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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 4, Rounds 4-6: black    
   27 Mar 24 03:23:39   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 4 - Canadiana History - It's Black History Month   
      
   > 4. Ontario was one of two provinces that officially had racially   
   >    segregated schools.  After legislation to end the practice,   
   >    Ontario closed its last segregated school in 1965.  The other   
   >    province waited until 1983 to do the same.  Which province?   
      
   Quebec   
      
   > 5. Which prime minister appointed Micha?lle Jean, the first black   
   >    Governor-General?   
      
   Mulroney; Harper   
      
      
   > * Game 4, Round 5 - Audio - Spin-Offs, Side Projects, and Supergroups   
   >   of the 1980s-1990s   
      
   > 1. Vince Clarke left a popular synth-pop group and formed this   
   >    successful duo.  Name this duo or the group Clarke belonged   
   >    to earlier.   
      
   Depeche Mode   
      
   > 3. A mix of Aussies and Kiwis, the group that performed this 1986   
   >    hit formed after the break-up of an earlier band.  Name either   
   >    group.   
      
   Men At Work   
      
   > 4. After the death of their singer in 1980, the surviving members   
   >    of a Manchester-area band formed a new group and adopted a more   
   >    upbeat danceable sound, like in this track.  Name either group.   
      
   Joy Division   
      
   > 6. Bassist Kim Deal formed this group as a side project from her   
   >    main gig with an influential alternative rock group.  They   
   >    made a big splash in 1993 with this hit.  Their name is a   
   >    derogatory term for heterosexuals.  Name either this group or   
   >    its predecessor.   
      
   Breeders   
      
   > 7. After the break-up in 1983 of a leading British ska revival band,   
   >    two members of the band formed this successful group.   
   >    Name either this group or the earlier one.   
      
   Specials   
      
   > 8. The drummer from a popular grunge band formed the group in this   
   >    track in 1994.  Name either group.   
      
   Nirvana   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 6 - Literature - Last Novels   
      
   > 1. "The First Man" ("Le Premier homme").  Written in French.   
   >    The novel was unfinished at the time of the author's death   
   >    in 1961.  Published in 1994.   
      
   Camus   
      
   > 4. "The Mystery of Edwin Drood".  Unfinished at the time of the   
   >    author's death in 1870.  Published the same year.   
      
   Dickens   
      
   > 5. "The Last Tycoon".  Unfinished at the time of the author's   
   >    death in 1940. Published in 1941.   
      
   Fitzgerald   
      
   > 6. "Memories of my Melancholy Whores" ("Memoria de mis putas   
   >    tristes").  Written in Spanish, published 2004; author died   
   >    in 2012.  This was long assumed to be the author's final novel.   
   >    However, it has been announced that a new "final novel", entitled   
   >    "Until August" ("Nos vemos en agosto"), will be published later   
   >    this year.   
      
   Garcia Marquez; Vargas Llosa   
      
   > 7. "Daniel Deronda".  Published 1876.  Author died 1880.   
      
   Disraeli; Bulwer-Lytton   
      
   > 8. "Sanditon".  Unfinished at the time of the author's death   
   >    in 1817.  Published 1925.   
      
   Austen   
      
      
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