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   
      
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