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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Game 2, Rounds 9-10: CanFo   
   07 Oct 24 22:43:00   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana - Canadian Foods   
   >   
      
   Look, I left the header!   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge - Mother's Day   
   >   
   >    A2. Among the most famous mothers in Olympic history was Fanny   
   >        Blankers-Koen.  Nicknamed "The Flying Housewife", the   
   >        30-year-old mother of two won 4 gold medals in track and   
   >        field at the 1948 Summer Games in London.  Which country   
   >        did she represent?   
      
   Netherlands   
      
   >   
   > * B. Arts and Literature   
   >   
   >    B1. One of the most famous mothers in the art world is Anna   
   >        Matilda Whistler.  She's the subject of her son's   
   >        "Arrangement in Grey and Black, Number 1."  In which Paris   
   >        museum would you find this painting, which is popularly   
   >        known as "Whistler's Mother"?   
      
   Louvre   
      
   >    D1. Which US president officially established Mother's Day as   
   >        a national holiday in 1914?   
      
   Wilson   
      
   >    D2. Which British queen gave birth to the most living children?   
      
   Victoria   
      
   > * F. Science: Animals   
   >   
   >    F1. Muddying the waters, so to say, the males of which marine   
   >        animals get pregnant and carry the embryos?   
      
   Seahorse   
      
   >    F2. What species of animals have the longest gestation period   
   >        at 18-22 months?   
      
   Elephant   
      
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