From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 4:49:02 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-20,    
   > 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 and most of the other.    
   >    
   >    
   > ** 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.    
      
   mackenzie, 1873 [macdonald was 1st of course, but he was a liber   
   l-conservative not a straight-up liberal]   
      
   > 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.    
      
   lincoln, 1861   
      
   > 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he    
   > *leave* that office, within 8 years?    
      
   fillmore, 1853   
      
   > 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year    
   > did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?    
      
   john adams, 1801 [wasn't he the only one?]   
      
   > 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK? What year    
   > did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?    
      
   david george, 1922   
      
   > 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK? What year    
   > did he take that office, within 3 years?    
      
   macdonald, 1924   
      
   > 7. Who was the *first Social Credit* premier of Alberta? What year    
   > did he take that office, within 3 years?    
      
   bible bill aberhart, 1935   
      
   > 8. Who was the *first Parti Québécois* premier of Quebec? What year    
   > did he take that office, within 2 years?    
      
   levesque, 1976   
      
   > 9. Who was the *first New Democratic* premier of Ontario? What year    
   > did he take that office, within 2 years?    
      
   bob rae, 1990   
      
   > 10. Who was the *last United Farmers* premier of Ontario? What year    
   > did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?    
      
   ernie drury, 1920 [wasn't he the only one?]   
      
   >    
   > ** 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 [aka @scottadamssays]   
      
   > 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?    
      
   1920   
      
   > 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?    
      
   1965   
      
   >    
   > * 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?    
      
   water sports   
      
   >    
   > * 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.    
      
   you did this just to keep me from a perfect score, didn't you   
      
   > D1. "BAY-dess-PAIR", Newfoundland and Labrador.    
      
   bay d'espoir   
      
   > D2. "SUH-ree", Prince Edward Island.    
      
   souris   
      
   > * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words    
   >    
   > E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?    
      
   when leaving out letters in a word   
      
   > E2. In an LCBO store, where would you find an agraffe?    
      
   in a grand piano?   
      
   > * 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.    
      
   roarke [...in death, my wife loves the series and feels compelled to tell me   
   about it.  frequently.]   
      
   > 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.    
      
   trudy   
      
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