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QFTCICR19 Game 1, Rounds 9-10: CanDates, challenge
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Mark Brader
Jan 31, 2019, 1:45:17 AM1/31/19
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-01-21,
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 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought what into effect on 1970-10-16?
4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
gold medals?
5. Paul Henderson most notably did what on 1972-09-28?
6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power
to unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
7. In what year did the federal government establish unemployment
insurance?
8. In what year was equal access to government services in English
and French become available?
9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
* Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
A. English Actresses
A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
- A lover during the Russian Revolution
- A 19th-century English farmer
- A former member of a US terrorist group
- A victim raped by a computer
A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
and Netflix series?
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
- Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
C. Controversial Drugs
C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
D. World Cup Soccer
D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
What country?
E. Literary Opening Lines
E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
went to Manderley again"?
E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
F. Nobel Prizes
F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
Who was he?
F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
the other half?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"Omit needless code! Omit needless code! Omit needless code!"
-- Chip Salzenberg (after Strunk & White)
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 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought what into effect on 1970-10-16?
4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
gold medals?
5. Paul Henderson most notably did what on 1972-09-28?
6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power
to unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
7. In what year did the federal government establish unemployment
insurance?
8. In what year was equal access to government services in English
and French become available?
9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
* Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
A. English Actresses
A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
- A lover during the Russian Revolution
- A 19th-century English farmer
- A former member of a US terrorist group
- A victim raped by a computer
A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
and Netflix series?
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
- Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
C. Controversial Drugs
C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
D. World Cup Soccer
D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
What country?
E. Literary Opening Lines
E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
went to Manderley again"?
E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
F. Nobel Prizes
F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
Who was he?
F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
the other half?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"Omit needless code! Omit needless code! Omit needless code!"
-- Chip Salzenberg (after Strunk & White)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Jan 31, 2019, 10:44:13 AM1/31/19
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
Halifax
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. English Actresses
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution
> - A 19th-century English farmer
> - A former member of a US terrorist group
> - A victim raped by a computer
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II
> - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
> - Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
> C. Controversial Drugs
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
> D. World Cup Soccer
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
> E. Literary Opening Lines
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
> F. Nobel Prizes
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Bruce Bowler
Jan 31, 2019, 1:58:54 PM1/31/19
to
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:45:12 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-01-21, 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 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
>
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
Toronto
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-01-21, 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 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
>
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
>
> 3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought what into effect on 1970-10-16?
>
> 4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
> gold medals?
> 5. Paul Henderson most notably did what on 1972-09-28?
>
> 6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
> in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power to
> unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
>
> 7. In what year did the federal government establish unemployment
> insurance?
>
> 8. In what year was equal access to government services in English
> and French become available?
>
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
>
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. English Actresses
>
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution - A 19th-century
> English farmer - A former member of a US terrorist group - A
> victim raped by a computer
>
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong -
> Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
>
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
>
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
>
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
> C. Controversial Drugs
>
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it was
> found that children of mothers who had taken it during pregnancy
> were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive, but by
> 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had exceeded those
> from heroin. What drug?
> D. World Cup Soccer
>
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
>
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
>
> E. Literary Opening Lines
>
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
> E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
> tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
>
> F. Nobel Prizes
>
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities. Who was
> he?
>
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received the
> other half?
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 31, 2019, 4:26:32 PM1/31/19
to
Invaded France
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
Vietnam
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
Inuit
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
F W de Klerk
> C. Controversial Drugs
>
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
Neurosydyne
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
Fetanyl
> D. World Cup Soccer
>
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
Uruguay
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
France
> F. Nobel Prizes
>
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
Boris Pasternak
>
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
Henry Kissinger
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
>
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
Charles Pompidou
>
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
> C. Controversial Drugs
>
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
> D. World Cup Soccer
>
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
> F. Nobel Prizes
>
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
>
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
Pete Gayde
Jan 31, 2019, 5:04:13 PM1/31/19
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8MqdnbArPojlBM_BnZ2dnUU7-
YHN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-01-21,
> 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 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
>
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
Montreal; Halifax
>
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
Participated in the D-Day invasion
>
> 3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought what into effect on 1970-10-16?
