From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 7/1/23 17:06, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana - "Let's Go to the Mall"   
   >   
   > You came to the mall for some simple retail therapy only to find   
   > yourself transported back some 30-40 years!  This mall is full   
   > of stores long lost to past economic downturns or the shift to   
   > online shopping.  Let's explore!   
   >   
   > In other words, this quiz is about defunct, or nearly defunct,   
   > Canadian stores (including store chains, eateries, etc.).  In each   
   > case, name them.   
      
   Shirley, you jest!   
      
   >   
   > 1. Start at a big discount department store that was founded in   
   >     1931 and shut its last store in 2020, although it still lives on   
   >     as a brand name of the Hudson's Bay Co.  Hope you brought your   
   >     points card -- the best things in life are free!   
   >   
   > 2. It's not Sam the Record Man (one of those still exists!), but   
   >     this rival chain founded by Mac and Alice Kenner (and her   
   >     brother Aaron) in the 1950s.  Their flagship store was right   
   >     next to Sam's until they filed for bankruptcy protection in 1993.   
   >   
   > 3. A blue-and-white sign hangs over the entry to this store   
   >     founded in 1957 that seems to have everything.  Grab a golf   
   >     pencil and order form, check the catalog, and hope they've   
   >     got what you want in the warehouse.  Sadly, they filed for   
   >     bankruptcy in 1996.   
   >   
   > 4. You come across yet another discount department store founded   
   >     in 1960 and ironically only one storey high.  While you once   
   >     made them part of your family, now their Sparky the Squirrel   
   >     mascot is arm in arm with Zeddy the Bear.  It must be 1991 when   
   >     they were absorbed into Zellers.   
   >   
   > 5. All this shopping has built up an appetite for carbs!  Find them   
   >     in the food court at this purposely misspelled coffee-and-bake   
   >     shop founded in 1979.  Sadly, there's only one now, in the   
   >     Montreal suburbs.   
   >   
   > 6. Founded in Etobicoke in the late 1950s, and grown under retail   
   >     conglomerate Dylex to 249 discount clothing and general   
   >     merchandise stores across Canada, bankruptcy of this chain would   
   >     lead to the closure of all their stores in 2001.  But while it   
   >     was open, it made a difference.   
   >   
   > 7. You've found the mid-to-higher-end department store, now sadly   
   >     shuttered due to mismanagement and competition in 2002 after   
   >     over 130 years in business.  It lives on in Can-Lit, mostly   
   >     thanks to a 1946 incident in which the wrong item was shipped   
   >     to a 10-year-old boy in St-Justine, Quebec.   
   >   
   > 8. Yet another discount department store, the sign just says "M".   
   >     You know it had a longer name back when it was founded by the   
   >     Steinberg's grocery chain in 1961.  But it's been shut down   
   >     since 1992 and would take an act of God for you to remember it.   
   >   
   > 9. Pull out your grocery list at this boldly named supermarket   
   >     founded in 1919 and absorbed into Metro in 2008.  There was   
   >     never a need to worry about the quality of produce here, as   
   >     they liked to say "We're Fresh Obsessed!"   
   >   
   > 10. You blink your eyes and are transported back to 2023, finding   
   >     yourself in a Best Buy!  You could swear a moment ago you were   
   >     in that *other* electronics retailer that Best Buy bought out in   
   >     2001 and fully closed in 2015.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Tallest Mountains   
   >   
   > Name the tallest mountain in (or on)...   
   >   
   > 1. Wales.   
   > 2. Canada.   
      
   Mount Logan   
      
   > 3. Sicily.   
      
   Mount Etna   
      
   > 4. North America.   
      
   Denali   
      
   > 5. South America.   
   > 6. Washington state.   
      
   Mount Rainier   
      
   > 7. both Italy and France.   
      
   Mont Blanc   
      
   > 8. Pakistan.  (It's also the second-tallest mountain in China.)   
      
   K2   
      
   > 9. Mars.   
      
   Olympus Mons   
      
   >   
   > And...   
   >   
   > 10. The Cabox is the tallest mountain on *what Canadian island*?   
      
   Vancouver Island   
      
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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