From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 3:32:08 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-15,   
   > 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 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Two Canadians and two Americans had to be rescued as their craft   
   > was capsized by a rogue wave, about 600 km (400 miles) north of   
   > Puerto Rico. What feat were the four men trying to accomplish,   
   > before disaster struck? Be sufficiently specific.   
      
   they were trying to row across the atlantic ocean, from senegal to florida   
      
   > 2. He was a master of improvisational comedy, famous for his   
   > many voices, facial expressions, and characters; the most   
   > famous of which, was Maude Frickert. He played Mork's son on   
   > the final season of "Mork and Mindy". Who was this comedian,   
   > who died last week at age 87?   
      
   jonathan winters   
      
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - What's in a Name?   
   >   
   > This round is about entertainers with stage names. We will   
   > give you their original name and you provide their stage name.   
   > Even if they are also known by their original name, we will *not*   
   > accept that as an answer.   
   >   
   > 1. Paul Hewson.   
      
   bono   
      
   > 2. Frances Gumm.   
      
   judy garland   
      
   > 3. Gordon Sumner.   
      
   sting   
      
   > 4. Dwayne Johnson.   
      
   the  rock   
      
   > 5. Sean John Combs.   
      
   puff daddy   
      
   > 6. Albert Einstein.   
      
   al brooks   
      
   > 7. Robert Zimmerman.   
      
   bob dylan   
      
   > 8. Allen Konigsberg.   
      
   woody allen   
      
   > 9. Barry Alan Pincus.   
      
   barry manilow [my wife is still a danilow]   
      
   > 10. Maurice Micklewhite.   
      
   michael caine   
      
   >   
      
   and marion robert morrison and is john wayne, not that you asked   
      
      
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Provinces and Regions   
   >   
   > We'll give you the name of a province or region of a country,   
   > and you name the country. Names may be anglicized. Answers do   
   > not repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. Fars.   
      
   iran   
      
   > 2. Hesse.   
      
   germany   
      
   > 3. Styria.   
      
   austria   
      
   > 4. Gujarat.   
      
   india   
      
   > 5. Liguria.   
      
   italy   
      
   > 6. Helmand.   
      
   afghanistan   
      
   > 7. Katanga.   
      
   congo   
      
   > 8. Putumayo.   
      
   colombia   
      
   > 9. Mato Grosso.   
      
   brazil   
      
   > 10. Galicia. (Not the historic region in eastern Europe, the other one.)   
      
   spain   
      
      
   >   
   > --   
   > Mark Brader, Toronto "...one man's feature is another man's bug."   
   > m...@vex.net --Chris Torek   
   >   
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
   swp, who firmly believes that undocumented features are what makes the world   
   go 'round   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)