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   Chicago.  4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   
      
   > 2. What city had a great fire in 1904?   
      
   Toronto.  4 for Dan Tilque.   
      
   > 3. What city had a great fire in 1666?   
      
   London.  4 for everyone.   
      
      
   > * Churchill Quotes   
      
   > To mark the 150th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's birth...   
      
   > 4. Who were the "few" Churchill was talking about in 1940 when he   
   >    said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed   
   >    by so many to so few"?   
      
   Royal Air Force (RAF).  4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   
      
   > 5. Complete the following Churchill quote from 1942, when the   
   >    war began to go in Britain's favor: "Now this is not the end.   
   >    It is not even the beginning of the end.  But it is perhaps..."   
   >    Perhaps what?   
      
   "The end of the beginning."  4 for everyone.   
      
   > 6. In his first speech to the House of Commons as prime minister (in   
   >    1940), what four things did Churchill say were all he had   
   >    to offer?  (All four are required, but not necessarily in order.)   
      
   "Blood, toil, tears, and sweat."  4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque,   
   and Pete.  Only Joshua got them in order, with "sweat" as the climax.   
      
   > * Canadian Scandals   
      
   > Now let's have some ood old non-soccer-related Canadian scandals   
   > from the 20th century.   
      
   > 7. New Brunswick's biggest fiasco came in the 1970s, when the   
   >    province blew more than $20,000,000 on development of *which   
   >    sports car* with gull-wing doors?   
      
   Bricklin.   
      
   > 8. Name the foreign-affairs minister who resigned after leaving   
   >    confidential NATO documents at his girlfriend's home.   
      
   Maxime Bernier.   
      
   > 9. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was accused of accepting   
   >    kickbacks from Karlheinz Schreiber over the purchase of what   
   >    company's products?   
      
   Airbus.   
      
      
   > * Treaties   
      
   > 10. Name the 1918 treaty by which Russia withdrew from World War I.   
      
   Brest-Litovsk.  4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete.   
      
   > 11. Two interim accords were signed by Israel and the Palestine   
   >    Liberation Organization in 1993 and 1995.  They were signed   
   >    in Washington and Egypt, but you must name the European city   
   >    where secret talks took place.   
      
   Oslo.  4 for Erland, Joshua, and Pete.   
      
   > 12. Which conflict was ended by the Treaty of Ghent?   
      
   War of 1812.  4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   
      
      
   > * 50th-Anniversary Products   
      
   > All of these products were launched in 1974.   
      
   > 13. This cold remedy was launched as DayCare, before being renamed   
   >    in 1992.  What is the current name of this product?   
      
   DayQuil.  4 for Joshua.   
      
   > 14. This kids' treat is made by Ferrero.  It is still illegal to   
   >    import to the US due to non-food components.  Name it.   
      
   Kinder Surprise.  4 for Dan Blum.  3 for Joshua.   
      
   > 15. This pet food was launched by Ralston-Purina, although it   
   >    is currently owned by J.M. Smucker.  Its advertising jingle   
   >    has purportedly been used by the CIA as part of interrogation   
   >    programs.   
      
   Meow Mix.  4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.   
      
      
   Scores, if there are no errors:   
      
   FINAL         ROUNDS->   2   3   4   5   6     BEST   
                 TOPICS-> Geo Ent Sci A/V His     THREE   
   Joshua Kreitzer         26  52  37  20  31     120   
   Dan Tilque              36  12  52   5  28     116   
   Dan Blum                16  28  51  10  36     115   
   Pete Gayde              12  31  37  35  36     108   
   Erland Sommarskog       16   0  23  10  16      55   
      
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