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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 1, Rounds 2-3: deat   
   20 Apr 22 22:34:21   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 11:42:58 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Capital Punishment in Canada   
   >   
   > Answer these questions about capital punishment in Canada.   
   >   
   > 1. In contrast with the US, which """has""" six official methods   
   > for capital punishment, Canada had only one. Name it.   
      
   lethal injection   
      
   > 2. Give the year that Canada officially eliminated capital   
   > punishment, within 4.   
      
   1974; 1965   
      
   > 3. Give the year the last execution was performed in Canada,   
   > also within 4.   
      
   1963; 1954   
      
   > 5. From the time of the British colony in 1749 until ,   
   > 1,481 people were sentenced to death. Within 50, how many of   
   > them were actually executed?   
      
   250   
      
   > 7. What precedent did the Canadian Supreme Court case "United   
   > States v. Burns" set in 2001?   
      
   a person who would be subject to the death penalty in the USA cannot be   
   extradited to there   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Fictional Books in Fiction Books   
   >   
   > We name one or more fictitious works and authors; you give the   
   > *real-life author* who wrote the real work where they are mentioned.   
   > For example, if we named "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical   
   > Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, the answer would be George   
   > Orwell, who mentions this fictional book in the novel "Nineteen   
   > Eighty-Four". To repeat, in each case name the real-life author.   
   >   
   > 1. "Where God Went Wrong", "Who is this God Person Anyway?", "Well,   
   > That About Wraps it Up for God Then", all by Oolon Colluphid;   
   > and "How I Survived an Hour With a Sprained Finger" by Zaphod   
   > Beeblebrox.   
      
   Adams   
      
   > 2. "Necronomicon" by Abdul Al-Hazred, "Chronicles Of Nath" by   
   > James Sheffield, and "Liber-Damnatus" by unknown.   
      
   Lovecraft   
      
   > 3. "Misery's Quest", "Misery's Heartbreak", "Misery's Dilemma",   
   > and "Misery's Child", all by Paul Sheldon.   
      
   King   
      
   > 5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and   
   > "Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.   
      
   Card   
      
   > 6. "The Red Book Of Westmarch" and "The Book Of The Kings", author   
   > unknown in each case; "Gray Annals" by the Scholars of Doriath;   
   > "The Reckoning of Years" by Merry Brandybuck; and "The Book of   
   > Mazarbul" by Balin and other dwarves.   
      
   Tolkien   
      
   > 7. "The Book of Bokonon" by Bokonon, "History of the Rosewaters   
   > of Rhode Island" by Merrihue Rosewater, and "Now It Can Be Told"   
   > by Kilgore Trout.   
      
   Vonnegut   
      
   > 8. "Breaking with a Banshee", "Holidays with Hags", "Year with a   
   > Yeti", "Travels with Trolls", and "Gadding with Ghouls", all   
   > by Gilderoy Lockhart.   
      
   Rowling   
      
   > 9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.   
      
   Heinlein   
      
   > 10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",   
   > "Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all   
   > by Princess Irulan.   
      
   Herbert   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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