From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Friday, September 1, 2023 at 11:11:37 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian City Nicknames    
   >    
   > In each case, name the city or town being described. (Province not    
   > required.)    
   >    
   > 1. What town has the nickname "The Polar Bear Capital of the World"?    
   > It also lays claim to being the "Beluga Capital of the World".    
      
   Churchill   
      
   > 2. Name *either* of the two British Columbia cities that have the    
   > nickname "Salmon Capital of the World".    
      
   Vancouver; Victoria   
      
   > 6. What city has the nickname "Bytown"? A less official nickname    
   > used by the locals is "the City that Fun Forgot".    
      
   Toronto (?)   
       
   > 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.    
      
   Saskatoon; Regina   
      
   > 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    
   >    
   > All of the answers will be color-related in some way.    
   >    
   > * 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.    
      
   Living Colour; "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   
      
   > * 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?    
      
   Pinkerton's   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > E2. It is the first modern synthetic pigment, created in the    
   > early 18th century. It was the first stable pigment of    
   > its color to be widely used since the process to create its    
   > Egyptian counterpart was lost. It is on the World Health    
   > Organization's List of Essential Medicines. What is it?    
      
   Prussian 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"   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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