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   Message 31,435 of 32,813   
   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 2, Rounds 2-3: CanAl   
   04 Jun 23 23:27:21   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 6/4/23 22:44, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 2 - Canadiana - Entertainment - Canadians' Albums   
   >   
   > We'll give you three albums by a Canadian band or artist, with   
   > years.  You name the band or artist.   
   >   
   > 1. "Starboy", (2016) "After Hours", (2020) "Dawn FM" (2022).   
   > 2. "Funeral", (2004) "Neon Bible", (2007) "The Suburbs" (2010).   
   > 3. "The Woman in Me", (1995) "Come On Over", (1997) "Up" (2002).   
   > 4. "Moving Pictures", (1981) "Signals", (1992) "Roll the Bones"   
   >     (1991).   
   > 5. "Up to Here", (1989) "Road Apples", (1991) "Fully Completely"   
   >     (1992).   
   > 6. "After the Gold Rush", (1970) "Harvest", (1972) "Harvest Moon"   
   >     (1992).   
      
   Neil Young   
      
   > 7. "Touch", (1988) "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy", (1993) "Surfacing"   
   >     (1997).   
   > 8. "Outskirts", (1987) "Lost Together", (1992) "Five Days in July"   
   >     (1993).   
   >   
   > 9. "Pop Goes the World", (1987) "Sideways", (1991) "No Hats Beyond   
   >     This Point" (2003).   
   >   
   > 10. "Ladies of the Canyon", (1970) "Court and Spark", (1974)   
   >     "Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm" (1988).   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Dogs   
   >   
   > The 2023 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was held last week.   
   > Instead of putting a question in the Current Events rounds, here's   
   > a whole round about dog breedss.   
   >   
   > 1. The Victorian vicar of Swimbridge in North Devon aimed to create   
   >     a terrier with high stamina for the hunt as well as the courage   
   >     to chase out foxes that had gone to ground.  What was the   
   >     vicar's name?   
   >   
   > 2. A German tax collector who lived 1834-94 aimed to create a breed   
   >     that would be ideal for protecting him during his collections,   
   >     with a combination of strength, loyalty, intelligence, and   
   >     ferocity.  What was the man's name?   
   >   
   > 3. What word can be added to "fox", "grey", or "wolf" to name   
   >     dog breeds?   
      
   hound   
      
   >   
   > 4. What word can be added to "clumber", "cocker", or "springer"   
   >     to name dog breeds?   
      
   spaniel   
      
   >   
   > 5. Which *two* breed names combine to form the name of a Canadian   
   >     province?   
      
   Newfoundland dog and Labrador retriever   
      
   >   
   > 6. What is the last breed in the Canadian Kennel Club list of   
   >     recognized breeds, *alphabetically*?   
      
   Yorkshire terrier   
      
   >   
   > 7. What is the tallest breed of dog recognized by the American   
   >     Kennel Club?   
      
   Great Dane   
      
   >   
   > 8. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, what breed of   
   >     dog holds the record for heaviest?   
      
   St Bernard   
      
   >   
   > 9. What small breed of dog is named for an English monarch, the   
   >     first of three monarchs so named?   
      
   Cavalier King Charles spaniel   
      
   >   
   > 10. What breed of dog is most associated with Queen Elizabeth II,   
   >     who owned 30 of them from 1933 to her death in 2022?   
      
   Welsh corgi   
      
   >   
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq   
   > nal dhrfgvba jvgu "znfgvss", "fcnavry", "greevre", be "jbysubhaq",   
   > cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.   
      
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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