From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Here's the set I meant to post next.   
   >   
   > 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 4 - History - League of Nations   
   >   
   > This is a round on the League of Nations, which existed between   
   > 1920 and 1946 and was replaced by the United Nations.  Be careful   
   > about table talk.   
   >   
   > 1. The concept of a peaceful community of nations had been proposed   
   >     as early as 1795, with this philosopher's "Perpetual Peace: A   
   >     Philosophical Sketch", which outlined the idea of a league of   
   >     nations to control conflict and promote peace between states.   
   >     He is a German philosopher who is best known for his work the   
   >     "Critique of Pure Reason".  Who was he?   
      
   Kant   
      
   >   
   > 2. The Covenant of the League of Nations was signed on 1919-06-28   
   >     as part of which treaty?   
      
   Versailles   
      
   >   
   > 3. The League of Nations was originally headquartered in London.   
   >     It quickly moved to which continental European city?   
      
   Geneva   
      
   >   
   > 4. Which US president received the Nobel Peace Prize for his role   
   >     in the founding of the League of Nations?   
      
   Wilson   
      
   >   
   > 5. On 1918-01-08  gave a speech to a joint session of   
   >     Congress.  In it he outlined various principles that were   
   >     relevant to a resolution to World War I and peaceful world   
   >     order beyond it.  What is the name of this speech?   
      
   14 Points   
      
   >   
   > 6. There are 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council.   
   >     One of these permanent members *never* joined the League   
   >     of Nations.  We're not talking about countries that took over   
   >     the membership of what were in effect treated as just another   
   >     version of the same country.  Which Security Council permanent   
   >     member country *(in any version) was never* a League of Nations   
   >     member?   
      
   United States   
      
   >   
   > 7. The League of Nations had a Council not unlike the UN Security   
   >     Council.  It had four permanent members.  Two of those countries   
   >     were Great Britain and France.  Name *either one of the other   
   >     two* countries.   
      
   Italy; Belgium   
      
   >   
   > 8. Which country was expelled from the League of Nations in 1939   
   >     for its invasion of Finland?   
      
   Soviet Union   
      
   >   
   > 9. Which European country withdrew from the League of Nations in   
   >     1939 following a dictator's rise to power?  This dictator   
   >     remained in power until 1975.  Name the country.   
      
   Spain   
      
   >   
   > 10. The League of Nations was not successful in that it utterly   
   >     failed to prevent World War II.  But it was successful in   
   >     mediating and resolving some lesser conflicts between nations.   
   >     One such example was its intervention in what is known as the   
   >     Incident at Petrich or the War of the Stray Dog, when Greece   
   >     invaded a neighboring country in October 1925.  This conflict   
   >     was resolved in 10 days.  What was the other country?   
      
   Turkey; Albania   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1960s   
   >   
   > Answers do not repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. Who was the coach and general manager of the Leafs from the   
   >     1958-1959 season to the 1968-1969 season?   
   >   
   > 2. In November 1961, Conn Smythe sold nearly all of his shares in   
   >     the club's parent company, Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd., to a   
   >     partnership composed of his son Stafford Smythe and two other   
   >     partners.  Name *either one* of the other partners.   
   >   
   > 3. When the Leafs won four Stanley Cups in the 1960s, several   
   >     players were members of all four teams.  Two of them were   
   >     defensemen: name *either one*.   
   >   
   > 4. In game 6 of the 1964 Stanley Cup final series, one of the Leaf   
   >     defensemen suffered a fractured ankle and was taken off the ice.   
   >     He later returned with the ankle frozen and went on to score   
   >     the game-winning goal in overtime to defeat the Red Wings.   
   >     Who was that defenseman?   
      
   Bobby Baun   
      
   >   
   > 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have   
   >     finished with the above ones.  Va 1964, Gvz Ubegba bcrarq gur   
   >     svefg ybpngvba bs Gvz Ubegba Qbahgf, nf vg jnf gura anzrq.   
   >     Vg vf fgvyy va bcrengvba, ybpngrq arne gur vagrefrpgvba bs   
   >     Bggnjn Fg. A. naq Qhafzher Eq. va jung pvgl?   
      
   Windsor; London   
      
   >   
   > 6. During the 1966-67 season the Leafs experienced a 10-game   
   >     losing streak.   temporarily removed himself from   
   >     behind the bench.  His assistant replaced him and had a   
   >     10-game unbeaten record before  returned.  Who was   
   >     this assistant?   
   >   
   > 7. In Game 3 of the 1967 Stanley Cup finals, this left-winger   
   >     scored the game-winning goal in double overtime.  He went on to   
   >     play for the Los Angeles Kings.  From 1967 to 1972 he was the   
   >     NHLPA president; later he coached the Kings and the Black Hawks.   
   >     Who was this player?   
   >   
   > 8. In game 6 of that final series, Toronto defeated Montreal 3-1   
   >     to take the Cup.  The game-winning goal was scored by a   
   >     player who played for a number of teams and is probably best   
   >     remembered for his time with Chicago; the empty-net goal to make   
   >     it 3-1 was scored by the captain of the Leafs.  Name *either*   
   >     of these players.   
      
   Mikita   
      
   >   
   > 9. Who was the MVP of that final series?  He is considered to be   
   >     one of the greatest Leaf players of all time.   
      
   Paul Henderson   
      
   >   
   > 10. During the first season after the league's expansion beyond the   
   >     "Original Six", Frank Mahovlich and two other players (and the   
   >     rights to a fourth, retired one) were traded to the Detroit   
   >     Red Wings for three players (and the rights to a fourth,   
   >     minor-league player), two of whom went on to become significant   
   >     Leaf players in the 1970s.  Name *any one* of the three players   
      
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