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   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana - Canadian Foods   
      
   > 3. This spit-roasted meat dish originated in Turkey, and spread to   
   > Greece and the Middle East, where it was adapted to regional   
   > tastes. The Halifax addition was a sweet white sauce. It's also   
   > popular in Alberta. Name this dish.   
      
   donair   
      
   > 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; Victoria   
      
   > 7. Sam Panopolous sparked generations of polarizing pizza debate   
   > when he created what, at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham   
   > in 1962?   
      
   Hawaiian pizza   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge - Mother's Day   
      
   > * A. Sports   
      
   > A1. Vaughan resident Marita Payne won 2 silver medals for Canada   
   > in track and field at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Payne later   
   > married a former NBA player, and their son plays for the   
   > NBA's Golden State Warriors. Name their son.   
      
   Curry   
      
   > 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?   
      
   South Africa   
      
   > * 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"?   
      
   Musee d'Orsay   
      
   > B2. In the "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories, which character is the   
   > mother of the baby kangaroo named Roo?   
      
   Kanga   
      
   > * C. Entertainment   
      
   > C1. Likely the most notorious stage mother in Broadway musical   
   > theater is Mama Rose. She's been described as bossy,   
   > demanding, horrific, and a monster. In which show that   
   > debuted in 1959 is Mama Rose the central character?   
      
   Gypsy   
      
   > * D. History   
      
   > 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?   
      
   vlue whales   
      
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