From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-01-20,   
   > 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 2, Round 2 - Geography - Two Borders, One Country   
   >   
   > In each case, name the only country that borders both of the   
   > countries indicated.   
   >   
   > 1. Oman, Iraq.   
      
   Saudi Arabia   
      
   > 2. Guinea, Niger.   
      
   Nigeria   
      
   > 3. Morocco, Libya.   
      
   Algeria   
      
   > 4. Benin, Cameroon.   
      
   Togo   
      
   > 5. Armenia, Pakistan.   
      
   Iran   
      
   > 6. Uganda, Mozambique.   
      
   Tanzania; Kenya   
      
   > 7. Montenegro, Romania.   
      
   Serbia   
      
   > 8. Azerbaijan, Mongolia.   
      
   Russia   
      
   > 9. Guatemala, Nicaragua.   
      
   El Salvador; Honduras   
      
   > 10. Malaysia, Papua New Guinea.   
      
   Indonesia   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 3 - Literature - Banned Books   
   >   
   > Some questions refer to a list of the top banned and challenged   
   > books issued periodically by the American Library Association;   
   > for short we'll call this "the ALA list".   
   >   
   > 1. Which novel by Harper Lee, published in 1960, about racial   
   >     inequality in the American South, was challenged in 1991 in   
   >     St. John, NB, in an attempt to remove it from school reading   
   >     lists due to the way racial minorities were portrayed?   
   >     Name the book.   
      
   To Kill a Mockingbird   
      
   >   
   > 2. George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", written as a   
   >     warning against totalitarianism, was banned in Russia just one   
   >     year after it was published.  In what year *was* it published?   
      
   1947; 1948   
      
   >   
   > 3. Which graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, depicting the Holocaust   
   >     through anthropomorphized animals, was banned in some US schools   
   >     due to its depiction of violence and nudity?  Name the book.   
   >   
   > 4. A book by Margaret Atwood, set in a dystopian future and   
   >     depicting a totalitarian society that oppresses women, has been   
   >     challenged and banned in both Canada and the US.  What is the   
   >     *name of the protagonist*?   
   >   
   > 5. What 1951 novel by J.D. Salinger about adolescence, alienation,   
   >     and identity, often included in US high school curricula, has   
   >     faced numerous bans due to its theme of rebellion and its use   
   >     of profanity?  Name the book.   
      
   Catcher in the Rye   
      
   >   
   > 6. This classic 1885 American novel by Mark Twain has been banned   
   >     for its use of racial slurs, despite being a powerful critique   
   >     of racism.  It was ranked #14 on the ALA list for (the decade   
   >     of) the 2000s.  Name the book.   
      
   Huckleberry Finn   
      
   >   
   > 7. This 2003 novel by Khaled Hosseini deals with themes of war,   
   >     violence, and sexual assault in Afghanistan.  It was also made   
   >     into a film released in 2007.  It was ranked #11 on the ALA   
   >     list for the 2010s.  Name the book.   
   >   
   > 8. "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie is probably one of   
   >     the best-known banned books in the world.  In what year was   
   >     it published?   
      
   1992; 1993   
      
   >   
   > 9. Numerous countries banned "The Satanic Verses", but which   
   >     country was the *first* to ban it, imposing an import ban just   
   >     10 days after it was published?  Possession of the book was   
   >     still not a crime, though.  Name the country.   
      
   Pakistan; Iran   
      
   >   
   > 10. This 1937 novel by a well-known American author is set   
   >     during the Great Depression.  It has also had many stage and   
   >     film adaptations.  It is often included in school curricula,   
   >     but has been challenged or banned many times for its portrayal   
   >     of migrant workers and use of profanity.  It was ranked #5 on   
   >     the ALA list for the 2000s and $28 for the 2010s.  Name the book.   
      
   Grapes of Wrath   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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