From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Saskatchewan   
      
   > 5. According to Saskatchewan government figures, within 200,000,   
   >    what was the province's population as of January 1 this year?   
      
   1,200,000   
      
   > 6. Agriculture remains the dominant industry in Saskatchewan, with   
   >    wheat accounting for around half of the province's crop   
   >    production each year.  The province produced more than 14,000,000   
   >    tonnes of wheat last year.  Which crop was second at 9,700,000   
   >    tonnes?   
      
   canola   
      
   > 7. Saskatchewan is bordered by Manitoba, Alberta, the Northwest   
   >    Territories, and Nunavut -- and which two American states?   
      
   North Dakota and Montana   
      
   > 8. In what year, plus or minus 5, did Saskatchewan become a   
   >    province?   
      
   1885; 1900   
      
      
   > * Game 1, Round 8 - Leisure - Stamp Collecting   
      
   > 1. Within 3 years, when did Britain introduce the first adhesive   
   >    stamp to indicate pre-payment of postage?   
      
   1837   
      
   > 2. While postage stamps were introduced in the US in 1842, the first   
   >    two *national* stamps came 5 years later in 1847.  Name either   
   >    of the men depicted on those first two US national stamps.   
      
   George Washington   
      
   > 3. Canada's first postage stamp was issued in 1851.  What animal   
   >    was depicted on that 3-pence stamp?   
      
   beaver; moose   
      
   > 5. What is the name given to the study of postage stamps and   
   >    postal history?   
      
   philately   
      
   > 6. The first woman depicted on an American postage stamp was an   
   >    overseas Royal honored in 1893.  Name her.   
      
   Leilokilauni   
      
   > 7. In 1978, who was the first African-American woman depicted on   
   >    a US stamp?   
      
   Harriet Tubman; Rosa Parks   
      
   > 10. The stamp considered the rarest and most valuable in the world   
   >    is a 1-cent stamp issued by British Guiana in 1856.  Please tell   
   >    us the record price paid for this stamp at a 2014 auction,   
   >    in US dollars rounded to the nearest multiple of $100,000 and   
   >    within a margin of $500,000.   
      
   13,400,000   
      
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