From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-01-13,   
   > 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 Night Owls, 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 1, Round 2 - Geography - Where Am I?   
   >   
   > The places described in this round are all situated somewhere in   
   > Canada or the US.  We will give you some clues and you tell us   
   > the name of the *current Canadian province or US state* where the   
   > place is located.   
   >   
   > 1. The 1960 film "Sunrise at Campobello" chronicled the struggles   
   >     of US president Franklin Roosevelt with polio.  Campobello was   
   >     his summer retreat.  Where is Campobello located?   
      
   New York   
      
   >   
   > 2. Roosevelt spent many winter months at a camp that he financed   
   >     for children with polio in a place called Warm Springs.  In fact,   
   >     he died there in 1945.  Where is Warm Springs?   
      
   Georgia   
      
   >   
   > 3. President Biden also has a summer home, at a place called   
   >     Rehoboth Beach.  Where is Rehoboth Beach?   
      
   Delaware   
      
   >   
   > 4. The New York Giants and the New York Jets both play their home   
   >     games at the same stadium -- MetLife Stadium.  Where is the   
   >     stadium located?   
      
   New Jersey   
      
   >   
   > 5. The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was   
   >     driven into the ground in 1885 at a place called Craigellachie.   
   >     Where would we find that place?   
      
   Alberta; Saskatchewan   
      
   >   
   > 6. 16 years earlier, the first transcontinental railway was   
   >     finished with the Golden Spike at a place called Promontory   
   >     Summit.  Where is that located?   
      
   Utah   
      
   >   
   > 7. The main highway along the east coast of the United States is   
   >     I-95, running from Maine to Miami, Florida.  One attraction that   
   >     breaks up what could be an extremely boring drive is a place   
   >     called "South of the Border", which is themed in a faux-Mexican   
   >     style, selling everything from tacky ashtrays to sombreros.   
   >     Where is South of the Border located?   
      
   Georgia; North Carolina   
      
   >   
   > 8. One event that helped to bring about the Canadian Confederation   
   >     of was the 1866 Battle of Ridgeway, where hundreds of unemployed   
   >     soldiers called Fenians crossed into British North America.   
   >     This was done in a futile effort to provoke a war between   
   >     Britain and the US that would lead to Irish independence.   
   >     Where is Ridgeway?   
      
   Ontario; Quebec   
      
   >   
   > 9. In the mining town of Springhill there have been three   
   >     different mining disasters that have led to the deaths of   
   >     199 miners altogether.  That last one took place in 1958.   
   >     Where would you find Springhill?   
      
   British Columbia   
      
   >   
   > 10. The headquarters of the CIA is located in a place named Langley.   
   >     And no, you can't visit in person, but you can take a virtual   
   >     tour.  Where would you find Langley?   
      
   Virginia   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 3 - Arts & Literature - Classic Syndicated Comic Strips   
   >   
   > People still like to read the "funny papers", as they are often   
   > called.  For decades, this was one of the most popular sections   
   > of the daily newspaper.  In the first six questions, we'll give   
   > the name of a newspaper comic strip, and you name the artist   
   > who draws (or drew) it.   
   >   
   > 1. "Li'l Abner".   
      
   Capp   
      
   > 2. "Peanuts".   
      
   Schulz   
      
   > 3. "Doonesbury".   
      
   Trudeau   
      
   > 4. "The Far Side".   
      
   Larson   
      
   > 5. "Dilbert".   
      
   Adams   
      
   > 6. "Dick Tracy".   
      
   Locher (former parishioner in my church)   
      
   >   
   > Now please decode the rot13 to see the remaining questions, which   
   > go the other way.  We'll name the artist, and you name the comic   
   > strip they draw or drew.   
   >   
   > 7. Jnyg Xryyl.   
      
   Pogo   
      
   > 8. Wvz Hatre.   
      
   Broom Hilda   
      
   > 9. Zvyg Pnavss.   
      
   Beetle Bailey; Wizard of Id   
      
   > 10. Wvz Qnivf.   
      
   Garfield   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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