From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 5/8/23 20:35, 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   temperance   
      
   >   
   > 3. Which province was the first to give mothers the same rights   
   >     over their children as fathers?   
   >   
   > 4. Name the English prison reformer and social reformer -- also   
   >     a Quaker, and a Christian philanthropist -- who has been referred   
   >     to as the "angel of prisons".   
   >   
   > 5. In Canada, under which prime minister was contraception   
   >     decriminalized and abortion legalized under certain   
   >     circumstances?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 8. Who was the first female Canadian astronaut in space?   
   >   
   > 9. Give the family name of the British political activist, and   
   >     leader of the British suffragette movement, who helped women   
   >     win the right to vote.  "Time" magazine named her as one of the   
   >     100 most important people of the 20th century.  Her sisters   
   >     and many of their daughters were also leading activists for   
   >     women's rights and social issues.   
   >   
   > 10. Which province was the first to give women the right to vote   
   >     and hold provincial office?   
   >   
   >   
   > ** 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   
      
   >   
   >     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.   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   >     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?   
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Business   
   >   
   >     C1. Name the Canadian company that """is""" among the largest   
   >         private-sector employers in Northern Ireland.   
   >   
   >     C2. For most of the first half of the 20th century, Harland &   
   >         Wolff was the largest industrial company in what became   
   >         Northern Ireland.  What business were they in?   
      
   shipbuilding   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   >     D2. Although he was also a novelist and poet, the 1969 Nobel   
   >         winner is most associated with the "theatre of the absurd".   
   >         Name him.   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
      
   Britain   
      
   >     F2. What circumstance brought him to Ireland the first time?   
      
   kidnapped by pirates   
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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