From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 12:11:37 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-10,    
   > 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 followup 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    
   > 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 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, manitoba   
      
   > 2. Name *either* of the two British Columbia cities that have the    
   > nickname "Salmon Capital of the World".    
      
   ketchikan   
      
   > 3. What city has the nickname "Birthplace of Confederation"?    
      
   charleston sc ; san francisco ca [ok, that was a bad pun]   
      
   > 4. What Atlantic Canada city has the nickname "Canada's Original    
   > City", as it was the first city incorporated in what is now    
   > Canada, in 1785? Other nicknames include "Port City" and    
   > "Fundy City".    
      
   saint john   
      
   > 5. What city has the nickname "Steeltown"?    
      
   pittsburgh pa   
      
   > 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.    
      
   sasskatoon   
      
   > 8. What Alberta city's abundant natural-gas resources have led    
   > to the nicknames "The Gas City", "The City with Energy", and    
   > "The City with All Hell for a Basement", the last of which is    
   > based on a description of the city by a visiting Rudyard Kipling?    
      
   medicine hat   
      
   > 9. What Ontario city has the nickname "Bell City" and "The    
   > Telephone City"?    
      
   paris ontario?   
      
   > 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 bad   
      
   > 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?    
      
   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.    
      
   red kelly   
      
   >    
   > * 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?    
      
   coral sea [for certain values of color and certain values of 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   
      
   > --    
   > Mark Brader, Toronto "The last time I trusted you, we had Mark."    
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   >    
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
   swp   
      
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