QFTCIUA: Now it can be told

[Mark Brader]

Now that the current regular season is complete, we know which
rounds were the easiest and hardest ones of the entire original
season. I will report on the 5 easiest and 5 hardest, excluding
current events (in fact none were in either category) and audio.

The following ones have already been played here; the rest are
yet to come.


>> * Game 5, Round 6 - Canadiana - Canadian Arcana
>>
>> What does it mean to be Canadian? Our country's greatest minds
>> have wrestled with this question for ages, when they should have
>> been doing something useful with their time. Anyway, here are
>> 10 questions about things that are pointedly Canadian.

> ...this was the easiest round in the original game.

And the third-easiest in the entire season.


>> * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - There Once was a Woman from Venus
>>
>> The Lit round this week is on limericks.
>> We really hope you don't get sick of it.
>> The verse we supply,
>> And ask you to provide
>> The last word, or a few more, to finish it.
>>
>> Well, one of the Lit rounds this week, anyway.
>>
>> In its original form this was the easiest round in the game, but
>> I've edited it to increase the difficulty just a bit...

In its original form it was the fifth-easiest round of the season.


>> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>>
>> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
>> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
>> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
>> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.

> This was the hardest round in the original game.

And the hardest in the entire season, excluding an audio round.


>> * Game 1, Round 4 - Literature - Writers' Initials
>>
>> For each writer, just tell us what either one of the two initials
>> stands for.

> This was the hardest round in the original game.

And the second-hardest in the season, excluding an audio round.


>> * Game 2, Round 3 - History - How Old were They?

>> In all cases, give the age of the person as of the indicated date,
>> within 2 years.

> This was the hardest round in the original game.

And the third-hardest in the season, excluding an audio round.


>> * Game 1, Round 8 - Baseball - Not the Major Leagues

In the original game this was the second-hardest round, but it was
also the fourth-hardest in the season, excluding two audio rounds.

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Mark Brader, Toronto It's all Henry's fault.
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