyespot or rynchosporium control in barley."
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
2. The Hallé has been active in Manchester since 1858. What is
the Hallé?
3. In 1819 an incident took place in Manchester when 10-20 people
campaigning for Parliamentary reform were killed by local
law enforcement. What is this event known as?
4. Separated from Manchester by the Irwell River is what city
about 1 mile west of central Manchester?
5. What US singer was made an honorary citizen of Manchester
in 2017?
6. The University of Manchester owns a facility called Jodrell
Bank which has been in operation since the 1950s. What is it?
Be sufficiently specific.
7. As part of its history linked to the industrial revolution,
what nickname was used for Manchester in the early 1800s?
8. This area of Manchester is located 2 miles southwest of the
city center. It is home to the Manchester United soccer team
and also Manchester's main cricket ground. Name it.
9. What notable event happened in Manchester on 1996-06-15?
(You must say who did something and what they did.)
10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
* Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario
In each case, name the geographic feature. Note: some of them
are only partly in Ontario.
1. This feature was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by
UNESCO in 1990. It is most famous for the cliff over which
the feature's eponymous river flows.
2. One of the most significant landforms in Southern Ontario,
this feature gets its name from the rolling hills and river
valleys extending 100 miles from the Niagara Escarpment east
to Rice Lake. It was formed 12,000 years ago by advancing and
retreating glaciers.
3. This Ontario conservation area was created to control spring
flooding near Milton. It is also home to the Glen Eden skiing
area.
4. This Ontario provincial park was named a National Historic Site
of Canada in 1992. Its many trails include the Whiskey Rapids
Trail, along the Oxtongue River, and the Barron Canyon Trail.
5. In physical geographic terms Ontario is divided into four
regions, the largest of which covers about 2/3 of the province.
It's a simple landscape of flat plateaus and low, rounded hills,
crisscrossed by rivers and lakes. What is it?
6. This is one of the longest rivers in Ontario, at 982 km or
610 miles. It flows northeast from Lake St. Joseph in
Northwestern Ontario and empties into James Bay.
7. A mountain that rises over Tupper Lake was once thought
to be the highest point of land in Ontario, until government
topographical mapping in the 1970s revealed another ridge to
be higher. Name either feature.
8. This body of water with an area of over 300,000 square miles or
800,000 km² is bounded by Nunavut territory to the north and
west, Manitoba and Ontario to the south, and Quebec to the east.
9. This river rises at Lac des Outaouais, north of the Laurentian
Mountains of central Quebec, and flows west to Lake Timiskaming.
From there its route has been used to define the Ontario/Quebec
boundary. The river reaches great depths of nearly 460 feet
(140 m) in some places.
10. An archipelago of islands that straddles the Canada/US border
in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast
corner of Lake Ontario. It stretches for about 50 miles (80 km)
downstream from Kingston, Ontario.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "UNIX ... the essential partner for
m...@vex.net | eyespot or rynchosporium control in barley."
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Apr 10, 2019, 4:28:18 PM4/10/19
to
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
Mancunian
> 6. The University of Manchester owns a facility called Jodrell
> Bank which has been in operation since the 1950s. What is it?
> Be sufficiently specific.
> 10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
> * Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario
> 8. This body of water with an area of over 300,000 square miles or
> 800,000 km? is bounded by Nunavut territory to the north and
> west, Manitoba and Ontario to the south, and Quebec to the east.
Great Bear Lake; Great Slave Lake
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Apr 11, 2019, 12:09:55 AM4/11/19
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8r-dnVBdqu2a2DPBnZ2dnUU7-
fXN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
>
> The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
> industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
>
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
Mancunian
> 3. In 1819 an incident took place in Manchester when 10-20 people
> campaigning for Parliamentary reform were killed by local
> law enforcement. What is this event known as?
Peterloo
> 8. This area of Manchester is located 2 miles southwest of the
> city center. It is home to the Manchester United soccer team
> and also Manchester's main cricket ground. Name it.
Old Trafford
> 10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
The Guardian
> * Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario
>
> In each case, name the geographic feature. Note: some of them
> are only partly in Ontario.
>
> 10. An archipelago of islands that straddles the Canada/US border
> in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast
> corner of Lake Ontario. It stretches for about 50 miles (80 km)
> downstream from Kingston, Ontario.
Thousand Islands
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
fXN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
>
> The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
> industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
>
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
> 3. In 1819 an incident took place in Manchester when 10-20 people
> campaigning for Parliamentary reform were killed by local
> law enforcement. What is this event known as?
