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QFTCIUA Game 8, Rounds 4,6: Canada Reads, municipalities
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Mark Brader
24 dec. 2014, 00:50:1424.12.2014
–
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-10,
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 5 days (instead of the usual 3 days).
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
Each year since 2002, CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" contest has had
5 Canadian celebrities advocate for 5 books, with a winner chosen
by panel. Note that nominated books aren't required to be newly
published; in fact, older favorites are often included. Recently
the show was moderated by an allegedly disgraced CBC host whose
name we shall not speak tonight, but we still like the contest.
1. The inaugural "Canada Reads" in 2002 saw Steven Page of
the Barenaked Ladies out-debate the likes of Megan Follows and
Kim Campbell. His chosen book was by Michael Ondaatje and it
"fictionalizes the lives of the immigrants whose contributions
to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of
the city's official history". Name the book.
2. In 2003, Justin Trudeau's pick didn't win, but it's still
a good read. It was Wayne Johnston's 1998 work of historical
fiction based on the life of Joey Smallwood. Name the book.
3. In 2004 Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo backed the winner, "The Last
Crossing", part of an award-winning trilogy set in the
19th-century American and Canadian West, also including
titles "The Englishman's Boy" and "A Good Man". Name the
Saskatchewan-based *author*.
4. The 2005 contest foreshadowed Olivia Chow's mayoral candidacy
when she couldn't even take a Booker Prize short-listed work
to victory ("Oryx and Crake"). But neither could Molly Johnson
and Rufus Wainwright succeed with "Beautiful Losers", the 1966
work of *which author/musician*?
5. Musicians seem to be good literary debaters. In 2006 John
K. Samson, lead singer of the Winnipeg band the Weakerthans,
won the contest for which author's recent novel "A Complicated
Kindness"?
6. The 2007 contest brought back the first five winning presenters.
Bragging rights went to the Weakerthans, with Heather O'Neill's
recent debut novel about a "12-year-old protagonist named
Baby who lives with her heroin-addicted, frequently-moving
father Jules". Name the book.
7. The 2008 contest-winning book was written by a former Canadian
Inquisition member -- Paul Quarrington. It was a comic novel
about an aging retired hockey player. Give the title.
8. The musician and author who advocated <answer 7> would later
have a book of his own nominated. The 2012 contest included his
1998 non-fiction, partly autobiographical work "On a Cold Road:
Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock". Who?
9. Joseph Boyden has been nominated twice, first in 2006 for his
debut novel "Three Day Road", and now his work "The Orenda"
has won the 2014 competition. But it was the *other* book of
this trilogy that took the Giller Prize, in 2008. Name it.
10. No big surprise, but the only author with three books nominated
is Margaret Atwood, for "Oryx and Crake", "The Handmaid's Tale",
and a more recent (2009) novel. This last one was advocated
by Stephen Lewis for its environmental theme, and its storyline
is connected to that of "Oryx and Crake". Name it.
* Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
Name that municipality!
1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher
Bay?
2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
municipality?
4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary
dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was
changed. What is it called today?
5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form
Thunder Bay.
9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
for obvious reasons?
10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
--
Mark Brader | Peter Neumann on Y2K:
Toronto | This problem gives new meaning to "going out on
m...@vex.net | a date" (which many systems will do on 1/1/00).
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 5 days (instead of the usual 3 days).
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
Each year since 2002, CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" contest has had
5 Canadian celebrities advocate for 5 books, with a winner chosen
by panel. Note that nominated books aren't required to be newly
published; in fact, older favorites are often included. Recently
the show was moderated by an allegedly disgraced CBC host whose
name we shall not speak tonight, but we still like the contest.
1. The inaugural "Canada Reads" in 2002 saw Steven Page of
the Barenaked Ladies out-debate the likes of Megan Follows and
Kim Campbell. His chosen book was by Michael Ondaatje and it
"fictionalizes the lives of the immigrants whose contributions
to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of
the city's official history". Name the book.
