From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-05-13,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of the Smith & Guessin' and   
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have   
   > been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation of   
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana - Canadian Foods   
   >   
   > 1. This traditional Newfoundland Sunday meal is a one-pot dish   
   >     where salt beef is boiled together with potatoes, carrot,   
   >     cabbage, turnip, and greens.  Name it.   
   >   
   > 2. This traditional Acadian dish is made from chicken or other meat   
   >     (often game or clams) between layers of grated potatoes.   
   >     Name it.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Gyros   
      
   >   
   > 4. Cloudberries, which look somewhat like pale orange raspberries,   
   >     are known by another name in Newfoundland, said to describe   
   >     their taste.  What is their common name in Newfoundland?   
   >   
   > 5. This dessert with origins in the west consists of a chocolatey   
   >     bottom layer, usually with nuts and coconut, a middle custard   
   >     layer (traditionally from custard powder), and a top layer of   
   >     chocolate ganache.  Name it.   
   >   
   > 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; Calgary   
      
   >   
   > 7. Sam Panopolous sparked generations of polarizing pizza debate   
   >     when he created what, at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham   
   >     in 1962?   
      
   Pineapple and ham pizza   
      
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 9. These berries, native to the Prairies, are also called   
   >     pigeonberries or serviceberries, and are made into jams and pies   
   >     among other uses.  What *city* takes its name from these berries?   
   >   
   > 10. Blubber (whale or seal fat) is a traditional Inuit delicacy,   
   >     and also a significant source of Vitamin C.  What is the Inuit   
   >     name for this food?   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge - Mother's Day   
   >   
   > Yesterday was Mother's Day, so...   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   >     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; Belgium   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   >     C2. Name the actress who played the "Mother of Dragons" on the   
   >         TV series "Game of Thrones."   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. History   
   >   
   >     D1. Which US president officially established Mother's Day as   
   >         a national holiday in 1914?   
   >   
   >     D2. Which British queen gave birth to the most living children?   
      
   Victoria   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Canadiana   
   >   
   >     E1. In 1987, which Ontario Liberal MP -- and future cabinet   
   >         minister -- became the first sitting Canadian MP to give   
   >         birth?   
   >   
   >     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?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
      
   Whale   
      
   >   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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