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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - History - Women's Day   
      
   > 1. Within 2 years, when was the first Women's Day celebrated?   
   >    Note: the actual first day is disputed by 2 years, so we will   
   >    accept 2 years on either side of the disputed dates.   
      
   1960; 1970   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Prince Edward Island; British Columbia   
      
   > 5. In Canada, under which prime minister was contraception   
   >    decriminalized and abortion legalized under certain   
   >    circumstances?   
      
   Pearson   
      
   > 6. Florence Nightingale came to prominence as a nurse during what   
   >    1853-56 war?   
      
   Crimean War   
      
   > 7. The London match-girls' strike of 1888 was caused by the poor   
   >    working conditions in the match factories, including 14-hour   
   >    work days, poor pay, excessive fines, and the severe health   
   >    complications of working with white phosphorus.  What was this   
   >    medical condition commonly known as?   
      
   phossy jaw   
      
   > 10. Which province was the first to give women the right to vote   
   >    and hold provincial office?   
      
   Manitoba; Alberta   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - St. Patrick's Irish Challenge Round   
      
   > * 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   
      
   >    A2. Although this extinct deer species lived as far east as   
   >        Siberia, its name comes from the numerous well-preserved   
   >        skeletons found in Irish bogs.  Name it.   
      
   Irish elk   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Pogues   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   Seamus 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.   
      
   Ionesco   
      
   > * E. Geography - Second Cities   
      
   >    E1. What """is""" the republic of Ireland's 2nd-largest city?   
      
   Cork; Waterford   
      
   >    E2. What is Northern Ireland's 2nd-largest city?  Give either   
   >        one of its two commonly used names.   
      
   Derry   
      
   > * F. History - St. Patrick   
      
   >    F1. St. Patrick was not born in Ireland.  Where was he from?   
      
   England; France   
      
   >    F2. What circumstance brought him to Ireland the first time?   
      
   he was captured and enslaved   
      
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