From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-03-26,   
   > 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 9, Round 4 - History - Who Succeeded Them?   
   >   
   > We name a person and a job position, and you tell us who was   
   > their immediate successor in that job.   
   >   
   > 1. Bill Davis, as Premier of Ontario.   
   > 2. Queen Victoria, as monarch of the UK.   
      
   King William   
      
   > 3. Edward Heath, as Prime Minister of the UK.   
      
   Wilson   
      
   > 4. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, as Prime Minister of Canada.   
      
   Diefenbaker   
      
   > 5. U Thant, as Secretary-General of the United Nations.   
      
   Kurt Waldheim   
      
   > 6. Robert Bourassa, in his *first* stint as Premier of Quebec.   
   > 7. King Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), as monarch of England.   
      
   King James II; Queen Elizabeth I   
      
   >   
   > 8. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, as Secretary-General of the United   
   > Nations.   
      
   Kofi Annan   
      
   >   
   > 9. William Lyon Mackenzie King, in his *last* stint as Prime   
   > Minister of Canada.   
      
   Diefenbaker   
      
   >   
   > 10. Charles de Gaulle, as President of France.  (Not the interim   
   > acting president, Alain Poher; the next regular president.)   
      
   Pompidou   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Baseball   
   >   
   > With the start of the baseball season just """a few weeks away""",   
   > a round on baseball.   
   >   
   > 1. In what Florida city """do""" the Blue Jays hold their annual   
   >     spring training?   
      
   Dunedin   
      
   >   
   > 2. The spring training exhibition games held each year in Florida   
   >     are informally known as the Grapefruit League.  What similar   
   >     name is given to exhibition games played in Arizona?   
      
   Cactus League   
      
   >   
   > 3. The 1927 New York Yankees included a number of top home-run   
   >     hitters, led by Babe Ruth hitting his 60 and Lou Gehrig at 47.   
   >     What was the collective nickname of the Yankee batting lineup   
   >     that year?   
      
   Murderers Row   
      
   >   
   > 4. The Yankees adopted that name in 1913.  Give *either one*   
   >     of their two previous names.   
      
   Highlanders   
      
   >   
   > 5. This player """leads all active players""" with 629 career home   
   >     runs and was the youngest-ever player to reach 500 home runs.   
   >     However, his career """has been""" tainted by an admission of   
   >     steroid use.  Who is he?   
      
   Alex Rodriguez   
      
   >   
   > 6. This player, who retired in 2005, is a member of the exclusive   
   >     500-home-run club and the 3,000-hit club.  However, he tested   
   >     positive for steroids only months after testifying to Congress   
   >     that he had never used them.  Who is he?   
      
   Rafael Palmeiro   
      
   >   
   > 7. What Baltimore Orioles manager was ejected 91 times in his   
   >     career?   
      
   Earl Weaver   
      
   >   
   > 8. What player hit 70 home runs in 1998, a single-season record   
   >     at the time?   
      
   McGwire   
      
   >   
   > 9. This San Francisco ballpark was famous for its brutal winds:   
   >     in the 1961 All-Star Game a pitcher committed a balk when blown   
   >     off the mound by a gust of wind.  Name the stadium.   
      
   Candlestick Park   
      
   >   
   > 10. At what stadium did the Montreal Expos play their home games   
   >     from 1969 to 1976?   
      
   Jarry Park   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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