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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Game 2, Rounds 9-10: CanFo   
   08 Oct 24 01:49:49   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   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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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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