Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the
> dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly.
> If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still
> expected to give the answers that were correct on that date...
> For further information see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on
> "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 7 (2016-11-07), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. Who was named MVP of the 2016 World Series?
Ben Zobrist. 4 for Pete.
> 2. Ontario's education minister announced this week she will meet
> with which GTA school board to address questions of systemic
> racism?
York.
> 3. Prince Harry, the world's most eligible ginger, was spotted in
> Toronto, apparently to visit his new girlfriend. Name the
> actress in question, currently filming in our fair city.
Meghan Markle. (She's in the cable TV drama "Suits".) 4 for Joshua.
> 4. Finance minister Bill Morneau announced the government's
> intention to attract money from large institutional investors.
> What new financial structure is to be created to facilitate this?
> (Give its name.)
Canada Infrastructure Bank.
> 5. Name either of the Ontario Liberal party insiders charged this
> week in relation to the 2015 Sudbury by-election scandal.
Gerry Lougheed, Patricia Sorbara.
> 6. An Ontario baseball club has changed its name after 60 years.
> The team in Alvinston has ditched which name now termed
> offensive?
Indians. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Peter.
> 7. You've seen the new ads on the TTC that show National Ballet
> of Canada dancers posing on subway trains, stations, etc.
> Which organization has raised objections to the ads? (Name or
> describe it.)
Body Confidence Canada.
I took the liberty of reversing the question and answer on this one.
In the original game, players were asked to identify the organization
whose members appeared. I thought it was more fun to ask who would
be objecting to ads like that.
> 8. Which 20-year-old Brampton singer, with a gold record and a
> number of charted singles, headlined her own show at Massey
> Hall last Wednesday?
Alessia Cara.
> 9. Swedish fashion company H+M has named which Canadian pop
> sensation its new brand ambassador?
The Weeknd ["Weekend"].
> 10. Which pop superstar made a surprise appearance at the Country
> Music Awards last week, including singing together with the
> Dixie Chicks?
Beyoncé. 4 for Marc and Pete.
> * Game 8 (2016-11-14), Round 1 - Canadiana Current Events
Despite this round being Canadiana, people in the newsgroup did
better on it than on the previous one.
> 1. Who scored 3 goals for Toronto FC, sending them to the Major
> League Soccer semifinals for the first time?
Sebastian Giovinco ["Joe-VIN-ko"].
> 2. On Tuesday night in Pittsburgh, it wasn't "Sid the Kid" --
> it was "Sid vs. the Kid", as two "generational stars" of hockey
> faced off against each other for the first time. Who is the
> new kid on the block?
Connor McDavid.
> 3. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit paid a 4-day
> visit to Canada last week. On behalf of which nation?
Norway. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, and Marc.
3 for Pete.
> 4. Air Canada first advanced, then backed off from, a controversial
> ban last week. What did the airline, for a while, tell its
> flight attendants they could not wear?
Remembrance Day poppies.
> 5. At least Air Canada was prompt with their "mea culpa". Which
> Canadian institution waited 25 years before apologizing last
> week for a 1989 exhibition which it now acknowledges "contributed
> to anti-African racism"?
Royal Ontario Museum. (ROM was sufficient.)
> 6. Last week in Vancouver, Prime Minister Trudeau announced a
> $1,500,000,000 plan to protect Canada's coasts from what?
Oil spills.
> 7. The Liberals vault from third-party status to majority
> government! Sound familiar? It happened last week -- in which
> Canadian jurisdiction?
Yukon.
> 8. Which Canadian ministry's web site crashed on Tuesday night
> due to unusual volume?
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland,
Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, and Marc.
> 9. In an interview with the "New Yorker" last month, prior to the
> release of his latest album, this man said: "I am ready to die.
> I hope it's not too uncomfortable. That's about it for me."
> Who was speaking?
Leonard Cohen (who did die, a week before this game was played).
4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, and Pete.
> 10. Last Wednesday at 10:30 pm saw the Comedy Network premiere of
> Canada's newest satirical half-hour "news" series. Give the
> title.
"The Beaverton".
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST SIX
Pete Gayde 4 12 19 27 0 20 8 7 93
Joshua Kreitzer 4 8 20 18 12 20 4 12 90
Peter Smyth 8 4 16 14 8 24 2 12 82
Dan Tilque 4 8 12 16 12 20 0 8 76
Dan Blum 7 8 12 19 10 13 3 12 74
Stephen Perry 32 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- 66
Marc Dashevsky 4 8 12 15 12 0 4 12 63
Erland Sommarskog 4 4 4 12 4 12 0 12 48
Bruce Bowler -- -- 20 20 -- -- -- -- 40
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