From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 1/25/24 13:48, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power   
   >   
   > This is the second bonus round.  Again, each question will ask for   
   > two facts.  If you give one of them, you get the regular score, but   
   > if you give both, you get a 2-point bonus.  But if you try for the   
   > bonus and fail to get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.   
   >   
   > If making two guesses, you may try for the bonus on either or both.   
   > Please make it explicit how you are answering.   
   >   
   > One fact you're asked for on each question is the name of a   
   > president, prime minister, or other leader.  The other fact is a   
   > date: either we'll want the year when that man (they are all men)   
   > took the office, or else we'll want the year he left the office.   
   > We will allow leeway on the dates, as detailed on each question.   
   > Again, for the bonus give both the date (near enough) and the name.   
   >   
   > 1. Who was the *first Liberal* prime minister of Canada?  What year   
   >     did he take that office, within 4 years?  To repeat, for normal   
   >     score just answer one of the two questions; for the bonus,   
   >     answer both, but if you get one wrong, it's a wrong answer.   
   >   
   > 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,   
   >     not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older   
   >     party.  Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of   
   >     the US?  What year did he take that office, within 4 years?   
   >     Again, answer one or both questions.   
      
   Abraham Lincoln, 1861   
      
   >   
   > 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US?  What year did he   
   >     *leave* that office, within 8 years?   
      
   Millard Fillmore, 1852   
      
   >   
   > 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US?  What year   
   >     did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?   
      
   John Q Adams, 1829   
      
   >   
   > 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK?  What year   
   >     did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?   
   >   
   > 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK?  What year   
   >     did he take that office, within 3 years?   
   >   
   > 7. Who was the *first Social Credit* premier of Alberta?  What year   
   >     did he take that office, within 3 years?   
   >   
   > 8. Who was the *first Parti Québécois* premier of Quebec?  What year   
   >     did he take that office, within 2 years?   
   >   
   > 9. Who was the *first New Democratic* premier of Ontario?  What year   
   >     did he take that office, within 2 years?   
   >   
   > 10. Who was the *last United Farmers* premier of Ontario?  What year   
   >     did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A. Literature: Humor by Adams   
   >   
   >     A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his   
   >         long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this   
   >         year that he is a racist changed all that.  Who is he?   
   >         First name required.   
      
   Scott Adams   
      
   >   
   >     A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show   
   >         "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and   
   >         adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in   
   >         2001 he went and died.  Who was he?  First name required.   
      
   Douglas Adams   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Science History: Dialing the Phone   
   >   
   >     B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,   
   >         but every call had to be connected manually by the   
   >         switchboard operator.  Almon Strowger came to resent that   
   >         system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,   
   >         which soon made dial telephones possible.  What year were   
   >         dial phones first used, within 10?   
      
   1931   
      
   >   
   >     B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then   
   >         under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to   
   >         the public in what year, within 10?   
      
   1956   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Sports: International Organizations   
   >   
   >     C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory   
   >         body for soccer.  What sport, game, or other competition   
   >         is regulated internationally by FIDE?   
      
   chess   
      
   >   
   >     C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated   
   >         internationally by FINA?   
      
   netball   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Canadiana Geography: Spelling Place Names   
   >   
   > We'll give you a Canadian place name and tell you the province it's   
   > in, and you must spell it correctly -- including any punctuation   
   > marks.  You aren't responsible for capitalization or spaces, though.   
   >   
   >     D1. "BAY-dess-PAIR", Newfoundland and Labrador.   
      
   Baie-des-Paire   
      
   >     D2. "SUH-ree", Prince Edward Island.   
      
   Surrey   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words   
   >   
   >     E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?   
      
   on a t   
      
   >     E2. In an LCBO store, where would you find an agraffe?   
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Miscellaneous: Married Fictional Detectives   
   >   
   >     F1. In most of the novels by J.D. Robb, police detective   
   >         Lt. Eve Dallas is very happily married to the love of   
   >         her life.  Name him.   
   >   
   >     F2. In the TV series "Monk", when Adrian Monk was a police   
   >         detective, he was very happily married to the love of   
   >         his life.  But, very sadly, she died.  Name her.   
   >   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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