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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 6, Rounds 7-8: CanA   
   11 Feb 22 05:50:45   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Canadian Actors and Actresses   
      
   > 2. Born 1961-06-09 in Edmonton, Alberta.  5'4?" (164 cm) tall.   
   >    Listed as one of 12 "Promising New Actors of 1985" in John   
   >    Willis's "Screen World".  Quit high school before graduating   
   >    from his senior year, and """has said""" he regrets this as a   
   >    "stupid youthful mistake".   
      
   Michael J. Fox   
      
   > 4. Born to Korean parents in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario.   
   >    She began her career as a ballet dancer and eventually studied   
   >    drama at the National Theatre School in Montreal.  Was a member   
   >    of a national champion Canadian Improv Team at the Canadian   
   >    Improv Games in the late 1990s.   
      
   Sandra Oh   
      
   > 5. Born 1950-10-31.  Attended high school in Scarborough.  """He   
   >    has appeared in more John Hughes movies than any other actor""".   
   >    The musical group Ween dedicated their 1994 album "Chocolate   
   >    And Cheese" to him.   
      
   Anthony Michael Hall   
      
   > 8. Born 1911-07-18, in London, Ontario.  Died 2003-06-15.   
   >    His family tree contained some of Canada's earliest settlers as   
   >    well as politicians and the founders of Labatt Breweries.  He was   
   >    married to Jessica Tandy from 1942 until her death in 1994.   
      
   Hume Cronyn   
      
   > 10. Born 1948-10-17, in Yellowknife, NWT.  She became romantically   
   >    involved with Brian De Palma, and for Christmas he gave her his   
   >    script for what would be his fifth feature film, "Sisters".   
   >    She suffered a very public breakdown in 1992 and was found,   
   >    ragged and talking gibberish, in a suburban Los Angeles   
   >    neighborhood.   
      
   Sean Young   
      
   > * Game 6, Round 8 - Science - Units of Measurement   
      
   > 1. Hertz.   
      
   frequency   
      
   > 2. Parsec.   
      
   distance   
      
   > 3. Farad.   
      
   magnetic field strength   
      
   > 4. Pascal.   
      
   pressure   
      
   > 5. Watt.   
      
   power   
      
   > 7. Tesla.   
      
   magnetic field strength   
      
   > 8. Newton.   
      
   force   
      
   > 9. Scoville unit.   
      
   spiciness   
      
   > 10. Mohs scale.   
      
   hardness   
      
   --   
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
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