From: tool@panix.com
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Years in Canadian History
> 1. [1] A Liberal policy convention organized by former Prime
> Minister Laurier turned into Canada's first party
> leadership convention when Laurier died before the
> convention was held. (Before this time federal party
> leaders had been chosen at party caucus meetings.)
> [2] Pierre Elliot Trudeau was born.
> [3] The Stanley Cup finals between the Seattle Metropolitans
> and the Montreal Canadiens were halted because of illness.
1920
> 2. [1] Alouette I, Canada's first satellite, was launched.
> [2] The Fog Bowl Grey Cup was played. The game was stopped
> because of very poor visibility, and the last 9 minutes
> were played the following day, Sunday.
> [3] The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake had its first
> season.
1977
> 3. [1] Anne of Green Gables was first published.
> [2] Prince Edward Island banned all motorized cars from
> the province.
> [3] Oshawa carriage builder R. Samuel McLaughlin signed a
> deal with Buick giving him rights to Buick-built engines
> for 15 years.
1907
> 4. [1] First Nations people on reserves got the right to vote
> in Federal elections.
> [2] Anne Heggtveit became the first Canadian to win an Olympic
> gold medal in skiing.
> [3] The Montreal Canadiens won their 5th *consecutive*
> Stanley Cup.
1960
> 5. [1] "O Canada" officially became the Canadian national anthem.
> [2] Marshall McLuhan died.
> [3] Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" was stopped near Thunder
> Bay because of the return of his cancer.
1985
> 6. [1] 22,000,000 people visited a World's Fair in Vancouver.
> [2] John Polanyi of the University of Toronto shared the
> Nobel Prize for chemistry.
> [3] One of the strongest tornadoes in Canadian history
> hit Barrie.
1970
> 7. [1] Algonquin Provincial Park was established.
> [2] The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association won the first
> Stanley Cup, but refused to accept the award because of
> an alleged slight to the team committee.
> [3] A 22,000-pound (10,000 kg) wheel of cheese -- 28 feet
> (8.3 m) in circumference and 6 feet (1.8 m) high -- left
> Perth, Ontario, on a special cheese train to become part
> of an exhibit at the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago.
1893
> 8. [1] The Pickering nuclear power plant was opened after
> 7 years of construction.
> [2] The US and Canada signed the Great Lakes Water Quality
> Agreement.
> [3] Former Prime Minister Lester Pearson died.
1973
> 9. [1] Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across
> Lake Ontario.
> [2] Roger Bannister and John Landy became the first two men
> to run the same 1-mile race in under 4 minutes, at the
> British Empire and Commonwealth games in Vancouver.
> [3] The St. Lawrence Seaway construction project started.
1954
> 10. [1] Louis Riel was hanged.
> [2] Construction of the CPR main line was completed.
> (Train service along its full length didn't begin
> until the following year.)
> [3] Jumbo the elephant was killed in a collision with a
> freight train in St. Thomas, Ontario.
1875
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Sports Movies
> 1. "Hoosiers" (1986), Gene Hackman.
basketball
> 2. "Nacho Libre" (2006), Jack Black.
wrestling
> 3. "The Natural" (1984), Robert Redford.
baseball
> 4. "The Damned United" (2009), Michael Sheen.
soccer; rugby
> 5. "Tin Cup" (1996), Kevin Costner, Rene Russo.
golf
> 6. "Invictus" (2009), Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon.
soccer
> 7. "Seabiscuit" (2003), Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges.
horse racing
> 8. "North Dallas Forty" (1979), Nick Nolte, Mac Davis.
American football
> 9. "The Love Guru" (2008), Mike Myers, Justin Timberlake.
hockey
> 10. "Cinderella Man" (2005), Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger.
hockey
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