From: pete.gayde@gmail.com
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-11-18,
> 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 What She Said, 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 10, Round 9 - Canadiana History - The Diplomatic and Consular Service
>
> 1. Although its current legal name is the Department of Foreign
> Affairs, Trade and Development, what is the department's current
> "applied" name, used within government and the media?
>
> 2. was first founded as the "Department of External
> Affairs" in 1909. For historical reasons, it kept that name
> even after Canada's full autonomy in foreign relations was
> confirmed on 1931-12-11 by what statute?
>
> 3. Although the department is now known as , the minister
> who oversees it is still called the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
> Who is the only Minister of Foreign Affairs who was a diplomat
> *before* entering politics? He joined the Foreign Service in
> 1927 and was first elected to Parliament in 1948. His focus
> on diplomacy continued throughout his career.
>
> 4. In March 1953, was one of four candidates in the
> running for Secretary-General of the United Nations. He received
> the required majority, but was vetoed by one country. Which one?
USSR; China
>
> 5. In addition to , the Foreign Affairs Minister's
> portfolio includes many foundations, joint commissions, joint
> boards, and Crown corporations. It also includes Roosevelt
> Campobello International Park, jointly owned and administered by
> the governments of Canada and the United States. Name *either*
> the province or the state where its international border
> is located.
>
> 6. Which Prime Minister's nephew, a career diplomat, served as
> ambassador to five countries, including 7 years as Ambassador
> to the United States in the 1990s?
>
> 7. In non-Commonwealth countries the Canadian diplomatic mission
> in the capital city is called an embassy, but what is it called
> in Commonwealth countries?
>
> 8. The headquarters for the Canadian to the United
> Kingdom is Canada House in the City of Westminster in Central
> London -- even more specifically, on which iconic plaza?
Trafalgar Square
>
> 9. One father and son have both served (at different times)
> as Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations. One of them was,
> at another time, a provincial premier. Give their surname.
>
> 10. Ken Taylor was a Canadian diplomat best known for his role
> in the "Canadian Caper", the 1979 joint covert rescue by the
> Canadian government and the CIA of 6 American diplomats who had
> evaded capture during the seizure of the United States embassy
> in what city?
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - The Grey Cup?
>
> * A. Earls Grey
>
> A1. Earl Grey tea is named for the second Earl Grey, who was
> also Prime Minister of the UK -- belonging to what party?
>
> A2. The fourth Earl Grey, who was Governor-General of
> Canada, is also who the Grey Cup is named for. Before he
> was Governor-General, he worked extensively in Britain's
> southern African colonies, which led him to become one of
> the first trustees of what educational award program?
>
>
> * B. Grey Movies
>
> B1. The Maysles ["MAY-zuls"] Brothers directed what documentary
> about two reclusive upper-class women living in the Hamptons?
>
> B2. The 2011 movie "The Grey" stars Liam Neeson, and has
> sometimes been described as "Liam Neeson versus..." *what
> animals*?
>
>
> * C. Grey Places
>
> C1. Grey County, Ontario, is home to what well-known ski and
> golf resort?
Red Mountain
>
> C2. The UK has undertaken a study of towns and counties that
> it is calling the "grey belt" -- why that name?
>
>
> * D. Cups!
>
> D1. How many fluid ounces does the average teacup hold?
6; 5
>
> D2. The teacup and saucer originated in China during the Tang
> Dynasty. By the 1700s they were commonplace in the
> Western world, with one noticeable difference. What was
> that difference?
Handle added in the Western world
>
>
> * E. Grey Books
>
> E1. The "50 Shades of Grey" series was originally written as
> a fan-fiction series inspired by what other book series?
>
> E2. Who wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?
>
>
> * F. The Actual Grey Cup
>
> F1. The Toronto Argonauts have *won* the most Grey Cups in the
> history of the Cup, but which team has *played in* the
> most Grey Cup games?
BC Lions; Edmonton
>
> F2. In 1967 the Grey Cup was stolen from the offices of the
> Ottawa Rough Riders and held for ransom. The CFL refused
> to pay, and the Cup was eventually found in a locker --
> where, specifically?
Toronto airport; Montreal airport
>
Pete Gayde
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