From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-02-10,   
   > 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 5, Round 4 - History - King Henry VIII   
   >   
   > If there's one king most people have heard about and can recognize   
   > it's Henry VIII -- arguably one of the most famous monarchs of   
   > all time.  Here are 10 questions about England's most notable   
   > -- some would say notorious -- ruler.   
   >   
   > 1. Name the house / dynasty /  royal family that Henry belonged to.   
      
   Tudor   
      
   >   
   > 2. Who was the famous portrait painter who painted many portraits   
   >     of Henry VIII and members of his court?   
   >   
   > 3. Henry VIII had six wives -- who was the sixth and last one?   
      
   Catherine Paar   
      
   >   
   > 4. Henry was served by many loyal and capable advisors during   
   >     his reign -- most of whom were abandoned and executed by the   
   >     ungrateful and fickle monarch.  This English churchman served   
   >     as Henry's chief advisor during the first 20 years of his reign,   
   >     eventually becoming Lord Chancellor of England.  Who was he?   
   >   
   > 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have   
   >     finished with the previous one.  Nabgure bs Urael'f Ybeq   
   >     Punapryybef naq puvrs nqivfbef jnf Gubznf Zber -- bar bs gur zbfg   
   >     erfcrpgrq vagryyrpghnyf bs uvf ren.  Va 1516, Zber choyvfurq   
   >     n obbx nobhg na vzntvanel vfynaq jubfr vaunovgnagf yvirq va na   
   >     vqrny fbpvrgl naq tbireazrag.  Anzr gur obbx.   
      
   Utopia   
      
   >   
   > 6. Henry wanted to divorce his first wife, Katherine of Aragon,   
   >     due to her failure to do what?   
      
   Produce a male heir   
      
   >   
   > 7. Henry VIII has been portrayed on film by many accomplished   
   >     actors.  Who played him in the 1966 Oscar-winning film "A Man   
   >     for All Seasons"?   
   >   
   > 8. Name the English monarch who succeeded Henry VIII.   
   >   
   > 9. This modern English writer and Booker Prize winner (who died   
   >     in 2022) wrote a trilogy of books based on the life of Thomas   
   >     Cromwell, Henry's principal secretary (1534-40) and an architect   
   >     of the English Reformation.  Name this writer.   
   >   
   > 10. In 1965, which British pop group scored a huge hit with a song   
   >     titled "I'm Henery VIII, I Am"?  Name the group.   
      
   Hermans Hermits   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Major League Sport Teams and Cities   
   >   
   > You may have heard of the name of a sports team, but can you place   
   > the team in its home city?  For example, if I say the team is the   
   > Blue Jays, the correct answer would be Toronto.  All of these teams   
   > play in one of five major leagues: the National Football League   
   > (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), the National Hockey   
   > League (NHL), the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major   
   > League Baseball (MLB).  It is not necessary to identify the league.   
   >   
   > 1. Elks.   
      
   Edmonton   
      
   > 2. Suns.   
      
   Phoenix   
      
   > 3. Ducks.   
      
   Anaheim   
      
   > 4. Raiders.   
      
   Las Vegas   
      
   > 5. Hornets.   
      
   Charlotte   
      
   > 6. Mariners.   
      
   Seattle   
      
   > 7. Guardians.   
      
   Cleveland   
      
   > 8. Redblacks.   
      
   Ottawa   
      
   > 9. Commanders.   
      
   Washington DC   
      
   > 10. Blue Jackets.   
      
   Columbus   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)