National Health Service
>
> 4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
> gold medals?
Johnson
>
> 5. Paul Henderson most notably did what on 1972-09-28?
Scored the winning goal against the Soviet Union hockey team
>
> 6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
> in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power
> to unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
Home Rule
>
> 7. In what year did the federal government establish unemployment
> insurance?
1930; 1931
>
> 8. In what year was equal access to government services in English
> and French become available?
1980; 1981
>
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
Vietnam
>
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
First Nations
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. English Actresses
>
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution
> - A 19th-century English farmer
> - A former member of a US terrorist group
> - A victim raped by a computer
Redgrave
>
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II
> - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
> - Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
>
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
>
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
Pompidou
>
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
de Klerk
>
> C. Controversial Drugs
>
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
Thalidomide
>
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
Oxycontin
>
> D. World Cup Soccer
>
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
Uruguay
>
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
France
>
> E. Literary Opening Lines
>
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
>
> E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
> tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
>
> F. Nobel Prizes
>
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
Pasternak
>
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
Kissinger
>
Pete Gayde
YHN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-01-21,
> 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 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
>
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
>
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
>
> 3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought what into effect on 1970-10-16?
>
> 4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
> gold medals?
>
> 5. Paul Henderson most notably did what on 1972-09-28?
>
> 6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
> in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power
> to unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
>
> 7. In what year did the federal government establish unemployment
> insurance?
>
> 8. In what year was equal access to government services in English
> and French become available?
>
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
>
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. English Actresses
>
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution
> - A 19th-century English farmer
> - A former member of a US terrorist group
> - A victim raped by a computer
>
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II
> - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
> - Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
>
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
>
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
>
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
>
> C. Controversial Drugs
>
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
>
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
>
> D. World Cup Soccer
>
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
>
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
>
> E. Literary Opening Lines
>
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
>
> E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
> tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
>
> F. Nobel Prizes
>
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
>
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
>
Pete Gayde
Joshua Kreitzer
Jan 31, 2019, 10:14:00 PM1/31/19
to
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
>
>
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
invaded Normandy
> 4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
> gold medals?
> 6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
> in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power
> to unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. English Actresses
>
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution
> - A 19th-century English farmer
> - A former member of a US terrorist group
> - A victim raped by a computer
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II
> - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
> - Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
>
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
de Klerk
> C. Controversial Drugs
>
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
> D. World Cup Soccer
>
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
> E. Literary Opening Lines
>
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
> F. Nobel Prizes
>
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
Henry Kissinger
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Calvin
Jan 31, 2019, 10:46:48 PM1/31/19
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On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 4:45:17 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
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> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. English Actresses
>
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution
> - A 19th-century English farmer
> - A former member of a US terrorist group
> - A victim raped by a computer
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II
> - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
> - Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
>
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
>
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
> C. Controversial Drugs
>
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
>
> D. World Cup Soccer
>
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
> E. Literary Opening Lines
>
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
> E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
> tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
>
> F. Nobel Prizes
>
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Feb 4, 2019, 12:53:19 AM2/4/19
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Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
>
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
>
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
invaded Normandy
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
>
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
>
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
>
> 3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought what into effect on 1970-10-16?
>
> 4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
> gold medals?
>
> 5. Paul Henderson most notably did what on 1972-09-28?
>
> 6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
> in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power
> to unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
>
> 7. In what year did the federal government establish unemployment
> insurance?
>
> 8. In what year was equal access to government services in English
> and French become available?
>
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
>
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. English Actresses
>
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution
> - A 19th-century English farmer
> - A former member of a US terrorist group
> - A victim raped by a computer
>
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II
> - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
> - Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
>
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
>
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
>
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
>
> C. Controversial Drugs
>
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
>
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
>
> D. World Cup Soccer
>
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
>
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
>
> E. Literary Opening Lines
>
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
>
> E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
> tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
>
> F. Nobel Prizes
>
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
>
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Feb 4, 2019, 4:41:23 AM2/4/19
to
Mark Brader:
Hearty congratulations!
Due to weather, Game 2 will be start in a day or so.
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
Winnipeg.
