Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-06-06,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Game 4 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has a big win.
Hearty congratulations, eh?
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Canadiana - Canadian Brewing
> (And now you know why Round 3 of this game was tagged "Spo" and not
> "Can" in the score table.)
> 1. 4 years after arriving in Montreal from England, John Molson
> opened his brewery. Within 5 years, when did Molson start this
> family business?
1786 (accepting 1781-91). 4 for Stephen.
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Molson's great rival John Labatt was
> a relative latecomer, establishing his brewery in 1846.
> In which city?
London (Ontario). 4 for Stephen.
> 3. A very popular type of beer was made by early Canadian settlers
> using hops, molasses, yeast -- and the boughs of *which tree*?
> This beer is still made in Quebec today, and a Scottish brewery
> also makes a version.
Spruce. 4 for Stephen.
> 4. In 1860 John Labatt Jr. made a trip to England and brought
> back a recipe for a beer style new to Canada. It became the
> most popular style of beer in the country from the 1870s through
> the Second World War. Name the specific style of beer.
IPA -- India Pale Ale. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 5. Which was the first province to go completely "dry", in 1901?
Prince Edward Island.
> 6. All of Canada went "dry" with the passage of a federal
> prohibition on alcohol in March 1918. Within 1, what year
> did federal prohibition *end* in Canada?
1919 (accepting 1918-20). 4 for Stephen.
> 7. Upper Canada Brewery opened in 1984 in Toronto. The location
> on Atlantic Av. contained what was called a "gift shop", and
> gave this microbrewery the ability to do something that neither
> the LCBO nor the Beer Store was allowed to do at the time. What?
Sell beer on Sundays.
> 8. The most popular brand from Dawes Brewery, a major Quebec brewer
> of the 1930s and '40s, was named for an animal. The animal
> symbol became iconic and Canadian sculptor Ross Butler was
> hired to create a statue to salute the creature. What was this
> animal-named beer?
Black Horse. 2 for Stephen.
> 9. E.P. Taylor made money in everything, including the beer
> industry. Starting in the 1920s, he consolidated a number of
> small breweries into Canadian Brewing Corp. In 1968 the
> company was sold and renamed for its two largest subsidiaries.
> What was the new name?
Carling O'Keefe.
> 10. The matriarch of this Halifax family took her home brew
> recipes and turned them into a lucrative brewing business in
> 1867. The family brewer sold out to Labatt but still maintains
> a separate brewing operation in Halifax. Name the family.
Oland.
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. National Sports
> Most countries have a de facto national sport, but some have
> a legislated one. These questions deal with official national
> sports.
> A1. Everyone knows that the national game of Brazil is soccer.
> But """it's not""" the official national sport. That sport was
> developed by the slave populations of 17th- to 19th-century
> Brazil. What """is""" it?
Capoeira. 4 for Joshua.
> A2. Three Latin American nations """have""" rodeo, or variations of
> rodeo, as their official national sport. Name *any one* of
> the three.
Chile, Mexico, Uruguay. 4 for Erland and Stephen.
> * B. Premiers by Party
> In each case, name a person of the indicated party who ["""]is
> currently["""] premier of a Canadian province or territory,
> excluding Ontario.
> B1. Progressive Conservatives.
2011 answer: David Alward (NB), Kathy Dunderdale (NL), Ed Stelmach
(AB). 2021 answer: Blaine Higgs (NB), Dennis King (PE), Tim Houston
(NS), Brian Pallister (MB).
> B2. Liberals.
2011 answer: Jean Charest (QC), Christy Clark (BC), and Robert Ghiz
(PE). 2021 answer: Andrew Furey (NL), Sandy Silver (YT).
Of the remaining provinces, QC currently has a Coalition Avenir Québec
premier; there were NDP premiers in MB and NS in 2011 and in BC now;
SK's premier was with the Saskatchewan Party both in 2011 and today;
and AB's premier now is with the United Conservative Party. YT had
a Yukon Party premier in 2011, and the other two territories have
non-partisan governments.
Ontario, of course, had a Liberal premier in 2011 (Dalton McGuinty)
and now a Progressive Conservative (Doug Ford). Too easy to use.
> * C. Taxi Songs
> C1. In Joni Mitchell's song "Big Yellow Taxi", who does the
> title vehicle take away?
Her "old man". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> C2. In Harry Chapin's song "Taxi", Sue gives Harry $20 for a
> $2.50 fare and tells him what?
"Harry, keep the change." 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> * D. What a Gas
> D1. What is the scientific name or the chemical formula for
> "laughing gas"?
Nitrous oxide, N2O. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum,
Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> D2. Ethyl bromoacetate was used against G20 protesters in
> Toronto """last summer""". What is it better known as?
Tear gas. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
See Game 3, Round 3.
> * E. Internet Words
> E1. This word and word-element derives from the Hawaiian word
> for "fast". It refers to a web site that allows the
> creation and editing of interlinked web pages via a browser.
> What's the word?
Wiki. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> E2. This word was coined by evolutionary biologist Richard
> Dawkins. Wikipedia defines it as an idea, behavior, or
> style that spreads from person to person within a culture.
> With help from the Internet, this word has itself gone viral.
Meme. 4 for everyone.
> * F. "The Divine Comedy"
> F1. How many cantos are there in Dante's "Divine Comedy"?
100. 4 for Stephen.
> F2. Who leads Dante through Paradise?
Beatrice. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Spo Ent Geo Sci Mis Can Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 39 20 40 40 36 40 22 36 231
Dan Blum 40 0 24 26 28 40 3 20 178
Dan Tilque 40 0 0 24 36 36 0 20 156
Joshua Kreitzer 16 0 32 24 16 36 0 28 152
Erland Sommarskog 4 0 0 27 12 20 0 16 79
Pete Gayde 4 0 8 24 4 24 -- -- 64
John Gerson 24 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 24
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