From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 1:06:51 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >    
   > * Game 5, Round 4 - Geography - Americana    
   >    
   > 1. What is the second-largest city, by population, in Ohio?    
      
   Cleveland   
      
   > 2. What is the second-largest city, by population, in Texas?    
      
   Dallas   
      
   > 3. The Statue of Liberty stands on 16-acre Liberty Island, which    
   > was renamed by an Act of Congress in 1956. What was its name    
   > for the previous 289 years?    
      
   Beddoes Island   
      
   > 4. What is the only New York City borough located (essentially    
   > entirely) on the American mainland?    
      
   Bronx   
      
   > 5. In 1923, a nightclub opened at Lenox Av. and 142 St. in Harlem.    
   > Over the years it presented acts like Duke Ellington,    
   > Cab Calloway, and Lena Horne, nationally broadcast on CBS.    
   > What was its alliterative name?    
      
   Cotton Club   
      
   > 6. The Georgia site of the Masters golf tournament shares its name    
   > with which US state capital?    
      
   Augusta   
      
   > 7. The United States Bullion Depository is a fortified vault    
   > building built in 1936 to move gold reserves away from coastal    
   > cities. In which state is it located?    
      
   Kentucky   
      
   > 8. In 1920 a streetcar route of the New Orleans Railway & Light    
   > Co. ran ran from Canal St., onto Bourbon, left on Pauger St.,    
   > and down Dauphine to its terminus on what street?    
      
   Desire Street   
      
   > 9. The Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor partially melted down    
   > on 1979-03-28. In which state is Three Mile Island located?    
      
   Pennsylvania   
       
   > 10. If you were in Woodstock NY in August 1968, you would have found    
   > it quiet. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair had been relocated    
   > to a dairy farm in Bethel NY, 40 miles (65 km) southwest of    
   > the town of Woodstock. What was the farmer's name?    
      
   Yasgur   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 5 - Audio - Weird Al Yankovic    
   >    
   > Here's another audio round without the audio.    
   >    
   > It's the 40th anniversary of Weird Al Yankovic's debut album.    
   > He has made a career specializing in parodies -- both of specific    
   > songs, and pastiches of performers' styles -- so let's explore!    
   >    
   > In each case you'll be given the title of a Weird Al parody, and    
   > except as noted you must give us the performer (artist or group)    
   > of the original song.    
   >    
   > 1. "The Brady Bunch".    
      
   Men Without Hats   
   (note: as the second verse of this song consists of the lyrics to the theme   
   from "The Brady Bunch," the Peppermint Trolley Company could be an alternative   
   answer, perhaps)   
      
   > 2. "I Lost on Jeopardy".    
      
   Greg Kihn Band   
      
   > 4. "Dare to be Stupid".    
      
   Weird Al Yankovic   
   (note: as far as I can remember, this song was an original written by Weird   
   Al, but I could be wrong; and if I'm right, I don't know who it was a style   
   parody of)   
      
   > 5. "Jurassic Park". In this case name the *songwriter* of the    
   > original, who you may also find in Phoenix, Wichita, or    
   > Galveston.    
      
   Jimmy Webb   
      
   > For the next *three* questions, Weird Al parodied a cover version of    
   > the original song, the cover being a major worldwide hit in 1987    
   > in each case -- #1 in Canada, the US, and/or the UK. You must    
   > name the performer of that cover version.    
   >    
   > 6. "Lasagna". (The cover version was for the soundtrack of    
   > a biopic.)    
      
   Los Lobos   
      
   > 7. "I Think I'm a Clone Now".    
      
   Tiffany   
      
   > 8. "Alimony".    
      
   Billy Idol   
      
   > The last two questions feature Al's instrument of choice -- the    
   > accordion -- and for these questions you'll be given the original    
   > title and must give the title of Weird Al's parody.    
   >    
   > 9. "My Sharona".    
      
   "My Bologna"   
      
   > 10. "Another One Bites the Dust".    
      
   "Another One Rides the Bus"   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 6 - Canadiana History - Canadian Premiers    
   >    
   > Some premiers are slightly better remembered than others. In each    
   > case, name them -- the surname is sufficient. One question per    
   > province.    
   >    
   > 1. This former car salesman who had a brief 4-month run as Premier    
   > of Ontario in 1985 after the long tenure of Bill Davis.    
   > He should not be confused with the similarly named comic-book    
   > writer/artist of "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Sin City", and    
   > "300".    
      
   Miller   
       
   > 7. Name the man who served 1949-71 as Premier of Newfoundland .    
   > Up until his death in 1991, he was often referred to as the    
   > only living Father of Confederation.    
      
   Smallwood   
       
   > 10. Name the man who served 1944-61 as Premier of Saskatchewan.    
   > He also served in the Federal legislature, 1935-44, as a    
   > member of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and    
   > then 1962-79, much of this time as the first leader of the New    
   > Democratic Party.    
      
   Douglas   
      
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   Joshua Kreitzer   
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