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
Took part in Operation Overlord, the "D-Day" invasion of Normandy,
specifically at "Juno" Beach. Any reference to the invasion was
sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought what into effect on 1970-10-16?
The War Measures Act.
See: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/october-crisis
> 4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
> gold medals?
Donovan Bailey. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 5. Paul Henderson most notably did what on 1972-09-28?
Scored the winning goal in the hockey series against the USSR.
4 for Pete.
This series was a very big deal. At the time professional players
were not allowed in the Olympics or international league play,
but the Soviets routinely entered their best players anyway, under
the pretense that they were amateurs. In the 1972 series, the NHL
agreed to supply professional players for a "Team Canada", to play
against the usual Soviet team.
At the time it was still true that practically all NHL players,
and certainly all their star players, were Canadian, so equating the
NHL with Canada made sense -- until Bobby Hull, who would certainly
have been selected for the team, chose that year to join the new
rival league, the WHA. So he was excluded from a team supposedly
representing Canada's best.
Anyway, the series was fixed at 8 games, 4 in different Canadian
cities and 4 in Moscow. Overtime was not used, and after 7 games
it was tied, 3 wins each with one tie game. And the score in the
last game was itself tied into the last minute of the 3rd period --
until Henderson scored.
> 6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
> in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power
> to unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
Statute of Westminster. 4 for Joshua.
> 7. In what year did the federal government establish unemployment
> insurance?
1940.
The "un" was dropped from the name in 1996. Apparently the program
now provides insurance against the risk of being employed. :-)
> 8. In what year [did] equal access to government services in English
> and French become available?
1969.
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
(South) Vietnam. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
Status Indians. I'm accepting First Nations and scoring "Inuit"
(different aboriginal people) as almost correct. 4 for Dan Blum,
Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. English Actresses
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution
> - A 19th-century English farmer
> - A former member of a US terrorist group
> - A victim raped by a computer
Julie Christie. ("Doctor Zhivago" (1965), "Far from the Madding
Crowd" (1967), "The Company You Keep" (2012), "Demon Seed" (1977).)
4 for Joshua.
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II
> - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
> - Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
Claire Foy. ("The Crown" (2016-17), "First Man" (2018), "The Girl
in the Spider's Web" (2018).) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
Georges Pompidou. 4 for Pete.
Essentially the same question was asked on "Jeopardy!" the day after
the original game.
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
F.W. (Frederik Willem) de Klerk. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland,
Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> C. Controversial Drugs
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
Thalidomide. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, Pete,
Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
Oxycodone (trade name Oxycontin). (Not Fentanyl -- different opioid.)
4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> D. World Cup Soccer
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
Uruguay. 4 for Erland, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
France. 4 for Erland, Pete, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
2 for Dan Blum.
> E. Literary Opening Lines
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
"Rebecca" (Daphne du Maurier). 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua,
and Calvin.
> E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
> tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
"Lady Chatterley's Lover" (D.H. Lawrence).
> F. Nobel Prizes
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
Boris Pasternak. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete.
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
Henry Kissinger. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Sci Spo Geo His Mis Can Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 40 24 6 40 35 28 16 32 199
Dan Tilque 4 36 8 40 8 20 16 16 136
Pete Gayde -- -- 11 26 19 26 16 32 130
Don Piven 20 40 0 32 4 32 -- -- 128
Erland Sommarskog 24 8 4 40 8 20 11 24 127
Dan Blum 12 23 6 33 10 16 12 30 126
"Calvin" 8 18 -- -- 32 23 0 20 101
Bruce Bowler 0 27 -- -- -- -- 4 16 47
--
Mark Brader | "[In a country with] the dream that... anyone can grow up
Toronto | to be President... there's also a nightmare where
m...@vex.net | *anyone* can grow up to be President." --Mark Steese
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-01-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 1 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won by a considerable margin.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Hearty congratulations!
Due to weather, Game 2 will be start in a day or so.
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana - Famous Dates in Canadian History
> 1. In 1919 there was a general strike in which Canadian city?
> 2. Canadian forces most notably did what on 1944-06-06?
specifically at "Juno" Beach. Any reference to the invasion was
sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought what into effect on 1970-10-16?
