From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-06,   
   > 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 7, Round 2 - Sports - 25 Years Ago   
   >   
   > In each case, name the team or athlete that won the indicated   
   > competition or award in 1998.  For teams, you can name the city   
   > or team name, like "Toronto" or "Maple Leafs", as long as it   
   > is unambiguous.   
   >   
   > 1. The Super Bowl.   
      
   Dallas Cowboys; Pittsburgh Steelers   
      
   > 2. The World Cup of soccer.   
      
   France   
      
   > 3. The World Series.   
   > 4. The NCAA men's basketball championship.   
      
   Duke Blue Devils; Kentucky Wildcats   
      
   > 5. The Grey Cup.   
      
   Winnipege Blue Bombers; Edmonton Eskimos   
      
   > 6. The Stanley Cup.   
      
   Detroit Red Wings   
      
   > 7. The ladies' singles championship at Wimbledon.   
      
   Steffi Graf; Monica Seles   
      
   > 8. The Lou Marsh Award as Canada's Athlete of the Year.   
   > 9. The Kentucky Derby.  (Name the horse.)   
   > 10. The NBA championship.   
      
   Chicago Bulls   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana - French   
   >   
   > All Canadians speak English and French, right?  Okay, we give you   
   > a word in English, and you give the equivalent word in French --   
   > or the equivalent phrase, if there isn't a single equivalent word.   
   > Try to pronounce your answer properly, but we won't be fussy.   
   >   
   > 1. Bridge (as in how you cross a river).   
      
   Pont   
      
   > 2. Iron (as in the metal).   
   > 3. Mayor (as in Rob Ford).   
   > 4. Premier (as in Doug Ford).   
   > 5. Lawyer.   
      
   Soliciteur   
      
   > 6. Trial (as in a legal case).   
   > 7. Winter.   
      
   Hiver   
      
   > 8. Shadow.   
   > 9. Grape.   
   > 10. Strawberry.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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