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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 2, Rounds 9-10: TO p   
   23 Feb 23 01:56:48   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 2/22/23 23:02, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Famous Toronto Locations   
   >   
   > Game 1 had no Canadiana round, so this time you get an extra one.   
   > Lucky you!   
   >   
   > We give you the address, you name the well-known Toronto building   
   > or institution """located there""".   
   >   
   > 1. 30 Yonge St.   
   > 2. 60 Simcoe St.   
   > 3. 37 King St. E.   
   > 4. 60 Queen St. W.   
   > 5. 92 Front St. E.   
   > 6. 100 Front St. W.   
   > 7. 317 Dundas St. W.   
   > 8. 581 Bloor St. W. """-- for the time being""".   
   > 9. 279 Yonge St.  (Hint: Part of an international chain.)   
   > 10. 1214 Queen St. W.  (Hint: Renovated by daughter of famous   
   >     Canadian architect.)   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Bad Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A. Bad Sports   
   >   
   >     A1. What Yankee infielder received one of the longest   
   >         suspensions in baseball history for his involvement with   
   >         Florida's hormone-dispensing Biogenesis clinic?   
   >   
   >     A2. Lance Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing   
   >         drugs during all of his Tour de France victories.  How many   
   >         times did he -- as we thought at the time -- win the race?   
      
   7   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Walter White's Chemistry Quiz   
   >   
   >     B1. What is the term for chemical reactions that release heat?   
      
   exothermic   
      
   >   
   >     B2. Two substances are used as precursors in methamphetamine   
   >         production.  One is an industrial compound used in production   
   >         of pesticides, solvents, etc., and now closely monitored   
   >         by government; the other is a once widely available   
   >         decongestant.  Name either.   
      
   epinephrine   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Bad Government   
   >   
   >     C1. What was the name of the NSA surveillance program revealed   
   >         by whistleblower Ed Snowden?   
   >   
   >     C2. What company, founded in Montreal, was blamed for the   
   >         troubled American online health-insurance system rollout?   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Bad Mayor   
   >   
   >     D1. Name the man who was photographed with Mayor Ford and later   
   >         shot dead outside a King St. nightclub.   
   >   
   >     D2. Name Mayor Ford's friend and part-time driver who was   
   >         charged with drug trafficking and extortion.   
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Bad Show   
   >   
   >     E1. This summer 2013 TV-movie may be a contender for all-time   
   >         worst.  Name the thriller with the, ah, biting weather plot.   
      
   Day After Tomorrow   
      
   >   
   >     E2. What dance craze came to global attention at the """latest"""   
   >         MTV music video awards?   
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Badly Dressed Business   
   >   
   >     F1. Name the company whose CEO blamed the shape of his customers'   
   >         bodies for problems with the sheerness of their yoga pants.   
   >   
   >     F2. The collapsed Bangladesh building that killed over 1,000   
   >         workers contained clothes bearing *what label*, promoted by   
   >         a Canadian retailer?   
   >   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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