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   Message 32,047 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 7, Rounds 4,6: CanQuo   
   05 May 24 10:14:22   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 5/4/2024 11:25 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 4 - Canadiana - Quotations   
   >   
   > In each case, name the Canadian who said or wrote it -- or who it   
   > is commonly attributed to.   
   >   
   > 1. "There is a rich man's tuberculosis and a poor man's   
   >     tuberculosis.  The rich man recovers and the poor man dies."   
      
   Douglas   
      
   > 3. "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."   
      
   Trudeau   
      
   > 4. "Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have   
   >     impeccable paranoia credentials."   
      
   Richler   
      
   > 10. "There is a crack in everything.  That's how the light gets in."   
      
   Cohen   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - Canada at the Olympic Games   
   >   
   > 1. At which summer Olympic Games did Canada have its best medal   
   >     count, at 44 medals?  Name the *host city*.   
      
   Montreal; Los Angeles   
      
   > 2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you are   
   >     finished with the first one.  "Jnvg!" lbh fnl, "Ybf Natryrf   
   >     jnf oblpbggrq ol gur Fbivrg Havba naq vgf nyyvrf!"  Jryy gura,   
   >     yrg'f nfx gur dhrfgvba ntnva.  *Rkpyhqvat gur Y.N. Tnzrf*,   
   >     ng juvpu Fhzzre Bylzcvpf qvq Pnanqn unir vgf orfg zrqny pbhag,   
   >     ng 24 zrqnyf?  Ntnva, anzr gur ubfg pvgl.   
      
   Montreal   
      
   > 7. Which event at which Olympic Games was the most watched broadcast   
   >     in Canadian broadcast history -- seen by 16,600,000 people, or   
   >     almost half the population?  Name the event *and* the city.   
      
   Men's ice hockey final, Vancouver   
      
   > 10. At which Olympic Games did track star Donovan Bailey win gold   
   >     in the 100 m with a 9.84-second time, and another gold in the   
   >     4×100 m relay?  Name the host city.   
      
   Barcelona; Atlanta   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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