From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 5:41:51 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-03-11,   
   > 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 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Years in Canadian History   
   >   
   > In this round you will be given three events in Canadian history   
   > that occurred in the same year. (Some of them took place outside   
   > Canada, but have strong Canadian connections.) For each set of   
   > three, you are to give the *exact year*.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   1919   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1962   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1908   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1980   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1986   
      
   > 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 ; 1894   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1971 ; 1972   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1885   
      
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Sports Movies   
   >   
   > This a round on movies where a specific sport provides the   
   > framework for the plot. We give you the movie's title, the year   
   > it was released, and some of the actors; and you name the sport.   
   > And please don't just say "football" for any answer -- you need   
   > to be more specific.   
   >   
   > 1. "Hoosiers" (1986), Gene Hackman.   
      
   basketball   
      
   > 2. "Nacho Libre" (2006), Jack Black.   
      
   professional wrestling   
      
   > 3. "The Natural" (1984), Robert Redford.   
      
   baseball   
      
   > 4. "The Damned United" (2009), Michael Sheen.   
      
   soccer   
      
   > 5. "Tin Cup" (1996), Kevin Costner, Rene Russo.   
      
   golf   
      
   > 6. "Invictus" (2009), Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon.   
      
   rugby   
      
   > 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.   
      
   boxing   
      
   >   
   > --   
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