From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 5/27/24 22:06, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   > * Game 9, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Subway Station Addresses:   
   >    Don't be Fooled!   
   >   
   > Toronto subway station names don't always match their addresses.   
   > In each case name the station at the given address.   
   >   
   > 1. 16 Shaftesbury Av.   
   > 2. 7332 Jane St., Vaughan.   
   > 3. 10 Linnsmore Cres.   
   > 4. 449 University Av.   
   > 5. 2800 Steeles Av. W.   
   > 6. 355 Strathmore Blvd.   
   > 7. 5102 Yonge St.   
   > 8. 7 Crescent Rd.   
   > 9. 173 King St. W.   
   > 10. 35 Quebec Av.   
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   > * Game 9, Round 3 - History - The Greatest of...   
   >   
   > The TV series "100 Greatest Britons", was broadcast by the BBC   
   > in 2002.  It used TV surveys, a weekly winnowing process, and   
   > panel debate to determine who the British people considered the   
   > 100 greatest Brits of all time.  Since then, a myriad of countries,   
   > including Canada, have used and adapted BBC's template to produce   
   > their own "Greatest" lists.  These questions are based on those   
   > lists, as of whatever date they were each compiled.   
   >   
   > 1. Winston Churchill was chosen the greatest Briton.  Which   
   >     20th-century figure was the highest-ranking *woman* on that list,   
   >     coming in at #3?   
      
   Queen Elizabeth II   
      
   >   
   > 2. Howard Florey, who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology   
   >     or Medicine with Sir Alexander Fleming in recognition of his   
   >     role in the development of penicillin, was the greatest of   
   >     which country?   
   >   
   > 3. Which 20th-century political fiigure was selected as the   
   >     greatest Frenchman?   
      
   Charles de Gaulle   
      
   >   
   > 4. Topping South Africa's greatest list, not surprisingly, is   
   >     Nelson Mandela.  At #3, somewhat surprisingly, is another   
   >     political activist who was not a native of South Africa --   
   >     but he did spend 21 critical years of his life there.  Name him.   
   >   
   > 5. Which political martyr was named the greatest Chilean?   
      
   Allende   
      
   >   
   > 6. The greatest Spaniard is currently living in self-imposed exile   
   >     in the UAE, dodging potential charges of large-scale bribery   
   >     and embezzlement back home.  Name him.   
   >   
   > 7. Which nation's greatest includes painter René Magritte,   
   >     singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, and Adolphe Sax, inventor of   
   >     the saxophone?   
      
   Belgium   
      
   >   
   > 8. Nikola Tesla is the second-greatest of which nation?   
      
   Hungary   
      
   >   
   > 9. Everyone wants a piece of this guy.  The ninth-greatest Canadian   
   >     -- who lived 1847-1942 -- also features among the 100 greatest   
   >     Britons and Americans.  Who is he?   
      
   Alexander Graham Bell   
      
   >   
   > 10. 3 of the 10 greatest Canadians are still alive.  Name *any   
   >     one* of them.   
      
   Chrétien   
      
      
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