From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.  All questions were written   
   > by members of the Night Owls, 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 2022-09-09   
   > companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian   
   > Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Canadiana - Scarborough Walk of Fame   
   >   
   > There is the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  There is the Canadian   
   > Walk of Fame in downtown Toronto.  But this round is about the   
   > *Scarborough* Walk of Fame, in the food court of the Scarborough   
   > Town Centre.  In each case, you have to name the famous Scarberian   
   > being described.  Note that some are Scarborough natives while   
   > others were born elsewhere and made their way to Scarborough.   
   >   
   > 1. Inducted in 2008, this Scarborough resident was Toronto's first   
   >     medical officer of health, who became the face of public health   
   >     during the SARS outbreak of 2003.  She later held the position   
   >     of Ontario's Medical Officer of Health.  She died in 2008 from   
   >     a rare form of cancer.   
   >   
   > 2. Inducted in 2007, this Scarborough resident was the first   
   >     president of the Greenpeace Foundation; among other things, he   
   >     spearheaded a successful campaign to ban commercial whaling.   
   >     He later became the ecology specialist for CITY-TV.  He died   
   >     of prostate cancer in 2005.   
   >   
   > 3. Inducted in 2011, this doctor worked with Dr. Maxwell Bochner   
   >     of the Bochner Eye Institute in Toronto for more than 10 years.   
   >     He was one of the first in North America to practice laser   
   >     vision correction.   
   >   
   > 4. Inducted in 2011, this Scotland-born singer/songwriter """has   
   >     been""" part of the Canadian music scene since 1976.  He is   
   >     best known for his 1985 album "Strange Animal" and joined the   
   >     rock group Styx in 1999.   
   >   
   > 5. Inducted in 2009, this media personality """is""" best known as   
   >     the co-host of CHUM-FM's morning show, and the host of CITY-TV's   
   >     "CityLine" program from 1989 to 2008.   
   >   
   > 6. Inducted in 2007, this Scarborough native swam across Lake   
   >     Ontario at age 16, in a new record time of 15 hours 10 minutes   
   >     that smashed long-distance swimmer Marilyn Bell's record by   
   >     almost 6 hours.  Between 1975 and 1982 she swam across the   
   >     English Channel 19 times, including 5 two-way crossings,   
   >     earning the soubriquet "Queen of the Channel".   
   >   
   > 7. Inducted in 2009, this actress and comedienne started her career   
   >     with Second City in 1983.  She had a regular role in the first   
   >     season of "Paradise Falls".  She starred with her husband,   
   >     Colin Mochrie, in two television series, "Getting Along   
   >     Famously" and the children's series "Seven Little Monsters".   
   >     She """can""" also be seen in "Little Mosque on the Prairie",   
   >     playing Mayor Popowicz.   
   >   
   > 8. Inducted in 2011, this musician born in England in 1928 is a   
   >     Canadian jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer.  In the   
   >     early 1970s he drew wide acclaim for his performances with Benny   
   >     Goodman's jazz sextet, with which he toured internationally.   
   >     In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in   
   >     recognition of his international renown.   
   >   
   > 9. Inducted in 2008, this Scarborough native began his professional   
   >     hockey career as the first-round draft pick for the New York   
   >     Rangers in 1974.  He played left wing with the Rangers for two   
   >     years before he was traded to Boston in 1976, where he scored   
   >     a hat-trick in his first-ever game as a Bruin.  By 1985 he had   
   >     earned his place as captain of the team.  He retired in 1988.   
   >   
   > 10. Inducted in 2006, this Scarborough resident has had a long   
   >     career as a broadcaster for CITY-TV and CP24.  He was the   
   >     recipient of the Clarke Institute's 1996 "Courage to Come Back"   
   >     Award (for coming back from the effects of polio), and was   
   >     inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame in 1997 for his ongoing   
   >     contributions to the causes of people with physical disabilities.   
   >     """Currently""" he is the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Entertainment Challenge Round - Academy Awards   
   >   
   > * A. History - The First Time   
   >   
   > These two questions are on events associated with the first Academy   
   > Awards in 1929, honoring movies of 1927-28.   
   >   
   >     A1. What comic actor won an honorary Oscar for versatility and   
   >         genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing the   
   >         silent movie "The Circus"?   
      
   Harold Lloyd   
      
   >   
   >     A2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture (or as they said   
   >         back then, Outstanding Picture)?   
      
   Wings   
      
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Literature - From the Page   
   >   
   >     B1. What movie was adapted from Stephen King's novella   
   >         "The Body"?   
   >   
   >     B2. What movie was adapted from W.P. Kinsella's novel   
   >         "Shoeless Joe"?   
      
   Field of Dreams   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Geography - At Least There are Subtitles   
   >   
   >     C1. What country """has won""" the most times for Best Foreign   
   >         Language Film?   
      
   Italy; France   
      
   >   
   >     C2. What is the name of the 2003 Canadian movie that won for   
   >         Best Foreign Language Film and is the sequel to the "The   
   >         Decline of the American Empire"?   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Sports - Reach for the Top   
   >   
   > These two questions are about Best Picture winners with sports   
   > themes.   
   >   
   >     D1. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1981?   
      
   Chariots of Fire   
      
   >     D2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture for 2004?   
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Science - Special Things   
   >   
   >     E1. Two disaster movies from 1972 and 1974 each won a Special   
   >         Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects.  Name either   
   >         one.   
      
   Poseidon Adventure   
      
   >   
   >     E2. What 1995 movie won a Special Achievement Academy Award   
   >         for being the first feature-length computer-animated film?   
      
   Toy Story   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Miscellaneous - It's All about the Numbers   
   >   
   >     F1. Who """holds""" the record for most appearances as host or   
   >         co-host of the Academy Awards, at 19?   
      
   Bob Hope   
      
   >   
   >     F2. What British actor has been nominated 8 times for Best Actor,   
   >         but """has""" never won?  He was presented with an honorary   
   >         Oscar in 2002.   
      
   O'Toole   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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