From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-05-06,   
   > 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 Smith & Guessin' 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 companion   
   > posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - Oscar Wilde   
   >   
   > This round looks at Irish-born poet and playwright -- and all-around   
   > bon vivant -- Oscar Wilde.   
   >   
   > 1. Wilde's only novel was first published in 1890.  The title   
   >     character is convinced by an aristocrat that beauty and   
   >     sensual fulfillment are the only things in life worth pursuing.   
   >     Name the novel.   
   >   
   > 2. Wilde's most famous play, first performed in 1895, sees two   
   >     male characters fake their identities to avoid social   
   >     obligations.  Name the play.   
   >   
   > 3. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the   
   >     previous question.  Nabgure raqhevat Jvyqr cynl jnf nyfb   
   >     svefg cebqhprq gung lrne.  Vg eribyirf nebhaq oynpxznvy naq   
   >     cbyvgvpny pbeehcgvba, naq nyfb ybbxf ng choyvp naq cevingr ubabe.   
   >     Anzr guvf cynl.   
   >   
   > 4. Wilde is also remembered for his witty quotes.  Complete the   
   >     following quote: "There is only one thing in life worse than   
   >     being talked about, and that is...".   
      
   not being talked about.   
      
   >   
   > 5. Another Wilde quote to complete: "I can resist anything but...".   
      
   Temptation   
      
   >   
   > 6. This quote may be more legend than fact, but we'll use it anyway!   
   >     When Wilde visited the United States in 1882, he allegedly told   
   >     a customs agent he had nothing to declare but what?   
   >   
   > 7. About which of his contemporaries -- another Irish-born   
   >     playwright -- did Wilde say, "He has no enemies, but is intensely   
   >     disliked by his friends"?   
      
   Burns; Yeats   
      
   >   
   > 8. What did Wilde say he always travelled with, because you always   
   >     need something sensational to read on the train?   
   >   
   > 9. Wilde was ruined -- financially and in every other way --   
   >     by a legal battle with the Marquess of Queensbury over Wilde's   
   >     homosexuality.  The Marquess also lent his name to the rules   
   >     which are the basis of the modern version of which sport?   
      
   Boxing   
      
   >   
   > 10. In 1900, Wilde died and was buried in which city?   
      
   Paris   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 3 - Canadiana - The Federal Cabinet   
   >   
   > This round looks at Justin Trudeau's cabinet.  Given the name of a   
   > minister, name their portfolio.  If the portfolio name has multiple   
   > parts, like "trouble and strife", we will accept any one part.   
   >   
   > 1. Marci Ien.   
   > 2. Bill Blair.   
   > 3. Anita Anand.   
   > 4. Sean Fraser.   
   > 5. Marc Miller.   
   > 6. Mélanie Joly.   
   > 7. Mark Holland.   
   > 8. Dominic LeBlanc.   
   > 9. Steven Guilbeault.   
   > 10. François-Philippe Champagne.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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