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   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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