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 4 - History - A Year in the Life   
   >   
   > We name a historical figure; you name any year when he was alive.   
   >   
   > 1. Terry Fox.   
      
   1975   
      
   > 2. Confucius.   
      
   1000 BC   
      
   > 3. Genghis Khan.   
      
   800; 900   
      
   > 4. Atilla the Hun.   
      
   800; 900   
      
   > 5. Emperor Hadrian.   
      
   100 BC; 200 BC   
      
   > 6. Johannes Brahms.   
      
   1890   
      
   > 7. Nicolaus Copernicus.   
      
   1500; 1550   
      
   > 8. Louis XIII of France.   
      
   1600; 1650   
      
   > 9. Emperor Xerxes I (the Great).   
      
   1500 BC; 2000 BC   
      
   > 10. Prime Minister Sir John Thompson.   
      
   1920; 1900   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 5 - Canadiana Audio - Canadians on the "Hot 100"   
   >   
   > This is a round on Canadians who have reached #1 on Billboard's   
   > "Hot 100" since the year 2000.  The year will be given as a clue.   
   > In the original game you would've heard a clip from the song;   
   > here I'll just give you the title.  In each case, name the singer   
   > or band.  If the performance is a duet, name the *Canadian* singer.   
   >   
   > Answers do not repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. "Rude" (2014).   
   > 2. "Bad Day" (2006).   
   > 3. "Girlfriend" (2007).   
   > 4. "What's Next" (2023).   
   > 5. "Say It Right" (2007).   
   > 6. "Call Me Maybe" (2012).   
   > 7. "Senorita" (2019, duet).   
   > 8. "How You Remind Me" (2001   
   > 9. "What Do You Mean" (2015).   
   > 10. "Die for You" (originally released in 2016, but only reached #1   
   >     in 2023 with the duet version).   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 6 - Sports - Champions of 2000   
   >   
   > This is a round on champions and runner-ups in the year 2000.   
   > Note that this refers to championships determined that year, so   
   > in leagues that have a 1999-2000 season, it'd be the champioship   
   > for that season.   
   >   
   > In each case you may name *either* the championship team *or*   
   > the runner-up, and you may name then *either* by place name   
   > *or* by team name, as they were at the time.   
   >   
   > 1. Grey Cup.   
      
   BC Lions; Edmonton   
      
   > 2. NBA Finals.   
      
   Houston; LA Lakers   
      
   > 3. Vanier Cup.   
   > 4. Super Bowl.   
      
   Pittsburgh Steelers; Denver Broncos   
      
   > 5. World Series.   
      
   New York Yankees   
      
   > 6. Stanley Cup Finals.   
      
   Pittsburgh Penguins; Colorado Rockies   
      
   > 7. Wimbledon Men's Singles Final.   
      
   Federer; Sampras   
      
   > 8. Wimbledon Women's Singles Final.   
      
   Serena Williams; Venus Williams   
      
   > 9. Premiership or Premier League (English soccer).   
      
   Manchester United   
      
   >   
   > 10. Euro Cup 2000 (soccer).  *Note*: This is not the UEFA Cup or   
   >     the UEFA Europa League.  Each team in the Euro Cup represents   
   >     a *country*.   
      
   Germany; Czech Republic   
      
   >   
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: vs lbh whfg   
   > nafjrerq Jvyyvnzf ba n dhrfgvba, tb onpx naq fnl juvpu fvfgre.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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