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|    Message 31,692 of 32,813    |
|    Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCI23 Game 1, Rounds 9-10: neighbo    |
|    11 Oct 23 17:36:41    |
      From: gromit82@hotmail.com              On Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 11:43:14 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:               > * 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.               I'll pass on this one.              > ** 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?               "Some Like It Hot"              > 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?               "A Fish Called Wanda"              > * 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?               Corning              > * 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 v. 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.}               "Shakespeare in Love"              > * 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.               astronomy              > 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.               Warshawski              > 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.               Daenerys              > * 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?               "thy sons" was changed to "of us"              > F2. In 1916 the name of a city in Ontario was changed because        > it sounded too German. What was the *old* name?               Berlin              --       Joshua Kreitzer       gromit82@hotmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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