2. In 2003, Justin Trudeau's pick didn't win, but it's still
a good read. It was Wayne Johnston's 1998 work of historical
fiction based on the life of Joey Smallwood. Name the book.
3. In 2004 Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo backed the winner, "The Last
Crossing", part of an award-winning trilogy set in the
19th-century American and Canadian West, also including
titles "The Englishman's Boy" and "A Good Man". Name the
Saskatchewan-based *author*.
4. The 2005 contest foreshadowed Olivia Chow's mayoral candidacy
when she couldn't even take a Booker Prize short-listed work
to victory ("Oryx and Crake"). But neither could Molly Johnson
and Rufus Wainwright succeed with "Beautiful Losers", the 1966
work of *which author/musician*?
5. Musicians seem to be good literary debaters. In 2006 John
K. Samson, lead singer of the Winnipeg band the Weakerthans,
won the contest for which author's recent novel "A Complicated
Kindness"?
6. The 2007 contest brought back the first five winning presenters.
Bragging rights went to the Weakerthans, with Heather O'Neill's
recent debut novel about a "12-year-old protagonist named
Baby who lives with her heroin-addicted, frequently-moving
father Jules". Name the book.
7. The 2008 contest-winning book was written by a former Canadian
Inquisition member -- Paul Quarrington. It was a comic novel
about an aging retired hockey player. Give the title.
8. The musician and author who advocated <answer 7> would later
have a book of his own nominated. The 2012 contest included his
1998 non-fiction, partly autobiographical work "On a Cold Road:
Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock". Who?
9. Joseph Boyden has been nominated twice, first in 2006 for his
debut novel "Three Day Road", and now his work "The Orenda"
has won the 2014 competition. But it was the *other* book of
this trilogy that took the Giller Prize, in 2008. Name it.
10. No big surprise, but the only author with three books nominated
is Margaret Atwood, for "Oryx and Crake", "The Handmaid's Tale",
and a more recent (2009) novel. This last one was advocated
by Stephen Lewis for its environmental theme, and its storyline
is connected to that of "Oryx and Crake". Name it.
* Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
Name that municipality!
1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher
Bay?
2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
municipality?
4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary
dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was
changed. What is it called today?
5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form
Thunder Bay.
9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
for obvious reasons?
10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
--
Mark Brader | Peter Neumann on Y2K:
Toronto | This problem gives new meaning to "going out on
m...@vex.net | a date" (which many systems will do on 1/1/00).
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky
24 dec. 2014, 02:54:3524.12.2014
–
In article <WaudnWg1xuyIyQfJ...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
Truth or Consequences
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
>
> Name that municipality!
>
>
> Name that municipality!
>
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
Pennsylvania
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
Calvin
24 dec. 2014, 18:17:1124.12.2014
–
On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 3:50:14 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
>
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
>
> 1. The inaugural "Canada Reads" in 2002 saw Steven Page of
> the Barenaked Ladies out-debate the likes of Megan Follows and
> Kim Campbell. His chosen book was by Michael Ondaatje and it
> "fictionalizes the lives of the immigrants whose contributions
> to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of
> the city's official history". Name the book.
>
> 2. In 2003, Justin Trudeau's pick didn't win, but it's still
> a good read. It was Wayne Johnston's 1998 work of historical
> fiction based on the life of Joey Smallwood. Name the book.
>
> 3. In 2004 Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo backed the winner, "The Last
> Crossing", part of an award-winning trilogy set in the
> 19th-century American and Canadian West, also including
> titles "The Englishman's Boy" and "A Good Man". Name the
> Saskatchewan-based *author*.
>
> 4. The 2005 contest foreshadowed Olivia Chow's mayoral candidacy
> when she couldn't even take a Booker Prize short-listed work
> to victory ("Oryx and Crake"). But neither could Molly Johnson
> and Rufus Wainwright succeed with "Beautiful Losers", the 1966
> work of *which author/musician*?
