From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-09-25,   
   > 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 did not write either of these rounds.   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana Entertainment - Canadian-Born   
   >     Actors and Actresses   
   >   
   > In each case name the person.  The titles we name may be either   
   > movies or TV.  If we don't say when they died, they haven't yet.   
   >   
   > 1. She was born in 1967 in Ladysmith, BC, and acted in "Baywatch"   
   >     and "Barb Wire".   
   >   
   > 2. He was born in 1952 in Ottawa, and acted in "The Blues Brothers"   
   >     and "Ghostbusters".   
      
   Dan Ayckroyd   
      
   >   
   > 3. He was born in 1950 in Toronto, and acted in "Scanners" and   
   >     "Total Recall".   
   >   
   > 4. Speaking of Ironside, he was born in 1917 in New Westminster,   
   >     BC, died in 1993, and acted in "Perry Mason" and "Ironside".   
      
   Raymond Burr   
      
   >   
   > 5. He was born in 1911 in London, ON, died in 2003, and acted in   
   >     "Cocoon" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice".   
      
   Don Ameche   
      
   >   
   > 6. He was born in 1920 in Vancouver, died in 2005, and acted in   
   >     "Star Trek", both TV and movies.   
      
   Leonard Nimoy; James Doohan   
      
   >   
   > 7. He was born in 1915 in Ottawa, died in 1987, and acted in   
   >     "Bonanza" and "Battlestar Galactica".   
      
   Lorne Greene   
      
   >   
   > 8. She was born in 1968 in Edmonton, and acted in "Law & Order"   
   >     and "Crossing Jordan".   
   >   
   > 9. He was born in Regina in 1928, died in 2010, and acted in   
   >     "Airplane" and "Forbidden Planet".   
      
   Leslie Nielsen   
      
   >   
   > 10. She was born in 1922 in Vancouver, died in 2007, and acted in   
   >     "The Ten Commandments" and "The Munsters".   
      
   Yvonne DeCarlo   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A. History: World War II   
   >   
   >     A1. The Spitfire and which other fighter aircraft were primarily   
   >         responsible for victory in the Battle of Britain?   
   >   
   >     A2. From August 1942 to February 1943, American and Japanese   
   >         troops fought over the possession of an airfield on which   
   >         island?   
      
   Corregidor   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Sports Miscellany   
   >   
   >     B1. What is the name of Michael Schumacher's younger brother,   
   >         who also was a Formula 1 driver?   
   >   
   >     B2. Of the 32 current teams in the NFL, four have never played in   
   >         the Super Bowl.  Name *any one* (city or team name   
   >         acceptable).   
      
   Detroit Lions   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. River Geography   
   >   
   >     C1. In or near which city do the White Nile and the Blue   
   >         Nile meet?   
      
   Khartoum   
      
   >   
   >     C2. In or near which Canadian city would you find the Reversing   
   >         Falls?   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Science: Mustelid Homes   
   >   
   >     D1. Which animal's home may be called a holt?   
   >     D2. Which animal's home may be called a sett?   
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Entertainment: Dino Rock   
   >   
   >     E1. Who had a hit in the 1980s titled "Girls Just Want to   
   >         Have Fun"?   
      
   Cindy Lauper   
      
   >   
   >     E2. Which actor had a hit with the song "MacArthur Park" in 1968?   
      
   Richard Harris   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Literature   
   >   
   >     F1. Which former jockey wrote many mystery novels set at   
   >         racetracks?   
      
   Shoemaker   
      
   >   
   >     F2. Which 1979 movie was based on Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart   
   >         of Darkness"?   
      
   Apocalypse Now   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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