From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 4/20/22 21:42, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Since Premier Ford's has joined in the stampede of governments   
   > into taking *less* action against COVID-19, the resumption of the   
   > Canadian Inquisition seems to be receding farther into the future.   
      
   Unfortunate. The longer it goes on, the more likely it is you'll lose   
   participation in your league.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Name the Detroit Tigers player arrested for hate crimes this   
   >     week.   
   >   
   > 2. This product was in the news when a California mom sued its maker   
   >     for $3,000,000 after finding out it wasn't a healthy breakfast.   
   >     Bad news for the factory in Brantford, Ontario, where all   
   >     product sold in the US is manufactured.  What is the product?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   > 2. Give the year that Canada officially eliminated capital   
   >     punishment, within 4.   
   >   
   > 3. Give the year the last execution was performed in Canada,   
   >     also within 4.   
   >   
   > 4. In what institution was that last execution performed?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 6.  was also the site of a famous double execution.   
   >     Both men were part of an infamous crime gang in Toronto,   
   >     known for bank robberies, gun fights, beautiful women, and two   
   >     successful jailbreaks; the two men were executed for the murder   
   >     of Det. Sgt. Edmund in March 1952.  Name the *gang*.   
   >   
   > 7. What precedent did the Canadian Supreme Court case "United   
   >     States v. Burns" set in 2001?   
   >   
   > 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with   
   >     question #7.  Va Abirzore 2007, gur pnfr bs Ebanyq Nyyra Fzvgu,   
   >     n Pnanqvna ba qrngu ebj va Zbagnan sbe zheqre, qebir gur   
   >     Pnanqvna tbireazrag gb nygre n ybat-fgnaqvat cbyvpl va ertneq   
   >     gb Pnanqvna pvgvmraf fragraprq gb pncvgny chavfuzrag noebnq.   
   >     Jung arj cbyvpl qvq gurl nqbcg?   
   >   
   > 9. Canada has had many official executioners, but the most famous   
   >     was Arthur B. English.  He performed his executions from 1913   
   >     until 1935 under a pseudonym.  What was his famous pseudonym?   
   >     A group of major literary awards in Canada """has been""" named after   
   >     him since 1984.   
   >   
   > 10. Since Confederation, there have only been three offenses which   
   >     could result in capital punishment: murder, rape, and treason.   
   >     Name the only Canadian ever to be executed for high treason.   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
      
   Douglas 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.   
   >   
   > 4. "The Blind Assassin" by Laura Chase, "Lady Oracle" by Joan   
   >     Foster, and "Five Ambushes" by Antonia Fremont.   
   >   
   > 5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and   
   >     "Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.   
      
   Orson Scott 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.   
   >   
   > 9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.   
      
   Isaac Asimov   
      
   >   
   > 10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",   
   >     "Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all   
   >     by Princess Irulan.   
      
   Frank Herbert   
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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