From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/26/24 22:34, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana Sports - The CFL   
   >   
   > With the CFL regular season set to begin this coming Thursday,   
   > here's a round to test your knowledge of the league.  In all   
   > cases where a team is asked for, you must give the full name.   
   > like "New York Yankees".   
   >   
   > 1. Which two teams played in the Grey Cup Game last year   
   >     (i.e. 2023)?  Give two place names or two team names.   
   >   
   > 2. For a long time the CFL had two teams with almost the same   
   >     team name, differentiated only by a space in one name.  One of   
   >     the teams folded in 1996.  What was that almost identical name?   
      
   Rough Riders   
      
   >   
   > 3. Which team has won the most Grey Cups -- 18?   
      
   Hamilton   
      
   >   
   > 4. Which team won a record 5 consecutive Grey Cups from 1978   
   >     to 1982?   
   >   
   > 5. Please decode the rot13 for questions #5-6 only after you have   
   >     finished with questions $1-4.  Gjb grnzf funer gur PSY erpbeq   
   >     sbe erthyne-frnfba jvaf:  Obgu gur 1989 Rqzbagba Rfxvzbf naq   
   >     gur 2023 Gbebagb Netbanhgf jba 16 tnzrf.  Jung unccrarq gb obgu   
   >     grnzf nsgre gurve erfcrpgvir erthyne frnfbaf?   
      
   came in last place   
      
   >   
   > 6. Bayl bar cynlre vf va obgu gur PSY naq ASY Unyyf bs Snzr.   
   >     Orsber urnqvat fbhgu, guvf dhnegreonpx urycrq Rqzbagba jva   
   >     gubfr nsberzragvbarq 5 fgenvtug Terl Phcf.  Ur jnf gjvpr gur   
   >     Terl Phc ZIC, naq jnf gur yrnthr ZBC va uvf svany frnfba va   
   >     1983. Anzr uvz.   
      
   Warren Moon   
      
   >   
   > 7. Unlike the NFL, the CFL awards a single point for a kick not   
   >     run out of the end zone.  What's the "colorful" official name   
   >     for a single?   
      
   rouge   
      
   >   
   > 8. This quarterback played 8 CFL seasons for BC, Calgary, and   
   >     Toronto in the 1990s.  He won a record 6 CFL MOP awards and   
   >     3 Grey Cups.  Considered by many to be the greatest CFL player   
   >     ever, he was the first non-Canadian named to Canada's Sports   
   >     Hall of Fame.  Name him.   
   >   
   > 9. The CFL gets the credit for launching the career of a BC-born   
   >     model and actress.  While attending a 1989 game in Vancouver,   
   >     she was shown on the Jumbotron wearing a Labatt's beer T-Shirt.   
   >     In rapid succession, she became a Labatt spokesmodel, a Playboy   
   >     model, and an actress.  Name her.   
      
   Pamela Anderson   
      
   >   
   > 10. A number of CFL players became actors -- including Woody Strode,   
   >     Joe Kapp, and Carl Weathers.  Name the pro-wrestler-turned-actor   
   >     who spent 2 months on the Calgary Stampeders' practice roster   
   >     as a linebacker in 1995.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 3 - History - Early June Events   
   >   
   > In the (always humble) opinion of this round's writer, early June is   
   > one of the most interesting periods for major-event anniversaries.   
   > Here are questions about early June happenings in history.   
   >   
   > 1. One battle in Canada's constitutional "wars" was set off on   
   >     1987-06-03.  Which agreement -- which ultimately failed --   
   >     was signed that day by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the   
   >     premiers?   
   >   
   > 2. Name the supreme leader of Iran who died on 1989-06-03.   
      
   Khomeini   
      
   >   
   > 3. In what year did the Tiananmen Square massacre -- or as the   
   >     Chinese government calls it, the "June 4th Incident", take place?   
      
   1989   
      
   >   
   > 4. 1783-06-04 could be called the day man-made flight was invented,   
   >     when a hot-air balloon made its first unmanned demonstration   
   >     flight in Annonay, France.  The flight covered 2 km, climbed   
   >     to about that same altitude. and lasted 10 minutes.  What was   
   >     the surname of the two French brothers who built the balloon?   
      
   Montgolfier   
      
   >   
   > 5. During World War II, which major European capital was captured   
   >     by the Allies on June 4 -- two days before "D-Day"?   
      
   Rome   
      
   >   
   > 6. Two of history's most influential economists were born on June 5.   
   >     The "Father of Capitalism" was born in Scotland in 1723 and wrote   
   >     "The Wealth of Nations."  The "Father of Macroeconomics" was born   
   >     in England in 1883, and is best known for "The General Theory of   
   >     Employment, Interest and Money."  Name either economic "father".   
      
   Adam Smith   
      
   >   
   > 7. Who assassinated US Senator and presidential candidate Robert   
   >     F. Kennedy in Los Angeles on 1968-06-05?   
      
   Sirhan Sirhan   
      
   >   
   > 8. Which war broke out on 1967-06-05 between Israel and three   
   >     Arab countries?   
      
   Six Day War   
      
   >   
   > 9. 1944-06-06 was "D-Day" -- the World War II Allied invasion of   
   >     Normandy.  What was the codename for the invasion beach assigned   
   >     to the First Canadian Army?   
      
   Juno   
      
   >   
   > 10. On 1898-06-09, Britain signed a 99-year lease (paying nothing)   
   >     for one of its overseas territories.  The one-sided deal expired,   
   >     as scheduled, in 1997.  Which territory did they lease?   
      
   Hong Kong   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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