From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 9/15/2024 2:15 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Saskatchewan   
   >   
   > 1. The name of the province is derived from the Saskatchewan River.   
   >     The river is known as "swift flowing river" in which indigenous   
   >     language?   
      
   Ojibwe; Cree   
      
   > 5. According to Saskatchewan government figures, within 200,000,   
   >     what was the province's population as of January 1 this year?   
      
   1,800,000; 2,200,001   
      
   > 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?   
      
   soybeans; corn   
      
   > 7. Saskatchewan is bordered by Manitoba, Alberta, the Northwest   
   >     Territories, and Nunavut -- and which two American states?   
      
   North Dakota & Manitoba   
      
   > 8. In what year, plus or minus 5, did Saskatchewan become a   
   >     province?   
      
   1880; 1891   
      
   > 10. Who was Saskatchewan's longest-serving premier, holding   
   >     office 1944-61?   
      
   Douglas   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 8 - Leisure - Stamp Collecting   
   >   
   > Tonight's Sports & Leisure round will deal with the hobby of stamp   
   > collecting...   
   >   
   > 1. Within 3 years, when did Britain introduce the first adhesive   
   >     stamp to indicate pre-payment of postage?   
      
   1840   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Queen Isabella   
      
   > 7. In 1978, who was the first African-American woman depicted on   
   >     a US stamp?   
      
   Harriet Tubman   
      
   > 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.   
      
   $4,000,000   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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