From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   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 4 - Science - Name That Element!   
   >   
   > On the periodic table of elements, many symbols are derived from   
   > the element's commonly-used name, like C for carbon, but some   
   > are not.  We'll give you a symbol, the word it was derived from,   
   > and its atomic number.  You tell us its common name.   
   >   
   > 1. K (kalium), 19.   
      
   Potassium   
      
   > 2. Au (aurum), 79.   
      
   Gold   
      
   > 3. W (wolfram), 74.   
   > 4. Fe (ferrum), 26.   
      
   Iron   
      
   > 5. Sb (stibium), 51.   
   > 6. Sn (stannum), 50.   
      
   Tin   
      
   > 7. Na (natrium), 11.   
      
   Sodium   
      
   > 8. Ag (argentum), 47.   
      
   Silver   
      
   > 9. Cu (cuprum ["KOO-prum"]), 29.   
   > 10. Pb (plumbum ["PLUM-bum"]), 82.   
      
   Lead   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - After they were Olympians   
   >   
   > Name these Olympic athletes, who all went on to other careers.   
   > You will be given some of their Olympic results (not necessarily   
   > all of their medals), and usually, additional hints about their   
   > post-Olympic careers.   
   >   
   > 1. 2006, gold in speed skating.  1996, two bronzes in cycling.   
   >     Mental health advocate.   
   >   
   > 2. 2010 and 2018, gold in ice dance.  Spokesperson for cosmetics,   
   >     jewellery, and eyeglasses.   
   >   
   > 3. 1964, gold in basketball.  US Senator from New Jersey.   
      
   Bradley   
      
   >   
   > 4. 1996, bronze in boxing.  Senator.  Finished third behind Bongbong   
   >     Marcos in his country's presidential election.   
   >   
   > 5. 1912, 5th place in modern pentathlon.  Military command and   
   >     subject of 1970 movie.   
      
   Patton   
      
   >   
   > 6. 2004, gold in rhythmic gymnastics.  Member of the Duma and   
   >     alleged mother.   
   >   
   > 7. 1976, gold in decathlon.  Enough said.   
      
   Jenner   
      
   >   
   > 8. 1924, gold in rowing eights.  Physician and best-selling author.   
      
   Schweitzer   
      
   >   
   > 9. 1996, gold in boxing.  Not to be confused with his older   
   >     brother, Vitali, who has a successful career in municipal   
   >     politics.  The surname is sufficient.   
      
   Klitschko   
      
   >   
   > 10. 1980 and 1984, gold in 1500 m.  Member of Parliament, lord,   
   >     and chairman of the 2012 Olympic Organising Committee.   
      
   Coe   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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