Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-07-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Literature - Non-Fiction
> We will give you the title and year of a famous work of non-fiction,
> and you give us the author.
> 1. "The Tipping Point" (2000).
Malcolm Gladwell. 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 2. "The Selfish Gene" (1976).
Richard Dawkins. 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Calvin.
> 3. "The Feminine Mystique" (1963).
Betty Friedan. 4 for Joshua and Bruce.
> 4. "Mere Christianity" (1944).
C.S. Lewis. 4 for Joshua.
> 5. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" (1997).
Jared Diamond. 4 for Dan and Calvin.
> 6. "The Beauty Myth" (1990).
Naomi Wolfe. 4 for Joshua and Calvin.
> 7. "Sexual Personae" (1990).
Camille Paglia. 4 for Joshua.
> 8. "The Dragons of Eden " (1977).
Carl Sagan. 4 for Joshua and Dan.
> 9. "A Room of One's Own" (1929).
Virginia Woolf. 4 for Joshua and Calvin.
> 10. "Notes From A Small Island " (1995).
Bill Bryson. 4 for Dan and Calvin.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Canadiana: Canadian Firsts and Mosts
> 1. What is Canada's most-visited National Historic Site?
The Halifax Citadel.
> 2. In 1921, she became the first woman elected to Canada's House
> of Commons. Name her.
Agnes Macphail.
> 3. Which Canadian city ranks as the most educated in the country,
> with 31.5% of its adult population having university degrees?
Ottawa. 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete.
> 4. What is the most-purchased packaged grocery item in Canada?
KD or Kraft Dinner (brand of macaroni and cheese).
> 5. What is Canada's oldest city?
The expected answer was St. John's, which first appeared on a map as
early as about 1519 and its site is claimed to have been visited by
John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) in 1497. But according to a historian
there, the claim is bogus and permanent settlement did not occur
until the 1600s. Meanwhile the first permanent settlement at Quebec
City was in 1604. I have decided to accept either of those answers.
But St. John is right out -- the first permanent settlement *there*
wasn't until 1631. So, 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Bruce.
See:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/st-johns
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/any-1.4963623
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-city
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/saint-john
> 6. Canada is the largest exporter of what sweet little fruit?
> We are also the second-largest producer of them in the world,
> so we sell more than we eat.
Blueberries. 4 for Bruce.
> 7. Which city was home to the first North American YMCA?
Montreal. (In 1851.) 4 for Bruce. 2 for Pete.
> 8. Tim Horton's, as it was then spelled, first opened in 1964,
> in what Canadian city?
Hamilton. 2 for Pete.
> 9. Which city is second in TV production and third for feature
> film production in North America, behind Los Angeles and New
> York, but ranks first in Canada, and so truly deserves the title
> "Hollywood North"?
Vancouver. 4 for Dan. 2 for Joshua and Pete.
> 10. With a route stretching 3.6 km and a running time of over
> 8 hours, what is the largest single-day parade in North America?
Toronto Caribbean Carnival. (Accepting the old name, Caribana.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Can
Joshua Kreitzer 32 10 42
Dan Tilque 16 8 24
"Calvin" 20 0 20
Bruce Bowler 4 12 16
Pete Gayde 4 8 12
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