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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 8, Rounds 9-10: nick   
   02 Sep 23 13:58:23   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian City Nicknames   
      
   > 6. What city has the nickname "Bytown"?  A less official nickname   
   >    used by the locals is "the City that Fun Forgot".   
      
   Ottawa   
      
   > 7. What city's abundance of bridges has led to it being nicknamed   
   >    "The Bridge City" and "Paris of the Prairies"?  A further   
   >    nickname is "POW City" for the abundance of Potash, Oil,   
   >    and Wheat.   
      
   Winnipeg; Edmonton   
      
   > 10. What city has the nickname "Cowtown", originally ascribed   
   >    due to the abundance of good cattle farming and not because of   
   >    a popular annual event and its attendees.   
      
   Calgary   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Color My World   
      
   > * A. Entertainment   
      
   >    A1. Name the R&B group that released the song "I Wanna Sex You   
   >        Up" in 1991, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.   
      
   Color Me Badd   
      
   >    A2. Name *either* the rock band that won a Grammy for their   
   >        1988 song "Cult of Personality", *or* the sketch comedy   
   >        show that helped launch the careers of the Wayans brothers   
   >        and Jim Carrey, just to name a few.   
      
   In Living Color   
      
   > * B. Sports   
      
   >    B1. What is the popular nickname of the 37'2" high wall in left   
   >        field at Fenway Park?   
      
   The Green Monster   
      
   >    B2. Name the man who served as Member of Parliament for York West   
   >        from 1962 to 1965, during which time he also won two Stanley   
   >        Cups while playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.  In 2017   
   >        he was named one of the 100 greatest NHL players in history.   
      
   Vida Blue   
      
   > * C. History   
      
   >    C1. He was the prince of Orange from birth, his father having   
   >        died the week before, in 1650.  He ruled as the King of   
   >        England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death   
   >        in 1702.  Who was he?  Name and number, please.   
      
   William III   
      
   >    C2. Abraham Lincoln used their agents to conduct espionage   
   >        against the Confederacy, and for his personal security   
   >        during the Civil War.  They were once the largest private   
   >        law-enforcement organization in the world.  What is this   
   >        organization?   
      
   Pinkertons   
      
   > * D. Geography   
      
   >    D1. What is the longest river with a color in its   
   >        English-language name?   
      
   Yellow River   
      
   >    D2. What is the largest sea by area with a color in its   
   >        English-language name?   
      
   Black Sea   
      
   > * E. Science   
      
   >    E1. Name the IBM supercomputer that defeated Garry Kasparov   
   >        in a 6-game chess match in 1997, becoming the first   
   >        artificial intelligence to win a match against a reigning   
   >        world champion of chess.   
      
   Deep Blue   
      
   > * F. Literature   
      
   >    F1. Name the Arthur Conan Doyle novel that first appeared in   
   >        1887 and introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes and   
   >        Dr. Watson.   
      
   A Study in Scarlet   
      
   >    F2. Name the 1895 novel by Stephen Crane about a young private   
   >        in the Union Army who flees from the battlefield and, in   
   >        his shame, longs for a wound to prove he is no coward.   
      
   The Red Badge of Courage   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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