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   Gregg Seelhoff to All   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Game 2, Rounds 9-10: CanFo   
   07 Oct 24 22:16:08   
   
   From: seelhoff@sophsoft.com   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana - Canadian Foods   
   >   
   > 6. Ginger beef is a Chinese-Canadian dish that traces its origins   
   >    to George Wong at the Silver Inn Restaurant -- in which western   
   >    Canadian city?   
      
   Vancouver   
      
   > 8. Poutine might just be Canada's most famous dish around the world,   
   >    made from fries, gravy, and cheese curds -- whose desired   
   >    texture is commonly described by what adjective?   
      
   Squeaky   
      
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge - Mother's Day   
   >   
   > Yesterday was Mother's Day, so...   
   >   
   > * A. Sports   
   >   
   >    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   
      
   >    B2. In the "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories, which character is the   
   >        mother of the baby kangaroo named Roo?   
      
   Kanga   
      
      
   > * D. History   
   >   
   >    D1. Which US president officially established Mother's Day as   
   >        a national holiday in 1914?   
      
   Woodrow Wilson   
      
   >    D2. Which British queen gave birth to the most living children?   
      
   Queen Victoria   
      
      
   > * E. Canadiana   
   >   
   >    E2. In 2018.  Karina Gould became the first sitting Canadian   
   >        cabinet member to give birth.  Nine weeks later, she was back   
   >        in the Commons with her infant in tow.  Gould had her second   
   >        child earlier this year.  But thanks to a 2019 law, what   
   >        is different for her family's bottom line this time around?   
      
   family leave (?)   
      
      
   > * 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   
      
   --   
   Gregg Seelhoff   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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