From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 12:02:46 AM UTC-5, 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.    
      
   kiefer sutherland   
      
   > 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".    
      
   michael j fox   
      
   > 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.    
      
   ray burr   
      
   > 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.    
      
   johnson   
      
   > 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.    
      
   john candy   
      
   > 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.    
      
   perry   
      
   > 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.    
      
   johnson   
      
   > 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.    
      
   johnson   
      
   > 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.    
      
   pope pius xii   
      
   > 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.    
      
   johnson   
      
   >    
   > * Game 6, Round 8 - Science - Units of Measurement    
   >    
   > Given the unit or scale of measurement, name what it measures.    
   >    
   > 1. Hertz.    
      
   frequency [note: insert rental car joke]   
      
   > 2. Parsec.    
      
   distance   
      
   > 3. Farad.    
      
   capacitance   
      
   > 4. Pascal.    
      
   pressure   
      
   > 5. Watt.    
      
   power   
      
   > 6. Rem.    
      
   dose of radiation [note: not the band, probably not related to sleep either]   
      
   > 7. Tesla.    
      
   magnetic field intensity [note: avoid temptation for elon musk joke]   
      
   > 8. Newton.    
      
   force [note: not the cookie, which is named after a town in new england]   
      
   > 9. Scoville unit.    
      
   hotness of peppers   
      
   > 10. Mohs scale.    
      
   mineral hardness   
      
   >    
   > After completing this round, please decode the rot13: If you    
   > answered "radiation" or "magnetism" for any question, please go    
   > back and be more specific.    
      
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