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   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-11,   
   > 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 Misplaced Modifiers   
   > 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*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 6, Round 9 - Geography - Peninsulas   
   >   
   > It's almost an island, but not quite!  Given the names of three   
   > cities or towns that can be found on a peninsula, please give us   
   > the name of the peninsula from the list.   
   >   
   >      | Alaska           | Chebucto   | Kowloon   
   >      | Antarctic        | Chukchi    | Malay   
   >      | Apennine         | Crimean    | Noto-hanto   
   >      | Avalon           | Dingle     | Peloponnese   
   >      | Baja California  | Donegal    | Porkkala   
   >      | Balkan           | Gaspé      | Scandinavian   
   >      | Bondoc           | Gibraltar  | Seward   
   >      | Brittany         | Iberian    | Sinai   
   >      | Bruce            | Kamchatka  | Ungava   
   >      | Burin            | Kola       | Yucatan   
   >   
   > 1. Merida, Cancun, Campeche.   
      
   Yucatan   
      
   > 2. Kalamata, Patras, Corinth.   
      
   Peloponnese   
      
   > 3. Simferopol, Sevastopol, Kerch.   
      
   Crimean   
      
   > 4. Lion's head, Tobermory, Wiarton.   
      
   Bruce; Bondoc   
      
   > 5. Bay Roberts, Placentia, St. John's.   
      
   Gaspé   
      
   > 6. Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca.   
      
   Malay   
      
   > 7. Peggy's Cove, Sambro, Herring Cove.   
      
   Avalon; Dingle   
      
   > 8. Chandler, New Richmond, Grand-Rivière.   
      
   Seward; Donegal   
      
   > 9. El Tor, St. Catherine, Sharm-el-Sheikh.   
      
   Sinai   
      
   > 10. La Paz, Cabo San Lucas, San José del Cabo.   
      
   Baja California   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > The theme for this round is "Mr. Lonely".   
   >   
   > * A. Literature   
   >   
   >     A1. Name Alan Sillitoe's classic 1969 short story, made into   
   >         a movie starring Michael Redgrave, about a young man who   
   >         escapes the pressures of society through individual sport.   
      
   The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner   
      
   >   
   >     A2. Radclyffe Hall's 1928 novel is a pioneering work of fiction   
   >         treating the lives, loves and social isolation of lesbians   
   >         -- or, to use the language of the day, "sexual inverts."   
   >         Name it.   
   >   
   >   
   > * B. History: Lone Battles   
   >   
   >     B1. The Battle of Lone Tree Hill -- also known as the Battle   
   >         of Wakde-Sarmi -- was fought from May to September of   
   >         1944 between American and Japanese troops under grueling   
   >         equatorial rain-forest conditions.  In what modern-day   
   >         country can you find Lone Tree Hill?   
      
   Philippines; Micronesia   
      
   >   
   >     B2. The World War I Battle of Lone Pine was fought in August   
   >         1915.  Today, the Lone Pine cemetery serves as a special   
   >         place of commemoration and pilgrimage for Australians   
   >         in memory of their war dead, particularly on ANZAC Day.   
   >         In which modern-day country can you find Lone Pine cemetery?   
      
   Turkey; France   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Entertainment: The Beatles   
   >   
   >     C1. What is the name of the imaginary singer for Sgt. Pepper's   
   >         Lonely Hearts Club Band?   
      
   Billy Shears   
      
   >   
   >     C2. The real-life Sgt. Pepper who unwittingly lent his name   
   >         to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band was a member of   
   >         a police force.  On the cover of the album, Paul McCartney   
   >         wears a badge of this force sewn to his jacket.  What police   
   >         force did Sergeant Pepper belong to?   
      
   Liverpool   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Geography: Lonely Places   
   >   
   >     D1. Of all Canadian provinces, this one, with a population of   
   >         530,100, has the lowest population density at 1.4 people/km².   
   >         Which province?   
      
   Nunavut   
      
   >   
   >     D2. Excluding Antarctica, which continent has the lowest   
   >         population density, with approximately 5 people/km²?   
      
   Australia   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Sports: Solo Adventures   
   >   
   >     E1. Who was the second person to complete a solo trans-Atlantic   
   >         flight?   
   >   
   >     E2. On 1898-06-27, Joshua Slocum became the first to accomplish   
   >         this solo feat.  It took him over 3 years.  What was Slocum's   
   >         solo accomplishment?   
      
   Walk around the world   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Science: Endlings   
   >   
   > "Endling" is the term coined by "Nature" magazine to denote the last   
   > surviving member of a dying species.  For these questions, identify the   
   > species.   
   >   
   >     F1. Martha breathed her last in 1914 at the age of 29 in the   
   >         Cincinnati Zoo, which was also her place of birth.  She is   
   >         currently on display at the Smithsonian.  What manner of   
   >         creature was Martha?   
      
   Passenger Pigeon   
      
   >   
   >     F2. Lonesome George, the last of his subspecies, passed away   
   >         in 2012, at the estimated age of 102, in his birthplace,   
   >         Pinta Island.  What type of creature was George?   
      
   Galagapagos Tortoise   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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