> 8. This area of Manchester is located 2 miles southwest of the
> city center. It is home to the Manchester United soccer team
> and also Manchester's main cricket ground. Name it.
> 10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
> * Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario
>
> In each case, name the geographic feature. Note: some of them
> are only partly in Ontario.
>
> 8. This body of water with an area of over 300,000 square miles or
> 800,000 km² is bounded by Nunavut territory to the north and
> west, Manitoba and Ontario to the south, and Quebec to the east.
Hudson Bay
> 800,000 km² is bounded by Nunavut territory to the north and
> west, Manitoba and Ontario to the south, and Quebec to the east.
> 10. An archipelago of islands that straddles the Canada/US border
> in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast
> corner of Lake Ontario. It stretches for about 50 miles (80 km)
> downstream from Kingston, Ontario.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde
Apr 11, 2019, 7:54:18 PM4/11/19
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-18,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
>
> The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
> industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
>
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
Mancunian
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
>
> The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
> industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
>
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
>
> 2. The Hallé has been active in Manchester since 1858. What is
> the Hallé?
>
> 3. In 1819 an incident took place in Manchester when 10-20 people
> campaigning for Parliamentary reform were killed by local
> law enforcement. What is this event known as?
>
> 4. Separated from Manchester by the Irwell River is what city
> about 1 mile west of central Manchester?
>
> 5. What US singer was made an honorary citizen of Manchester
> in 2017?
>
> 6. The University of Manchester owns a facility called Jodrell
> Bank which has been in operation since the 1950s. What is it?
> Be sufficiently specific.
>
> 7. As part of its history linked to the industrial revolution,
> what nickname was used for Manchester in the early 1800s?
>
> 8. This area of Manchester is located 2 miles southwest of the
> city center. It is home to the Manchester United soccer team
> and also Manchester's main cricket ground. Name it.
>
> 9. What notable event happened in Manchester on 1996-06-15?
> (You must say who did something and what they did.)
>
> 10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
>
> 9. This river rises at Lac des Outaouais, north of the Laurentian
> Mountains of central Quebec, and flows west to Lake Timiskaming.
> From there its route has been used to define the Ontario/Quebec
> boundary. The river reaches great depths of nearly 460 feet
> (140 m) in some places.
>
> 10. An archipelago of islands that straddles the Canada/US border
> in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast
> corner of Lake Ontario. It stretches for about 50 miles (80 km)
> downstream from Kingston, Ontario.
>
Pete Gayde
Calvin
Apr 12, 2019, 3:33:23 AM4/12/19
to
On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 5:33:32 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
>
> The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
> industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
>
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
Mancurian
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
>
> The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
> industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
>
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
> 2. The Hallé has been active in Manchester since 1858. What is
> the Hallé?
>
> 3. In 1819 an incident took place in Manchester when 10-20 people
> campaigning for Parliamentary reform were killed by local
> law enforcement. What is this event known as?
> 4. Separated from Manchester by the Irwell River is what city
> about 1 mile west of central Manchester?
> 5. What US singer was made an honorary citizen of Manchester
> in 2017?
> 6. The University of Manchester owns a facility called Jodrell
> Bank which has been in operation since the 1950s. What is it?
> Be sufficiently specific.
> 7. As part of its history linked to the industrial revolution,
> what nickname was used for Manchester in the early 1800s?
>
> 8. This area of Manchester is located 2 miles southwest of the
> city center. It is home to the Manchester United soccer team
> and also Manchester's main cricket ground. Name it.
> 9. What notable event happened in Manchester on 1996-06-15?
> (You must say who did something and what they did.)
> 10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
> * Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Apr 13, 2019, 3:27:31 PM4/13/19
to
Mark Brader:
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
Mancunian. I accepted Mancurian. 4 for everyone -- Dan, Joshua,
Pete, and Calvin.
> 2. The Hallé has been active in Manchester since 1858. What is
> the Hallé?
An orchestra. 4 for Pete.
> 3. In 1819 an incident took place in Manchester when 10-20 people
> campaigning for Parliamentary reform were killed by local
> law enforcement. What is this event known as?
The Peterloo massacre. 4 for Joshua and Calvin.
> 4. Separated from Manchester by the Irwell River is what city
> about 1 mile west of central Manchester?
Salford. 4 for Pete and Calvin.
"City" is the correct term, even though in England it is usually
considered an honorific and applied to at most one municipality in
a single urban area. (I believe the only other exception is Greater
London, where both London and Westminster are termed cities.)
> 5. What US singer was made an honorary citizen of Manchester
> in 2017?
