From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 5:25:00 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-29,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
      
   I missed seeing this one somehow   
      
   > 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 follow-up 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 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the    
   > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".   
   > * Game 3, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Alberta Politics    
   >    
   > Today is election day in Alberta, so in honor of that, here are    
   > 10 questions about Alberta politics over the years.    
   >    
   > 1. Today his son is perhaps better-known, but this man served as    
   > Social Credit premier of Alberta from 1943 to 1968. Who?    
      
   manning   
      
   > 2.  was followed by a Conservative dynasty of 8 premiers    
   > that was ended only when who was elected premier in 2015?    
      
   johnson ; africa   
      
   > 3. That result in the 2015 election was helped by vote-splitting    
   > on the right. What was the name of the party, led at the time by    
   > Danielle Smith, that siphoned off votes from the Conservatives?    
      
   wild rose party??   
      
   > 4. Alberta's relationship with the rest of Canada was forever    
   > changed by the discovery of oil in 1947 at which town, 33 km    
   > south of Edmonton?    
      
   leduc   
      
   > 5. "Let the Eastern bastards freeze in the dark." This federal    
   > program, introduced in 1980 to promote Canadian energy    
   > self-sufficiency, was extremely unpopular in Alberta, and    
   > contributed to the decline of the Liberal Party in Alberta    
   > politics. Name it.    
      
   africa ; johnson   
      
   > 6. A portion of Alberta's revenue from oil and gas production is    
   > invested for future generations into what wealth fund,    
   > established under premier Peter Lougheed?    
      
   is that the heritage savings trust fund?   
      
   > 7. Centered around Tom Flanagan, Rainer Knopff, Ted Morton,    
   > and Barry Cooper, this group of academics inspired and mentored    
   > Conservative and Reform figures such as Stephen Harper and    
   > Danielle Smith. Name the group.    
      
   bros before lib-hoes   
      
   > 8. This man was elected in 2010 for the first of three terms as    
   > mayor of Calgary. He is the first Muslim to become mayor of    
   > a large North American city. Who?    
      
   mohammed ; bootsy   
      
   > 9. Bill 1 of Danielle Smith's first session as premier was which    
   > controversial act, which directs "political entities" to not    
   > enforce "federal rules deemed harmful to Alberta's interests"?    
      
   some local alberta sovereignity law I suppose   
      
   > 10. Danielle Smith has been subject to an ethics investigation    
   > over conversations with street pastor Artur Pawlowski, who    
   > faced criminal charges for his actions at the blockade of which    
   > Alberta border crossing?    
      
   coutts?   
      
   >    
   > * Game 3, Round 5 - Audio - 100 Years, 100 Songs    
   >    
   > Surprise! Here's an audio round that's playable without the    
   > audio, so you get three rounds in this set. And for extra fun,    
   > I'm converting this one into a bonus round.    
   >    
   > Among the American Film Institute's many lists is "100 Years,    
   > 100 Songs": the top 100 American-movie songs of all time. In the    
   > original game a clip was played for each one; here I'll just give    
   > you the title.    
   >    
   > In each case, for normal points, just name the relevant movie    
   > from the AFI's list; for a 2-point bonus, also name the singer or    
   > group who performed it in the movie. *Note*: For each guess you    
   > make at the movie title, you are allowed one and only one guess    
   > at the performer. You can only score the bonus if you have the    
   > title correct.    
   >    
   > 1. "Moon River".    
      
   breakfast at tiffany's, audry hepburn   
      
   > 2. "Mrs. Robinson".    
      
   the graduate, simon & garfunkle   
      
   > 3. "As Time Goes By".    
      
   casablanca, dooley wilson   
      
   > 4. "Over the Rainbow".    
      
   the wizard of oz, judy garland   
      
   > 5. "Up Where We Belong".    
      
   an officer and a gentleman, joe cocker and jennifer warnes   
      
   > 6. "My Favorite Things".    
      
   the sound of music, julie andrews   
      
   > 7. "My Heart Will Go On".    
      
   titanic, celine dion   
      
   > 8. "Wind Beneath My Wings".    
      
   beaches, bette midler   
      
   > 9. "I Will Always Love You".    
      
   the bodyguard, whitney houston   
      
   > 10. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head".    
      
   butch cassidy and the sundance kid, bj thomas   
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Literature - Spy Literature    
   >    
   > 1. Created by John le Carré to be a more realistic version of    
   > a British spy (as opposed to, say, James Bond), this short,    
   > overweight, balding spymaster appears in 9 of le Carré's books,    
   > including "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and "The Spy who Came    
   > In from the Cold". Name this character.    
      
   barley blair   
      
   > 2. Born David Webb, this character took on a new name for his    
   > career as a spy, and under that new name has gone on to feature    
   > in over 17 novels, most notably an initial trilogy by his    
   > creator Robert Ludlum. Name this character.    
      
   jason bourne   
      
   > 3. Len Deighton's "The IPCRESS File" is the first of 7 books    
   > featuring an unnamed protagonist. Movie adaptations starring    
   > Michael Caine did give the hero a name, and it is by this name    
   > that the book series is now generally known. What is that name?    
      
   harry palmer   
      
   > 4. This Rudyard Kipling title character grows up as an orphan on    
   > the streets of Lahore, Pakistan, before being trained to be a    
   > spy to take part in the "Great Game" between Britain and Russia    
   > during the late 19th century. Name the character.    
      
   kimball o'hara   
      
   > 5. Vivienne Michel, a Canadian woman managing a motel in the    
   > Adirondacks, is the main character of what Ian Fleming novel?    
   > In the final third of the novel she is saved from being    
   > murdered by mobsters when James Bond just happens to stop by    
   > the motel thanks to a flat tire. Of course she falls for him.    
   > Name the novel.    
      
   the spy who loved me   
      
   > 6. Prior to becoming the Governor-General of Canada, John Buchan    
   > created the character of Richard Hannay, a mining engineer who    
      
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