Cohen?
> the Barenaked Ladies out-debate the likes of Megan Follows and
> Kim Campbell. His chosen book was by Michael Ondaatje and it
> "fictionalizes the lives of the immigrants whose contributions
> to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of
> the city's official history". Name the book.
>
> 2. In 2003, Justin Trudeau's pick didn't win, but it's still
> a good read. It was Wayne Johnston's 1998 work of historical
> fiction based on the life of Joey Smallwood. Name the book.
>
> 3. In 2004 Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo backed the winner, "The Last
> Crossing", part of an award-winning trilogy set in the
> 19th-century American and Canadian West, also including
> titles "The Englishman's Boy" and "A Good Man". Name the
> Saskatchewan-based *author*.
>
> 4. The 2005 contest foreshadowed Olivia Chow's mayoral candidacy
> when she couldn't even take a Booker Prize short-listed work
> to victory ("Oryx and Crake"). But neither could Molly Johnson
> and Rufus Wainwright succeed with "Beautiful Losers", the 1966
> work of *which author/musician*?
> 5. Musicians seem to be good literary debaters. In 2006 John
> K. Samson, lead singer of the Winnipeg band the Weakerthans,
> won the contest for which author's recent novel "A Complicated
> Kindness"?
>
> 6. The 2007 contest brought back the first five winning presenters.
> Bragging rights went to the Weakerthans, with Heather O'Neill's
> recent debut novel about a "12-year-old protagonist named
> Baby who lives with her heroin-addicted, frequently-moving
> father Jules". Name the book.
>
> 7. The 2008 contest-winning book was written by a former Canadian
> Inquisition member -- Paul Quarrington. It was a comic novel
> about an aging retired hockey player. Give the title.
>
> 8. The musician and author who advocated <answer 7> would later
> have a book of his own nominated. The 2012 contest included his
> 1998 non-fiction, partly autobiographical work "On a Cold Road:
> Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock". Who?
> 9. Joseph Boyden has been nominated twice, first in 2006 for his
> debut novel "Three Day Road", and now his work "The Orenda"
> has won the 2014 competition. But it was the *other* book of
> this trilogy that took the Giller Prize, in 2008. Name it.
>
> 10. No big surprise, but the only author with three books nominated
> is Margaret Atwood, for "Oryx and Crake", "The Handmaid's Tale",
> and a more recent (2009) novel. This last one was advocated
> by Stephen Lewis for its environmental theme, and its storyline
> is connected to that of "Oryx and Crake". Name it.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
>
> Name that municipality!
>
> 1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher
> Bay?
>
> 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
>
> 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
> municipality?
>
> 4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary
> dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was
> changed. What is it called today?
>
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
> 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
> around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
> 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
> Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
>
> 8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form
> Thunder Bay.
>
> 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
> for obvious reasons?
>
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
25 dec. 2014, 03:45:5925.12.2014
–
>
> 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
>
> 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
> municipality?
>
> 4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary
> dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was
> changed. What is it called today?
>
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
>
> 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
> around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
>
> 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
> Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
>
> 8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form
> Thunder Bay.
>
> 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
> for obvious reasons?
>
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
--
Dan Tilque
Pete
25 dec. 2014, 12:42:0825.12.2014
–
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:WaudnWg1xuyIyQfJnZ2dnUU7-
Iud...@vex.net:
Churchill
>
> 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
>
> 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
> municipality?
London; Hamilton
>
> 4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary
> dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was
> changed. What is it called today?
>
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
Pennsylvania
>
> 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
> around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
>
> 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
> Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
>
> 8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form
> Thunder Bay.
>
> 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
> for obvious reasons?
Kitchener
>
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
Truth or Consequences
>
Pete
Iud...@vex.net:
>
> 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
>
> 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
> municipality?
>
> 4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary
> dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was
> changed. What is it called today?