Ariana Grande. 4 for Pete.
> 6. The University of Manchester owns a facility called Jodrell
> Bank which has been in operation since the 1950s. What is it?
> Be sufficiently specific.
A radiotelescope observatory. 4 for Dan and Calvin.
> 7. As part of its history linked to the industrial revolution,
> what nickname was used for Manchester in the early 1800s?
Cottonopolis or Warehouse City.
> 8. This area of Manchester is located 2 miles southwest of the
> city center. It is home to the Manchester United soccer team
> and also Manchester's main cricket ground. Name it.
Old Trafford. (Accepting "Trafford", which it's part of.)
4 for Joshua, Pete, and Calvin.
> 9. What notable event happened in Manchester on 1996-06-15?
> (You must say who did something and what they did.)
An IRA truck bomb devastated a part of the city center. 4 for Calvin.
Unlike the Ariana Grande concert bombing, the IRA issued a warning
before their bomb exploded. They often did this -- the idea was
that they were attacking property and not people, and it also meant
that they could disrupt people's lives by issuing false warnings from
time to time. In this case, though, the warning wasn't sufficient:
200 people were injured, and one later death was attributed to
the bomb.
> 10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
The "Guardian". 4 for everyone.
> * Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario
> In each case, name the geographic feature. Note: some of them
> are only partly in Ontario.
We were not given that note in the original game.
> 1. This feature was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by
> UNESCO in 1990. It is most famous for the cliff over which
> the feature's eponymous river flows.
Niagara Escarpment.
Although the escarpment extends into at least 3 US states (see
http://uwaterloo.ca/wat-on-earth/news/what-niagara-escarpment),
the UNESCO-designated reserve is only in Ontario.
> 2. One of the most significant landforms in Southern Ontario,
> this feature gets its name from the rolling hills and river
> valleys extending 100 miles from the Niagara Escarpment east
> to Rice Lake. It was formed 12,000 years ago by advancing and
> retreating glaciers.
Oak Ridges Moraine.
> 3. This Ontario conservation area was created to control spring
> flooding near Milton. It is also home to the Glen Eden skiing
> area.
Kelso Conservation Area.
> 4. This Ontario provincial park was named a National Historic Site
> of Canada in 1992. Its many trails include the Whiskey Rapids
> Trail, along the Oxtongue River, and the Barron Canyon Trail.
Algonquin Provincial Park.
> 5. In physical geographic terms Ontario is divided into four
> regions, the largest of which covers about 2/3 of the province.
> It's a simple landscape of flat plateaus and low, rounded hills,
> crisscrossed by rivers and lakes. What is it?
Canadian Shield.
It extends into 6 other provinces/territories and 3 US states. See:
http://tce-live2.s3.amazonaws.com/media/media/9d427dba-cd89-4cfb-9b96-05499c77197e.jpg
> 6. This is one of the longest rivers in Ontario, at 982 km or
> 610 miles. It flows northeast from Lake St. Joseph in
> Northwestern Ontario and empties into James Bay.
Albany R.
From 1889 until 1912, this river formed the boundary between Ontario
and the North-West Territories. See:
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/maps/ontario-boundaries.aspx
> 7. A mountain that rises over Tupper Lake was once thought
> to be the highest point of land in Ontario, until government
> topographical mapping in the 1970s revealed another ridge to
> be higher. Name either feature.
Maple Mountain, Ishpatina Ridge.
> 8. This body of water with an area of over 300,000 square miles or
> 800,000 km² is bounded by Nunavut territory to the north and
> west, Manitoba and Ontario to the south, and Quebec to the east.
Hudson Bay. 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 9. This river rises at Lac des Outaouais, north of the Laurentian
> Mountains of central Quebec, and flows west to Lake Timiskaming.
> From there its route has been used to define the Ontario/Quebec
> boundary. The river reaches great depths of nearly 460 feet
> (140 m) in some places.
Ottawa R.
> 10. An archipelago of islands that straddles the Canada/US border
> in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast
> corner of Lake Ontario. It stretches for about 50 miles (80 km)
> downstream from Kingston, Ontario.
Thousand Islands. 4 for Joshua.
"Boundary Islands" was a good guess; there are two groups of
islands near the border by that name. But one is in Canada in Lake
Superior, and the other is in the US in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
or thereabouts.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Can
Pete Gayde 24 4 28
"Calvin" 28 0 28
Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 24
Dan Blum 12 0 12
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Don't let it drive you crazy...
