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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Place Names   
      
   > 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; St. John's   
      
   > 3. In 1765, this town was named for the Queen married to King   
   >    George III.   
      
   Regina   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Toronto   
      
   > 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 Dh?orp.   
      
   Trois-Rivieres   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - NCAA College Basketball Teams   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Romans   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Tornados   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Wrights   
      
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