>
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
>
> 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
> around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
>
> 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
> Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
>
> 8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form
> Thunder Bay.
>
> 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
> for obvious reasons?
>
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
>
Pete
to...@panix.com
27 dec. 2014, 00:49:4627.12.2014
–
On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 11:50:14 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
>
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
>
> 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
London; Kitchener
>
> 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
> municipality?
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
>
> 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
> around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
> 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
> for obvious reasons?
>
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
--
Dan Blum
Björn Lundin
27 dec. 2014, 10:09:3027.12.2014
–
On 2014-12-24 06:50, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
>
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
>
> Name that municipality!
>
> 1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher
> Bay?
Fort John
>
> Name that municipality!
>
> 1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher
> Bay?
>
> 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
>
> 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
> municipality?
>
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
>
> 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
> around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
>
> 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
> Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
>
>
--
Björn
Mark Brader
28 dec. 2014, 23:08:5228.12.2014
–
Mark Brader:
> answers in about 5 days (instead of the usual 3 days)...
this was the hardest round except for the audio round; and in the
entire season it was the fifth-hardest, excluding two audio rounds.
And here in the newsgroup, if Calvin hadn't known one answer the
round wouldn't've counted in this game.
> 1. The inaugural "Canada Reads" in 2002 saw Steven Page of
> the Barenaked Ladies out-debate the likes of Megan Follows and
> Kim Campbell. His chosen book was by Michael Ondaatje and it
> "fictionalizes the lives of the immigrants whose contributions
> to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of
> the city's official history". Name the book.
"In the Skin of a Lion".
> 2. In 2003, Justin Trudeau's pick didn't win, but it's still
> a good read. It was Wayne Johnston's 1998 work of historical
> fiction based on the life of Joey Smallwood. Name the book.
"The Colony of Unrequited Dreams".
> 3. In 2004 Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo backed the winner, "The Last
> Crossing", part of an award-winning trilogy set in the
> 19th-century American and Canadian West, also including
> titles "The Englishman's Boy" and "A Good Man". Name the
> Saskatchewan-based *author*.
Guy Vanderhaeghe.
> 4. The 2005 contest foreshadowed Olivia Chow's mayoral candidacy
> when she couldn't even take a Booker Prize short-listed work
> to victory ("Oryx and Crake"). But neither could Molly Johnson
> and Rufus Wainwright succeed with "Beautiful Losers", the 1966
> work of *which author/musician*?
Leonard Cohen. 4 for Calvin.
> 5. Musicians seem to be good literary debaters. In 2006 John
> K. Samson, lead singer of the Winnipeg band the Weakerthans,
> won the contest for which author's recent novel "A Complicated
> Kindness"?
Miriam Toews ("Taves").
> 6. The 2007 contest brought back the first five winning presenters.
> Bragging rights went to the Weakerthans, with Heather O'Neill's
> recent debut novel about a "12-year-old protagonist named
> Baby who lives with her heroin-addicted, frequently-moving
> father Jules". Name the book.
"Lullabies for Little Criminals".
> 7. The 2008 contest-winning book was written by a former Canadian
> Inquisition member -- Paul Quarrington. It was a comic novel
> about an aging retired hockey player. Give the title.
"King Leary".
> 8. The musician and author who advocated <answer 7> would later
> have a book of his own nominated. The 2012 contest included his
> 1998 non-fiction, partly autobiographical work "On a Cold Road:
> Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock". Who?
Dave Bidini.
> 9. Joseph Boyden has been nominated twice, first in 2006 for his
> debut novel "Three Day Road", and now his work "The Orenda"
> has won the 2014 competition. But it was the *other* book of
> this trilogy that took the Giller Prize, in 2008. Name it.
"Through Black Spruce".
