From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-01-27,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.  All questions were written   
   > by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Just in case you thought a week might pass without Rob Ford   
   >     qualifying to be in the current events round, you'd be wrong.   
   >     Ford created controversy yet again when he was recorded in a   
   >     restaurant earlier this week drunkenly doing a bad imitation   
   >     of what dialect/language?   
      
   Indian   
      
   >   
   > 2. Canada's other great gift to late-night comedic talk shows,   
   >     Justin Bieber, landed in a Miami jail after being arrested for   
   >     impaired driving and resisting arrest.  Give the *color and make*   
   >     of the rented car he was allegedly caught drag-racing in.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Montreal   
   >   
   > 1. The 103-foot-high (31 m) illuminated cross """now""" atop   
   >     Mt. Royal was installed in 1924, but the first cross was placed   
   >     there in 1643.  The man who placed that first cross is considered   
   >     to be the city's founder.  Who was he?   
   >   
   > 2. In the """2011""" census, within 5 percentage points, what   
   >     percentage of the population of the Montreal census metropolitan   
   >     area reported speaking *only French* at home?  *Note*: You may   
   >     instead answer for the 2021 census and need not say which one   
   >     you are answering for.   
      
   45; 56   
      
   >   
   > 3. The largest church in Canada """is""" located in Montreal.   
   >     What is it?   
      
   St Eustache   
      
   >   
   > 4. Canada's most heavily traveled bridge """is""" located in   
   >     Montreal.  It has outlived its usefulness and is """currently"""   
   >     being replaced with a new bridge """to open in 2018""".   
   >     Meanwhile, mammoth traffic jams have been reported in the   
   >     news media.  What is the name of this bridge?   
   >   
   > 5. On 2013-11-14, the 44th mayor of Montreal was sworn in.   
   >     What is the """new""" mayor's name?  *Note*: You may name the   
   >     current mayor instead.   
   >   
   > 6. Who was Montreal's mayor from 2002 until his resignation under   
   >     allegations of accepting kickbacks and bribes in 2011?   
   >   
   > 7. Addresses on many Toronto streets are identified as "east" or   
   >     "west" of Yonge St.  Give the name or nickname of the street   
   >     with the corresponding role of separating "east" and "west"   
   >     addresses in Montreal.   
   >   
   > 8. Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier when he played   
   >     with a Montreal team in the 1940s.  What team?   
      
   Royals   
      
   >   
   > 9. Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after   
   >     you have finished with the rest of the round.  Fg. Ynjerapr Oyiq.   
   >     """vf""" gur ubzr bs n snzbhf qryvpngrffra.  Jura bcrarq va 1928   
   >     vg jnf pnyyrq gur Zbagerny Uroerj Qryvpngrffra, ohg """abj"""   
   >     vg ornef gur anzr bs gur zna jub bjarq vg gura.  Anzr uvz.   
   >   
   > 10. Fvapr , gur qryv unf orra haqre """sbhe""" bgure   
   >     bjarefuvcf.  *Jung fubjovm cresbezre* vf n """pheerag"""   
   >     cnegvny bjare, nybat jvgu frireny bgure pb-bjaref?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 3 - Arts - Ballet Steps   
   >   
   > Ballet became formalized in France in the 18th century, and most   
   > internationally used ballet terminology is in French.  For each   
   > description of of a ballet step, please give the proper term from   
   > the following list:   
   >   
   >         | Arabesque      | Entrechat          | Pas de bourrée   
   >         | Attitude       | Épaulement         | Pas de chat   
   >         | Battement      | Glissade           | Pas de cheval   
   >         | Bourrée        | Grand jeté         | Piqué   
   >         | Chainés        | Pas assemblé       | Pirouette   
   >         | Chassé         | Pas de Basque      | Rond de jambe   
   >   
   > 1. The body is supported on one leg, with the other leg extended   
   >     behind the body with the knee straight.  The standing leg may   
   >     be either bent or straight.   
      
   Piqué   
      
   >   
   > 2. A controlled turn on one leg, starting with one or both legs   
   >     bent in plié and rising onto the toes to finish.   
      
   Arabesque; Grand jeté   
      
   >   
   > 3. The dancer slides forwards, backwards, or sideways with both   
   >     legs bent, then springs into the air with legs meeting and   
   >     straightened.   
      
   Glissade   
      
   >   
   > 4. A series of quick turns in first position, on alternating feet,   
   >     progressing along a straight line or in a circle.   
      
   Chassé; Bourrée   
      
   >   
   > 5. The dancer's shoulders and head are rotated in relation to the   
   >     hips and legs.  The head looks over the front-facing shoulder.   
      
   Attitude   
      
   >   
   > 6. A long horizontal jump, starting from one leg and landing on   
   >     the other.  Looks like splits in the air.   
      
   Arabesque; Grand jeté   
      
   >   
   > 7. A rapid beating movement of the active leg while standing on   
   >     the supporting leg.   
      
   Chassé   
      
   >   
   > 8. Standing on one foot, the dancer makes half-circles with the   
   >     other foot, pointed, creating the letter D on the floor.   
      
   Rond de jambe; Pirouette   
      
   >   
   > 9. A movement in which the strongly pointed toe of the lifted   
   >     and extended leg sharply lowers to hit the floor then immediately   
   >     rebounds upward.   
      
   Pas de Basque; Pas de bourrée   
      
   >   
   > 10. The dancer jumps sideways, and while in mid-air, bends both   
   >     legs, bringing the feet up as high as possible, with knees apart.   
   Arabesque; Grand jeté   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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