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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 8, Rounds 4-6: CanHis   
   11 Jan 26 12:05:04   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Canada in This Year   
   >   
   > 9. [1] Marilyn Bell becomes the first person to swim across Lake   
   >    Ontario.  [2] Roger Bannister and John Landy, the only two men   
   >    to have run a mile in under 4 minutes, compete together for   
   >    the first time at the British Empire and Commonwealth games in   
   >    Vancouver.  [3] St. Lawrence Seaway construction project starts.   
      
   1953   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - Motivational Movie Scenes   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 6 - Leisure - Collecting Hobbies   
   >   
   > This is a round on collecting hobbies.  We give you the description   
   > of the object a person is collecting and you tell us what this   
   > person would be called, from the handout:   
   >   
   >     | aerophilatelist    | fusilatelist       | plastokinesophile   
   >     | arctophile         | helixophile        | pyrographer   
   >     | bovephile          | heortologist       | telegery   
   >     | cerophilist        | iconophile         | tephrodiscophile   
   >     | conchologist       | lepidopterist      | vecturist   
   >     | deltiologist       | numismatist        | vexillologist   
   >     | errinophilist      | philatelist        | xylographer   
   >     | ex-librist         | phillumenist   
   >   
   > 1. Ashtrays.   
      
   plastokinesophile   
      
   > 2. Postage stamps.   
      
   philatelist   
      
   > 3. Action figures.   
      
   iconophile   
      
   > 4. Transportation tokens.   
      
   aerophilatelist   
      
   > 5. Candles or wax objects.   
      
   pyrographer   
      
   > 6. And mounts butterflies.   
      
   heortologist   
      
   > 7. Prints, engravings, etc.   
      
   xylographer   
      
   > 8. Coins, tokens, medals, paper money.   
      
   numismatist   
      
   > 9. Cow figures or items with a cow motif.   
      
   bovephile   
      
   > 10. Telephone calling cards.  (There are two possible answers.)   
      
   telegery   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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