From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:02:56 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 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.    
      
   tungstun   
      
   > 4. Fe (ferrum), 26.    
      
   iron   
      
   > 5. Sb (stibium), 51.    
      
   antimony   
      
   > 6. Sn (stannum), 50.    
      
   tin   
      
   > 7. Na (natrium), 11.    
      
   sodium   
      
   > 8. Ag (argentum), 47.    
      
   silver   
      
   > 9. Cu (cuprum ["KOO-prum"]), 29.    
      
   cooper   
      
   > 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.    
      
   stolz   
      
   > 2. 2010 and 2018, gold in ice dance. Spokesperson for cosmetics,    
   > jewellery, and eyeglasses.    
      
   moir?   
      
   > 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.    
      
   manny pacquiao   
      
   > 5. 1912, 5th place in modern pentathlon. Military command and    
   > subject of 1970 movie.    
      
   george patton   
      
   > 6. 2004, gold in rhythmic gymnastics. Member of the Duma and    
   > alleged mother.    
      
   kabaeva?   
      
   > 7. 1976, gold in decathlon. Enough said.    
      
   jenner   
      
   > 8. 1924, gold in rowing eights. Physician and best-selling author.    
      
   spock   
      
   > 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 Organizing Committee.    
      
   sebastian coe   
      
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   swp   
      
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