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-18,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
> The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
> industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Manchester
> The City of Manchester in England was the first city to
> industrialize. It is, of course, also known for soccer.
> 1. What is the term for an inhabitant of Manchester?
Pete, and Calvin.
> 2. The Hallé has been active in Manchester since 1858. What is
> the Hallé?
> 3. In 1819 an incident took place in Manchester when 10-20 people
> campaigning for Parliamentary reform were killed by local
> law enforcement. What is this event known as?
> 4. Separated from Manchester by the Irwell River is what city
> about 1 mile west of central Manchester?
"City" is the correct term, even though in England it is usually
considered an honorific and applied to at most one municipality in
a single urban area. (I believe the only other exception is Greater
London, where both London and Westminster are termed cities.)
> 5. What US singer was made an honorary citizen of Manchester
> in 2017?
> 6. The University of Manchester owns a facility called Jodrell
> Bank which has been in operation since the 1950s. What is it?
> Be sufficiently specific.
> 7. As part of its history linked to the industrial revolution,
> what nickname was used for Manchester in the early 1800s?
> 8. This area of Manchester is located 2 miles southwest of the
> city center. It is home to the Manchester United soccer team
> and also Manchester's main cricket ground. Name it.
4 for Joshua, Pete, and Calvin.
> 9. What notable event happened in Manchester on 1996-06-15?
> (You must say who did something and what they did.)
Unlike the Ariana Grande concert bombing, the IRA issued a warning
before their bomb exploded. They often did this -- the idea was
that they were attacking property and not people, and it also meant
that they could disrupt people's lives by issuing false warnings from
time to time. In this case, though, the warning wasn't sufficient:
200 people were injured, and one later death was attributed to
the bomb.
> 10. What famous newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821?
> * Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario
> In each case, name the geographic feature. Note: some of them
> are only partly in Ontario.
> 1. This feature was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by
> UNESCO in 1990. It is most famous for the cliff over which
> the feature's eponymous river flows.
Although the escarpment extends into at least 3 US states (see
http://uwaterloo.ca/wat-on-earth/news/what-niagara-escarpment),
the UNESCO-designated reserve is only in Ontario.
> 2. One of the most significant landforms in Southern Ontario,
> this feature gets its name from the rolling hills and river
> valleys extending 100 miles from the Niagara Escarpment east
> to Rice Lake. It was formed 12,000 years ago by advancing and
> retreating glaciers.
> 3. This Ontario conservation area was created to control spring
> flooding near Milton. It is also home to the Glen Eden skiing
> area.
> 4. This Ontario provincial park was named a National Historic Site
> of Canada in 1992. Its many trails include the Whiskey Rapids
> Trail, along the Oxtongue River, and the Barron Canyon Trail.
> 5. In physical geographic terms Ontario is divided into four
> regions, the largest of which covers about 2/3 of the province.
> It's a simple landscape of flat plateaus and low, rounded hills,
> crisscrossed by rivers and lakes. What is it?
It extends into 6 other provinces/territories and 3 US states. See:
http://tce-live2.s3.amazonaws.com/media/media/9d427dba-cd89-4cfb-9b96-05499c77197e.jpg
> 6. This is one of the longest rivers in Ontario, at 982 km or
> 610 miles. It flows northeast from Lake St. Joseph in
> Northwestern Ontario and empties into James Bay.
From 1889 until 1912, this river formed the boundary between Ontario
and the North-West Territories. See:
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/maps/ontario-boundaries.aspx
> 7. A mountain that rises over Tupper Lake was once thought
> to be the highest point of land in Ontario, until government
> topographical mapping in the 1970s revealed another ridge to
> be higher. Name either feature.
> 8. This body of water with an area of over 300,000 square miles or
> 800,000 km² is bounded by Nunavut territory to the north and
> west, Manitoba and Ontario to the south, and Quebec to the east.
> 9. This river rises at Lac des Outaouais, north of the Laurentian
> Mountains of central Quebec, and flows west to Lake Timiskaming.
> From there its route has been used to define the Ontario/Quebec
> boundary. The river reaches great depths of nearly 460 feet
> (140 m) in some places.
> 10. An archipelago of islands that straddles the Canada/US border
> in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast
> corner of Lake Ontario. It stretches for about 50 miles (80 km)
> downstream from Kingston, Ontario.
"Boundary Islands" was a good guess; there are two groups of
islands near the border by that name. But one is in Canada in Lake
Superior, and the other is in the US in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
or thereabouts.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Can
Pete Gayde 24 4 28
"Calvin" 28 0 28
Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 24
Dan Blum 12 0 12
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