> 10. No big surprise, but the only author with three books nominated
> is Margaret Atwood, for "Oryx and Crake", "The Handmaid's Tale",
> and a more recent (2009) novel. This last one was advocated
> by Stephen Lewis for its environmental theme, and its storyline
> is connected to that of "Oryx and Crake". Name it.
"The Year of the Flood".
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
> Name that municipality!
> 1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher
> Bay?
Iqaluit. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
Windsor.
> 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
> municipality?
Cambridge.
> 4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary
> dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was
> changed. What is it called today?
Kenora.
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
Pennsylvania. 4 for Marc, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Dan Blum.
> 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
> around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
Newfoundland and Labrador. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Björn.
The hint in the following question may have helped. I should've
used rot13, but didn't think of it.
> 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
> Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
Victoria.
> 8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form
> Thunder Bay.
Fort William, Port Arthur.
> 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
> for obvious reasons?
Kitchener. 4 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
Truth or Consequences. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Mis Can Geo
Dan Blum 20 24 0 14 58
"Calvin" 20 24 4 4 52
Pete Gayde 16 24 0 12 52
Marc Dashevsky 12 16 0 8 36
Bruce Bowler 0 20 -- -- 20
Erland Sommarskog 12 8 -- -- 20
Dan Tilque -- -- 0 16 16
Björn Lundin -- -- 0 4 4
--
Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy,
Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.)
m...@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 5 days (instead of the usual 3 days)...
> For further information see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on
> "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
> Each year since 2002, CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" contest has had
> 5 Canadian celebrities advocate for 5 books, with a winner chosen
> by panel. Note that nominated books aren't required to be newly
> published; in fact, older favorites are often included. Recently
> the show was moderated by an allegedly disgraced CBC host whose
> name we shall not speak tonight, but we still like the contest.
Well, *we* don't. Even in a Canadian league, in the original game
> "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
> Each year since 2002, CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" contest has had
> 5 Canadian celebrities advocate for 5 books, with a winner chosen
> by panel. Note that nominated books aren't required to be newly
> published; in fact, older favorites are often included. Recently
> the show was moderated by an allegedly disgraced CBC host whose
> name we shall not speak tonight, but we still like the contest.
this was the hardest round except for the audio round; and in the
entire season it was the fifth-hardest, excluding two audio rounds.
And here in the newsgroup, if Calvin hadn't known one answer the
round wouldn't've counted in this game.
> 1. The inaugural "Canada Reads" in 2002 saw Steven Page of
> the Barenaked Ladies out-debate the likes of Megan Follows and
> Kim Campbell. His chosen book was by Michael Ondaatje and it
> "fictionalizes the lives of the immigrants whose contributions
> to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of
> the city's official history". Name the book.
> 2. In 2003, Justin Trudeau's pick didn't win, but it's still
> a good read. It was Wayne Johnston's 1998 work of historical
> fiction based on the life of Joey Smallwood. Name the book.
> 3. In 2004 Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo backed the winner, "The Last
> Crossing", part of an award-winning trilogy set in the
> 19th-century American and Canadian West, also including
> titles "The Englishman's Boy" and "A Good Man". Name the
> Saskatchewan-based *author*.
> 4. The 2005 contest foreshadowed Olivia Chow's mayoral candidacy
> when she couldn't even take a Booker Prize short-listed work
> to victory ("Oryx and Crake"). But neither could Molly Johnson
> and Rufus Wainwright succeed with "Beautiful Losers", the 1966
> work of *which author/musician*?
> 5. Musicians seem to be good literary debaters. In 2006 John
> K. Samson, lead singer of the Winnipeg band the Weakerthans,
> won the contest for which author's recent novel "A Complicated
> Kindness"?
> 6. The 2007 contest brought back the first five winning presenters.
> Bragging rights went to the Weakerthans, with Heather O'Neill's
> recent debut novel about a "12-year-old protagonist named
> Baby who lives with her heroin-addicted, frequently-moving
> father Jules". Name the book.
