From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 5/14/23 22:33, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Place Names   
   >   
   > Game 7 had no Canadiana round, so this time, once again, you get   
   > an extra one.   
   >   
   > In each case, name the place.  #1-8 are all capitals of their   
   > province or territory.  Answers will not repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. This city's name has stayed more or less the same despite being   
   >     translated to French and later English from the original   
   >     Portuguese.   
      
   St John's   
      
   >   
   > 2. This city was named after a prince in 1783.  The spelling was   
   >     shortened soon afterwards.   
      
   Fredericton   
      
   >   
   > 3. In 1765, this town was named for the Queen married to King   
   >     George III.   
      
   Charlottetown   
      
   >   
   > 4. This name is not native, but refers to the copper tools used   
   >     by the local Athapaskan natives.   
      
   Yellowknife   
      
   >   
   > 5. This city's name refers to a strait or narrow channel in a river.   
   >     The Algonquin, Cree, and Micmac languages all use the same word.   
      
   Quebec City   
      
   >   
   > 6. This town's name was changed from Frobisher Bay in 1984, after   
   >     the residents voted 310-213 for a name meaning "place of fish"   
   >     in Inuktitut.   
      
   Iqaluit   
      
   >   
   > 7. This city's name derives from nearby rapids, thought to   
   >     resemble part of an animal.  The rapids disappeared when a dam   
   >     was constructed.  The Guinness book of world records has listed   
   >     the city as the one with the least air pollution in the world.   
      
   Whitehorse   
      
   >   
   > 8. This name comes from the Cree word for murky water.   
      
   Winnipeg   
      
   >   
   > The last two cities, #9-10, are not capitals.  Please decode the   
   > rot13 to see question #9 only after you have finished with #1-8.   
   >   
   > 9. Va fcvgr bs vgf anzr, guvf pvgl bs 130,000 vf ybpngrq ng gur   
   >     pbasyhrapr bs gur Fg-Znhevpr naq Fg. Ynjerapr Eviref.  Sbhaqrq   
   >     va 1634, vg jnf gur frpbaq creznarag frggyrzrag va Arj Senapr,   
   >     nsgre gur pvgl bs Dhéorp.   
      
   Trois-Rivieres   
      
   >   
   > 10. Rudyard Kipling described the area around this place having   
   >     "all hell for a basement" in reference to local gas deposits.   
   >     In 1910 the town council considered adopting a more conventional   
   >     name, and wrote to Kipling for advice.  He urged them to keep   
   >     their existing name, which they did.  Today the population   
   >     is 60,000.   
      
   Medicine Hat   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - NCAA College Basketball Teams   
   >   
   > We give you the name and location of a university, and a clue.   
   > You answer with the name of their team.  All teams made it at least   
   > as far as the round of 32 in the "March Madness" men's basketball   
   > championship """this year""".   
   >   
   > 1. University of Florida, Gainseville.  Clue: animal.   
      
   Gators   
      
   > 2. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Clue: team color.   
      
   Crimson   
      
   > 3. San Diego State, California.  Clue: historic empire.   
      
   Aztecs   
      
   > 4. University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Clue: animal.   
      
   Badgers   
      
   > 5. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  Clue: animal.   
      
   Wolverines   
      
   > 6. Michigan State University, Lansing.  Clue: ancient Europeans.   
      
   Spartans   
      
   > 7. University of Louisville, Kentucky.  Clue: bird.   
      
   Cardinals   
      
   > 8. Iowa State University, Ames.  Clue: type of storm.   
      
   Cyclones   
      
   > 9. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.  Clue: two words   
   >     including the team color.   
      
   Blue Devils   
      
   > 10. University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.  Clue: it refers to a   
   >     local invention.   
      
   Flyers   
      
      
      
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