From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 10:36:09 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >    
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - History - Women's Day    
   >    
   > In honor of Women's Day, here are questions about the history of    
   > women's rights, equality, and achievements.    
   >    
   > 2. In the movie "Mary Poppins", Mrs. Banks (the mother) needed    
   > a nanny because she was busy outside the house protesting in    
   > what cause? Mr. Banks disapproved of this group.    
      
   women's suffrage   
      
   > 3. Which province was the first to give mothers the same rights    
   > over their children as fathers?    
      
   Manitoba; Saskatchewan   
      
   > 5. In Canada, under which prime minister was contraception    
   > decriminalized and abortion legalized under certain    
   > circumstances?    
      
   Pierre Trudeau   
       
   > 6. Florence Nightingale came to prominence as a nurse during what    
   > 1853-56 war?    
      
   Crimean War   
      
   > 10. Which province was the first to give women the right to vote    
   > and hold provincial office?    
      
   Manitoba; Saskatchewan   
       
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - St. Patrick's Irish Challenge Round    
   >    
   > There won't be a game on St. Patrick's Day, so we'll do this now.    
   >    
   > * A. Science - Wildlife Past and Present    
   >    
   > A1. Only one native species of this entire class of vertebrates    
   > lives on the island of Ireland. Name the *class*.    
      
   Reptilia   
      
   > * B. Entertainment - Music, Early Acts    
   >    
   > B1. What band had to shorten their original name after    
   > Gaelic-speaking BBC listeners complained, then found    
   > success when they toured with the Clash in 1984?    
      
   The Pogues   
       
   > B2. *What singer*'s first successful band, called Them, played    
   > for a week at L.A.'s Whisky a Go Go, with the Doors as their opening act?    
      
   Van Morrison   
      
   > * D. Literature - Nobel Prize Winners    
   >    
   > D1. This poet, playwright, and translator was the most    
   > recent Irish person to win the Nobel for literature,    
   > in 1995. He died last August. His works include "Death    
   > of a Naturalist", "Station Island", "The Human Chain",    
   > and a 1999 translation of "Beowulf". Name him.    
      
   Heaney   
       
   > D2. Although he was also a novelist and poet, the 1969 Nobel    
   > winner is most associated with the "theatre of the absurd".    
   > Name him.    
      
   Beckett   
      
   > * E. Geography - Second Cities    
   >    
   > E1. What """is""" the republic of Ireland's 2nd-largest city?    
      
   Cork   
      
   > E2. What is Northern Ireland's 2nd-largest city? Give either    
   > one of its two commonly used names.    
      
   Londonderry   
      
   > * F. History - St. Patrick    
   >    
   > F1. St. Patrick was not born in Ireland. Where was he from?    
      
   England   
      
   > F2. What circumstance brought him to Ireland the first time?    
      
   he was enslaved    
      
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