From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, May 15, 2023 at 12:34:46 AM UTC-5, 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; St. John   
      
   > 2. This city was named after a prince in 1783. The spelling was    
   > shortened soon afterwards.    
      
   Edmonton   
      
   > 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.    
      
   Toronto   
      
   > 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   
      
   > * 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.    
   >    
   > 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   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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