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   Mark Brader to All   
   QFTCISG24 Game 1, Rounds 9-10 answers: M   
   26 Sep 24 04:30:15   
   
   From: msb@vex.net   
      
   Mark Brader:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-05-06,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly...  I will reveal the correct   
   > answers in about 3 days.   
      
   I'll try to be more timely with that from now on.   
      
   > For further information please see my 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".   
      
   Game 1 is over and the winner, based on just 4 best rounds, is   
   JOSHUA KREITZER.  Hearty congratulations!   
      
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Canadiana Entertainment - Toronto Radio Morning Hosts   
      
   > This round concerns Toronto morning radio.  We'll give you the   
   > station, you give us the name of the morning host or hosts.   
   > If there's more than one host, one name is good enough.   
      
   This was the hardest round in the original game, too; and here, it   
   never happened..   
      
   > 1. CHUM-FM.  (The first name will do for one of them.)   
      
   Marilyn Denis, Jamar (McNeil).   
      
   > 2. Q-107.  (First names are enough.)   
      
   Shawna, Ryan, Johnny (Garbutt).   
      
   > 3. Newstalk 1010 (CFRB).   
      
   John Moore.   
      
   > 4. AM 640.   
      
   Greg Brady.   
      
   > 5. CBC Radio 1.   
      
   David Common.   
      
   > 6. The Fan 590.   
      
   Ben Ennis, Brent Gunning.   
      
   > 7. TSN Sports Radio 1050.   
      
   Aaron Korolnek, Carlo Colaiacovo.   
      
   > 8. CHFI-FM.  (First names are enough.)   
      
   Pooja, Gurdeep.   
      
   > 9. 99.9 Virgin Radio   
      
   Daryn Jones, Deepa Prashad.   
      
   > 10. Boom 97.3   
      
   Stu Jeffries.   
      
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Kentucky Derby and Horses Challenge Round   
      
   > This round is inspired by the Kentucky Derby -- the   
   > first leg of the US horse racing Triple Crown.  The 2024 race took place   
   > this past Saturday.  Some of these questions are Derby-related; others are   
   > more horse-related -- sort of...   
      
      
   > * A. Sports - Kentucky Derby   
      
   >    A1. Within 10 years, when was the first Kentucky Derby?   
      
   1875 (accepting 1865-85).  4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.   
   3 for Dan Tilque.   
      
   >    A2. The blanket of flowers the winning horse is drapedin inspired   
   >        what nickname for the Derby?   
      
   "The Run for the Roses".  4 for Joshua and Pete.  3 for Dan Tilque.   
      
      
   > * B. Geography - Horse   
      
   >    B1. Construction has been underway since 1948 on amonument   
   >        depicting the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse.  In what   
   >        US state is it located?   
      
   South Dakota.  4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete,   
   and Dan Tilque.   
      
   >    B2. In what Canadian province would you find the community   
   >        of Horsefly?   
      
   British Columbia.   
      
      
   > * C. Literature - Authors   
      
   >    C1. "Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography   
   >        of a Horse" was first published in 1877 and is one of the   
   >        best-selling books of all-time.  Name the author.   
      
   Anna Sewell.  4 for Joshua.   
      
   >    C2. The Black Stallion is the title character froma best-selling   
   >        series of books about an Arab stallion and his young owner.   
   >        The "New York Times" called the stallion the most famous   
   >        fictional horse of the 20th century.  The first book was   
   >        published in 1941.  Who wrote it?   
      
   Walter Farley.   
      
      
   > * D. Canadiana - Derby Winners   
      
   >    D1. Name the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.   
   >        He also won the Queen's Plate -- Canada's top race --   
   >        in 1964.   
      
   Northern Dancer.   
      
   >    D2. Secretariat is widely considered to be the greatestracehorse   
   >        ever.  He won the Triple Crown in 1973, and his times in   
   >        all three races have still never been beaten.  Both his   
   >        jockey and trainer were Canadians.  Name either.   
      
   Ron Turcotte, Lucien Laurin (respectively).   
      
      
   > * E. Entertainment - Horse Movies   
      
   >    E1. Name the 1932 Marx Brothers film in which Groucho played   
   >        Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff.   
      
   "Horse Feathers".  4 for everyone.   
      
   >    E2. Which 1970 Western film starred Richard Harrisas an English   
   >        aristocrat who is captured by the Sioux people?   
      
   "A Man Called Horse".  4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.   
      
      
   > * F. Miscellaneous - Cars   
      
   >    F1. Which car company made the Pony between 1975 and 1990?   
      
   Hyundai.   
      
   >    F2. Even though the Ford Mustang was actually named for the   
   >        World War II fighter plane, the car's horse logo earns it a   
   >        place in this round!  This year marks the 60th anniversary   
   >        of this iconic vehicle.  Name either the eastern Canadian   
   >        city or just the province where Mustang serial #1 was sold   
   >        on 1964-04-14.   
      
   St. John's, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland & Labrador)..   
      
      
   Scores, if there are no errors:   
      
   GAME 1        ROUNDS->   2   4   6   7   8  10     BEST   
                 TOPICS-> Lit Sci His Can Lei Cha     FOUR   
   Joshua Kreitzer         36   8  23   6  24  24     107   
   Dan Tilque              20  32  28  11  20  14     100   
   Dan Blum                32  12  12  14  18  16      80   
   Pete Gayde              16  --  --   7  11  20      54   
   Erland Sommarskog       --   0  12   4   0  --      16   
      
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   Mark Brader                     "You have a truly warped mind.   
   Toronto                          I admire that in a person."   
   msb@vex.net                                             -- Bill Davidsen   
      
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