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   Message 32,752 of 32,813   
   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 8, Rounds 4-6: CanHis   
   11 Jan 26 16:30:49   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Canada in This Year   
      
   > 1. [1] Liberal policy convention, organized by former Prime Minister   
   >    Laurier, turns into Canada`s first party-leadership convention,   
   >    as Laurier dies before it's held.  (Previously, federal party   
   >    leaders were chosen at party caucus meetings.)  [2] Pierre   
   >    Elliot Trudeau is born.  [3] Stanley Cup finals between the   
   >    Seattle Metropolitans and the Montreal Canadiens are halted   
   >    because of illness.   
      
   1935; 1936   
      
   > 2. [1] Alouette 1, Canada's first satellite, is launched.   
   >    [2] The "Fog Bowl" Grey Cup game is played.  It's stopped on   
   >    Saturday because of very poor visibility, and the last 9 minutes   
   >    -- during which neither side scores -- are played on Sunday.   
   >    [3] The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake has its first   
   >    season.   
      
   1982; 1983   
      
   > 3. [1] "Anne of Green Gables" is first published.  [2] Prince   
   >    Edward Island bans all motorized cars from the province.   
   >    [3] Oshawa carriage builder R. Samuel McLaughlin signs deal with   
   >    Buick that gives him rights to Buick-built engines for 15 years.   
      
   1902; 1903   
      
   > 4. [1] First Nations people on reserves get the right to vote in   
   >    federal elections.  [2] Anne Heggtveitt became the first   
   >    Canadian to become an Olympic Gold medalist in skiing.   
   >    [3] Montreal Canadians win their 5th consecutive Stanley Cup.   
      
   1976; 1980   
      
   > 5. [1] "O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem.   
   >    [2] Marshall McLuhan dies.  [3] Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope"   
   >    is stopped near Thunder Bay because his cancer has recurred.   
      
   2002; 2003   
      
   > 6. [1] 22,000,000 people visit a World's Fair in Vancouver.   
   >    [2] John Polanyi of the U of T shares a Nobel Prize for   
   >    chemistry.  [3] One of the strongest tornadoes in Canadian   
   >    history hits Barrie.   
      
   1992; 1996   
      
   > 7. [1] Algonquin Provincial Park is established.  [2] The Montreal   
   >    Amateur Athletic Association wins the first Stanley cup, but   
   >    refuses to accept the award because of an alleged slight to   
   >    the team committee.  [3] A 10,000 kg wheel of cheese -- 6 m in   
   >    diameter and 1.8 m high -- leaves Perth, Ontario, on a special   
   >    cheese train to become part of a Columbian World's fair exhibit   
   >    in Chicago.   
      
   1910; 1911   
      
   > 8. [1] The Pickering nuclear power plant is opened after 7 years   
   >    of construction.  [2] The US and Canada sign the Great Lakes   
   >    Water Quality Agreement.  [3] Former Prime Minister Lester   
   >    Pearson dies.   
      
   1977; 1978   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1954; 1955   
      
   > 10. [1] Louis Riel is hanged.  [2] The CPR's main-line track   
   >    is completed.  [3] Jumbo the elephant is killed in a collision   
   >    with a freight train in St. Thomas, Ontario.   
      
   1867; 1868   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - Motivational Movie Scenes   
      
   > 8. 1987: "Read Sun Tzu, 'The Art of War': every battle is won before   
   >    it's ever fought.  Think about it.  You're not as smart as I   
   >    thought you were, buddy-buy.  You ever wonder why fund managers   
   >    can't beat the S&P 500?  Because they're sheep.  And sheep get   
   >    slaughtered.  I've been in this business since '69.  Most of   
   >    these Harvard MBA types, they don't add up to dogshit."   
      
   Wall Street   
      
   > 10. 1992: "Starting with tonight's sit.  Oh, have I got your   
   >    attention now?  Good, 'cause we're adding a little something to   
   >    this month's sales contest.  As you all know, first prize is a   
   >    Cadillac Eldorado.  Anybody want to see second prize?  Second   
   >    prize, a set of steak knives.  Third prize is you're fired."   
      
   Glengarry Glenn Ross   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 6 - Leisure - Collecting Hobbies   
      
   > 1. Ashtrays.   
      
   fusilatelist   
      
   > 2. Postage stamps.   
      
   philatelist   
      
   > 3. Action figures.   
      
   plastokinesophile   
      
   > 4. Transportation tokens.   
      
   vecturist   
      
   > 5. Candles or wax objects.   
      
   cerophilist   
      
   > 6. And mounts butterflies.   
      
   lepidopterist   
      
   > 7. Prints, engravings, etc.   
      
   phillumenist; ex-librist   
      
   > 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   
      
   --   
   _______________________________________________________________________   
   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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