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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 9, Rounds 7-8: Canad   
   11 Sep 23 22:05:24   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 7 - Canadiana History - Significant Events   
      
   > 4. In 1856, what railway was completed from Guelph to Stratford   
   >    in what is now Ontario?  The last stretch from St. Marys to   
   >    Sarnia was finished on November 21.   
      
   Grand Trunk   
      
   > 5. In 1907, Charles Edward Saunders completed the development   
   >    of a new cultivar of wheat, a cross between Red Fife and Hard   
   >    Red Calcutta.  By 1920 it comprised 90% of the wheat grown on   
   >    the Prairies.  Name this cultivar.   
      
   triticale   
      
   > 9. 1877-11-17 is the birth date of the NHL's founding president   
   >    (or chancellor as they said then).  He was born in Bristol,   
   >    England.  Both the NHL and the American Hockey League have an   
   >    award named after him.  Who was he?   
      
   Stanley   
      
      
   > * Game 9, Round 8 - Leisure - Classic Board Games   
      
   > 1. 1935.  In this competitive real estate market, there's only   
   >    one possible outcome.   
      
   Monopoly   
      
   > 2. 1949.  Race along the candy road to be the first to tour King   
   >    Kandy's castle.   
      
   Candyland   
      
   > 3. 1959.  Will you conquer the world in this multi-player   
   >    push-your-luck wargame?   
      
   Risk   
      
   > 4. 1995.  Collect and trade resources to build up the namesake   
   >    island in this modern classic.   
      
   (The Settlers of) Catan   
      
   > 5. 1960.  Travel down life's road with its highs and lows as you   
   >    try to amass a fortune.   
      
   The Game of Life   
      
   > 6. 1965.  Help the patient without hurting him!   
      
   Operation   
      
   > 7. 2004.  Build your railroad across North America to connect   
   >    cities and complete tickets.   
      
   Ticket to Ride   
      
   > 8. 1955.  Sports?  Business?  Politics?  Who will be the first   
   >    player to reach their goals?   
      
   Careers   
      
   > 9. 1949.  Catch the culprit of a crime by identifying who did it,   
   >    with what, and where.   
      
   Clue   
      
   > 10. 1959.  Powers of post-Victorian Europe cooperate and clash to   
   >    become master of the Continent.   
      
   Diplomacy   
      
   --   
   _______________________________________________________________________   
   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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