From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-09-18,   
   > 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 the Usual Suspects and   
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have   
   > been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation of   
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2023-05-24   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > I wrote one of these rounds.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 9 -- Canadiana Geography -- City Neighborhoods   
   >   
   > We name three districts or neighborhoods, and you name the Canadian   
   > city where they are located.  For example, we say Rosedale, Mimico,   
   > and Forest Hill, and you say Toronto.   
   >   
   > 1. Britannia, Alta Vista, and Sandy Hill.   
   > 2. Walkerville, Old Sandwich, and Riverside.   
   > 3. Place-Royal, Place d'Youville [both pronounced as French],   
   >     and Lower Town.   
      
   Quebec   
      
   > 4. Deschenes ["day-SHEN"], Aylmer, Hull.   
   >   
   > Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the   
   > above questions.  Sbe gur erfg bs gur ebhaq, lbh ner fgvyy anzvat   
   > pvgvrf, ohg sebz urer ba, gurve cebivaprf jvyy abg ercrng.   
   >   
   > 5. Oak Bay, Sidney, and Saanich ["SAN-nitch"].   
   > 6. Clayton Park, Fairview, and Kingswood.   
   > 7. Cathedral area, Albert Street South, and Germantown.   
   > 8. Glenora, Westmount, and Lansdowne.   
   > 9. Kenmount Terrace, Southland, the Narrows.   
   > 10. Inkster, Point Douglas, and River Heights.   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A. Entertainment: Comedies by Fetish   
   >   
   >     A1. In what classic comedy movie from about 65 years ago does   
   >         the sexy female lead character have a fetish for men playing   
   >         the saxophone -- especially tenor sax?   
   >   
   >     A2. In what classic comedy movie from about 35 years ago does the   
   >         sexy female lead character have a fetish for foreign   
   >         languages -- notably, Italian and Russian?   
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Geography: Museums of Upstate New York   
   >   
   >     B1. The George Eastman Museum is the world's oldest museum   
   >         of photography, covering both the art and the technology.   
   >         What city is it in?   
      
   Rochester   
      
   >   
   >     B2. The Museum of Glass likewise covers both the art and the   
   >         science of glassmaking.  Its full name begins with the city   
   >         where it is: what city?   
   >   
   >   
   > * C. History: Sex Beats Violence   
   >   
   >     C1. In 2000 the US presidential election came down to a Supreme   
   >         Court battle over recounts.  We all know what happened,   
   >         but what exactly was the title of the case?  That is, it   
   >         was *who or what* versus *who or what*?  (Hint: See the   
   >         category title, har-har-har.)   
      
   Bush vs Gore   
      
   >   
   >     C2. Turning from real-life history to historical fiction,   
   >         "Saving Private Ryan" was nominated for the Oscar for   
   >         Best Picture of 1998, but it didn't win.  What movie did?   
   >         (Hint: See the category title.}   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Name that Science   
   >   
   >     D1. In what field of science would people use all these terms?   
   >         Absolute magnitude, gamma-ray burster, eccentricity, brown   
   >         dwarf, red giant, right ascension and declination.   
   >   
   >     D2. In what field of science would people use all these terms?   
   >         Recombinant, dominant, diploid, base pair, point mutation,   
   >         crossover, restriction enzyme, nucleotide.   
      
   Genetics   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Literature: Spell that Character   
   >   
   >     E1. In novels by Sara Paretsky, you will read about private   
   >         detective Victoria ["Iffy-Jeanie-a" "war-shaw-ski"].   
   >         *Spell* either her middle name or her surname.   
      
   Iphegenia   
      
   >   
   >     E2. In novels by George R.R. Martin, you will read about   
   >         ["Duh-nair-ris Tar-gair-ee-en"], a member of a royal family.   
   >         *Spell* either her first name or her surname.   
      
   Danaerys   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Canadiana: It's More Patriotic This Way   
   >   
   >     F1. The last time that the words of "O Canada" were officially   
   >         changed was in 2018.  Two words were replaced with two   
   >         other words.  What changed?   
   >   
   >     F2. In 1916 the name of a city in Ontario was changed because   
   >         it sounded too German.  What was the *old* name?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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