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|    Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 4, Rounds 2-3: dead     |
|    01 Jul 23 18:22:15    |
      From: gromit82@hotmail.com              On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 7:07:10 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:       >        > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana - "Let's Go to the Mall"        >        > 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!               Zellers              > 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.              Eaton's              > 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.               Miracles              > 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.               Circuit City               > * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Tallest Mountains        >        > Name the tallest mountain in (or on)...        >        > 2. Canada.               Mt. Logan              > 3. Sicily.               Mt. Etna              > 4. North America.               Mt. McKinley              > 5. South America.               Chimborazo              > 6. Washington state.               Mt. Rainier              > 7. both Italy and France.               Mont Blanc              > 9. Mars.               Mons Olympus               > And...        >        > 10. The Cabox is the tallest mountain on *what Canadian island*?               Newfoundland; Vancouver Island              --       Joshua Kreitzer       gromit82@hotmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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