See: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/october-crisis
> 4. Who set a world record in 1996 for the 100 m dash and won two
> gold medals?
> 5. Paul Henderson most notably did what on 1972-09-28?
4 for Pete.
This series was a very big deal. At the time professional players
were not allowed in the Olympics or international league play,
but the Soviets routinely entered their best players anyway, under
the pretense that they were amateurs. In the 1972 series, the NHL
agreed to supply professional players for a "Team Canada", to play
against the usual Soviet team.
At the time it was still true that practically all NHL players,
and certainly all their star players, were Canadian, so equating the
NHL with Canada made sense -- until Bobby Hull, who would certainly
have been selected for the team, chose that year to join the new
rival league, the WHA. So he was excluded from a team supposedly
representing Canada's best.
Anyway, the series was fixed at 8 games, 4 in different Canadian
cities and 4 in Moscow. Overtime was not used, and after 7 games
it was tied, 3 wins each with one tie game. And the score in the
last game was itself tied into the last minute of the 3rd period --
until Henderson scored.
> 6. Following an agreement several years earlier, what law or treaty
> in 1931 officially removed from the British Parliament the power
> to unilaterally amend Canadian laws?
> 7. In what year did the federal government establish unemployment
> insurance?
The "un" was dropped from the name in 1996. Apparently the program
now provides insurance against the risk of being employed. :-)
> 8. In what year [did] equal access to government services in English
> and French become available?
1969.
> 9. From what country did Canada accept 50,000 refugees in 1975?
and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Which group of Canadians were given the vote in 1960?
(different aboriginal people) as almost correct. 4 for Dan Blum,
Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. English Actresses
> A1. Which actress played the following roles in movies?
> - A lover during the Russian Revolution
> - A 19th-century English farmer
> - A former member of a US terrorist group
> - A victim raped by a computer
Crowd" (1967), "The Company You Keep" (2012), "Demon Seed" (1977).)
4 for Joshua.
> A2. Which actress played the following roles in recent movies
> and Netflix series?
> - Queen Elizabeth II
> - Wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong
> - Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson
in the Spider's Web" (2018).) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> B. Predecessors and Successors to Legends
> B1. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
Essentially the same question was asked on "Jeopardy!" the day after
the original game.
> B2. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa?
Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> C. Controversial Drugs
> C1. This drug proved effective in treating leprosy and certain
> forms of cancer, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s it
> was found that children of mothers who had taken it during
> pregnancy were born with deformed limbs. What was the drug?
Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> C2. This opioid drug was marketed by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s
> for palliative care. They claimed it was non-addictive,
> but by 2011 the deaths from overdoses of this drug had
> exceeded those from heroin. What drug?
4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> D. World Cup Soccer
> D1. This country was the first to both host and win the World
> Cup soccer final. The year was 1930. What country?
> D2. The last time the host country won the World Cup was 1998.
> What country?
2 for Dan Blum.
> E. Literary Opening Lines
> E1. Which novel opens with the words, "Last night I dreamed I
> went to Manderley again"?
and Calvin.
> E2. Which novel opens with the words, "Ours is essentially a
> tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"?
> F. Nobel Prizes
> F1. The author of "Doctor Zhivago" was prevented from collecting
> his Nobel Prize for Literature by the Soviet authorities.
> Who was he?
> F2. The North Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho refused to accept
> his half of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973. Who received
> the other half?
and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Sci Spo Geo His Mis Can Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 40 24 6 40 35 28 16 32 199
Dan Tilque 4 36 8 40 8 20 16 16 136
Pete Gayde -- -- 11 26 19 26 16 32 130
Don Piven 20 40 0 32 4 32 -- -- 128
Erland Sommarskog 24 8 4 40 8 20 11 24 127
Dan Blum 12 23 6 33 10 16 12 30 126
"Calvin" 8 18 -- -- 32 23 0 20 101
Bruce Bowler 0 27 -- -- -- -- 4 16 47
--
Mark Brader | "[In a country with] the dream that... anyone can grow up
Toronto | to be President... there's also a nightmare where
m...@vex.net | *anyone* can grow up to be President." --Mark Steese
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