From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:07:10 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-06-05,    
   > 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 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    
      
   have they tried using metamucil?  ;-)   
      
   > 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 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!    
      
   uh oh   
      
   > In other words, this quiz is about defunct, or nearly defunct,    
   > Canadian stores (including store chains, eateries, etc.). In each    
   > case, name them.    
   >    
   > 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?   
      
   > 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.    
      
   a & a books and records   
      
   > 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.    
      
   canada goose?   
      
   > 4. You come across yet another discount department store founded    
   > in 1960 and ironically only one story 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.    
      
   towers [and I am now thinking my answer to q1 is potentially less than fully   
   correct]   
      
   > 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.    
      
   africa ; johnson   
      
   > 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.    
      
   hurricane hazel houseware and hazard supply company   
      
   > 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.    
      
   the hockey sweater story ... um ... 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.    
      
   act of God ... m ... miracle-mart?   
      
   > 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!"    
      
   piggly wiggly   
      
   > 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.    
      
   future shop   
      
   >    
   > * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Tallest Mountains    
   >    
   > Name the tallest mountain in (or on)...    
   >    
   > 1. Wales.    
      
   snowdon   
      
   > 2. Canada.    
      
   mount logan   
      
   > 3. Sicily.    
      
   etna   
      
   > 4. North America.    
      
   mckinley   
      
   > 5. South America.    
      
   aconcagua   
      
   > 6. Washington state.    
      
   rainier   
      
   > 7. both Italy and France.    
      
   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*?    
      
   newfoundland?   
      
   > --    
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   >    
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