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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 3, Rounds 2-3: Montr   
   26 Feb 23 21:26:20   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Montreal   
      
   > 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.   
      
   55   
      
   > 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.   
      
   St. Catherine   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 3 - Arts - Ballet Steps   
      
   > 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.   
      
   grand jete   
      
   > 2. A controlled turn on one leg, starting with one or both legs   
   >    bent in pli? and rising onto the toes to finish.   
      
   pirouette   
      
   > 3. The dancer slides forwards, backwards, or sideways with both   
   >    legs bent, then springs into the air with legs meeting and   
   >    straightened.   
      
   pas de chat   
      
   > 4. A series of quick turns in first position, on alternating feet,   
   >    progressing along a straight line or in a circle.   
      
   glissade   
      
   > 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.   
      
   pas de cheval   
      
   > 7. A rapid beating movement of the active leg while standing on   
   >    the supporting leg.   
      
   battement   
      
   > 8. Standing on one foot, the dancer makes half-circles with the   
   >    other foot, pointed, creating the letter D on the floor.   
      
   arabesque   
      
   > 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.   
      
   pique   
      
   > 10. The dancer jumps sideways, and while in mid-air, bends both   
   >    legs, bringing the feet up as high as possible, with knees apart.   
      
   pas de Basque   
      
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