From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, June 5, 2023 at 1:44:32 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-15,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have    
   > been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information please    
   > see my recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian    
   > Inquisition (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > * 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).    
      
   the weeknd   
      
   > 2. "Funeral", (2004) "Neon Bible", (2007) "The Suburbs" (2010).    
      
   arcade fire   
      
   > 3. "The Woman in Me", (1995) "Come On Over", (1997) "Up" (2002).    
      
   shania twain   
      
   > 4. "Moving Pictures", (1981) "Signals", (1992) "Roll the Bones"    
   > (1991).    
      
   rush   
      
   > 5. "Up to Here", (1989) "Road Apples", (1991) "Fully Completely"    
   > (1992).    
      
   the tragically hip   
      
   > 6. "After the Gold Rush", (1970) "Harvest", (1972) "Harvest Moon"    
   > (1992).    
      
   neil young   
      
   > 7. "Touch", (1988) "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy", (1993) "Surfacing"    
   > (1997).    
      
   sara mclachlan   
      
   > 8. "Outskirts", (1987) "Lost Together", (1992) "Five Days in July"    
   > (1993).    
      
   blue rodeo   
      
   > 9. "Pop Goes the World", (1987) "Sideways", (1991) "No Hats Beyond    
   > This Point" (2003).    
      
   men without hats   
      
   > 10. "Ladies of the Canyon", (1970) "Court and Spark", (1974)    
   > "Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm" (1988).    
      
    joni mitchell   
      
      
   >    
   > * 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 breeds.    
   >    
   > 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?    
      
   j. russell   
      
   > 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?    
      
   dobermann   
      
   > 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 & labrador   
      
   > 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?    
      
   irish wolfhound?   
      
   > 8. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, what breed of    
   > dog holds the record for heaviest?    
      
   english mastiff   
      
   > 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: If you answered    
   > any question with "mastiff", "spaniel", "terrier", or "wolfhound",    
   > please go back and be more specific.    
   > --    
   > Mark Brader, Toronto | Some idiots live in the perpetual shadow    
   > m...@vex.net | of the whoosh bird... --D.F. Manno    
   >    
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
   swp, who likes some of the artists in round 2 and the kids different ones.  I   
   love all dogs.  ruff ruff ruff   
      
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