> 7. The 2008 contest-winning book was written by a former Canadian
> Inquisition member -- Paul Quarrington. It was a comic novel
> about an aging retired hockey player. Give the title.
> 8. The musician and author who advocated <answer 7> would later
> have a book of his own nominated. The 2012 contest included his
> 1998 non-fiction, partly autobiographical work "On a Cold Road:
> Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock". Who?
> 9. Joseph Boyden has been nominated twice, first in 2006 for his
> debut novel "Three Day Road", and now his work "The Orenda"
> has won the 2014 competition. But it was the *other* book of
> this trilogy that took the Giller Prize, in 2008. Name it.
> 10. No big surprise, but the only author with three books nominated
> is Margaret Atwood, for "Oryx and Crake", "The Handmaid's Tale",
> and a more recent (2009) novel. This last one was advocated
> by Stephen Lewis for its environmental theme, and its storyline
> is connected to that of "Oryx and Crake". Name it.
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities
> Name that municipality!
> 1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher
> Bay?
> 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich?
> 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger
> municipality?
> 4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary
> dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was
> changed. What is it called today?
> 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in
> just 15 minutes? Driving, that is.
> 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take
> around an hour -- in what Canadian province?
The hint in the following question may have helped. I should've
used rot13, but didn't think of it.
> 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized
> Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb?
> 8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form
> Thunder Bay.
> 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916,
> for obvious reasons?
> 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name
> to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title
> of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Mis Can Geo
Dan Blum 20 24 0 14 58
"Calvin" 20 24 4 4 52
Pete Gayde 16 24 0 12 52
Marc Dashevsky 12 16 0 8 36
Bruce Bowler 0 20 -- -- 20
Erland Sommarskog 12 8 -- -- 20
Dan Tilque -- -- 0 16 16
Björn Lundin -- -- 0 4 4
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Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy,
Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.)
m...@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero
Calvin
1 ian. 2015, 22:09:5901.01.2015
–
On Monday, December 29, 2014 2:08:52 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
> > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-10,
> > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct
> > answers in about 5 days (instead of the usual 3 days)...
> > For further information see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on
> > "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> > * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
>
> > Each year since 2002, CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" contest has had
> > 5 Canadian celebrities advocate for 5 books, with a winner chosen
> > by panel. Note that nominated books aren't required to be newly
> > published; in fact, older favorites are often included. Recently
> > the show was moderated by an allegedly disgraced CBC host whose
> > name we shall not speak tonight, but we still like the contest.
>
> Well, *we* don't. Even in a Canadian league, in the original game
> this was the hardest round except for the audio round; and in the
> entire season it was the fifth-hardest, excluding two audio rounds.
> And here in the newsgroup, if Calvin hadn't known one answer the
> round wouldn't've counted in this game.
Calvin didn't know, 'twas just a guess.
> Mark Brader:
> > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-10,
> > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct
> > answers in about 5 days (instead of the usual 3 days)...
> > For further information see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on
> > "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> > * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads
>
> > Each year since 2002, CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" contest has had
> > 5 Canadian celebrities advocate for 5 books, with a winner chosen
> > by panel. Note that nominated books aren't required to be newly
> > published; in fact, older favorites are often included. Recently
> > the show was moderated by an allegedly disgraced CBC host whose
> > name we shall not speak tonight, but we still like the contest.
>
> Well, *we* don't. Even in a Canadian league, in the original game
> this was the hardest round except for the audio round; and in the
> entire season it was the fifth-hardest, excluding two audio rounds.
> And here in the newsgroup, if Calvin hadn't known one answer the
> round wouldn't've counted in this game.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
2 ian. 2015, 00:56:4902.01.2015
–
Mark Brader:
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> > And here in the newsgroup, if Calvin hadn't known one answer the
> > round wouldn't've counted in this game.
"Calvin":
> > round wouldn't've counted in this game.
> Calvin didn't know, 'twas just a guess.
Well, it still counts!
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