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   Pete Gayde to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 6, Rounds 7-8: CanA   
   12 Feb 22 11:56:54   
   
   From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-03-05,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.  All questions were written   
   > by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, but have been reformatted   
   > and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.  I will reveal the   
   > correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation   
   > that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20 companion posting   
   > on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Canadian Actors and Actresses   
   >   
   > In each case, name the person described.   
   >   
   > 1. Born 1966-12-21 in London, England, to Canadian parents.   
   >     Grandson of former Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas.   
   >     Once engaged to Julia Roberts.   
   >   
   > 2. Born 1961-06-09 in Edmonton, Alberta.  5'4½" (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".   
   >   
   > 3. Born 1917-05-21 in New Westminster, British Columbia.   
   >     Died 1993-09-12, at his ranch home, of cancer.  His favorite   
   >     hobby, later developed into a business, was cultivating orchids.   
   >     He developed one orchid which he named after Barbara Hale.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Cho   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 6. Born 1969-08-19 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, but was raised   
   >     in Ottawa, Ontario.  He became a top-ranked junior tennis player   
   >     in Canada.  His mother, Suzanne Morrison, was the press agent   
   >     for Pierre Trudeau during the 1970s and '80s.  He asked that his   
   >     name be removed from the Emmy list for Best Actor in a Comedy:   
   >     he and his sitcom co-stars had all agreed that they would only   
   >     accept nominations in supporting roles.   
      
   Lithgow   
      
   >   
   > 7. Born 1973-10-03, in Guelph, Ontario.  Raised by a Scottish   
   >     father and Dutch mother.  She was named on "People" magazine's   
   >     "50 Most Beautiful" list for 2000.  She once dated John Cusack.   
   >     She joined the National Ballet School of Canada at age 9.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Cronin   
      
   >   
   > 9. Born 1922-09-01, in Vancouver, British Columbia.  She grew   
   >     up to be an exotic film star in such 1950s movies as "Song of   
   >     Scheherazade" and the "Ten Commandments".  She was enticed into   
   >     TV for another role that would cement her name in the minds of   
   >     millions of people.  Hint: she played a wife named Lily.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 8 - Science - Units of Measurement   
   >   
   > Given the unit or scale of measurement, name what it measures.   
   >   
   > 1. Hertz.   
      
   Sound frequency   
      
   > 2. Parsec.   
      
   Distance   
      
   > 3. Farad.   
      
   Radioactivity   
      
   > 4. Pascal.   
   > 5. Watt.   
      
   Electric power   
      
   > 6. Rem.   
      
   Radioactivity   
      
   > 7. Tesla.   
   > 8. Newton.   
      
   Force   
      
   > 9. Scoville unit.   
      
   Hotness of peppers   
      
   > 10. Mohs scale.   
      
   Hardness   
      
   >   
   > After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh   
   > nafjrerq "enqvngvba" be "zntargvfz" sbe nal dhrfgvba, cyrnfr tb   
   > onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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