From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 1/11/2026 2:00 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Canada in This Year   
   >   
   > In this round you will be given three events in Canadian history   
   > that occurred in the same year.  You must simply give the year.   
   > Exactly.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   1918   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1961; 1962   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1905; 1906   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1928; 1932   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1980; 1981   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1986   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1912; 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.   
      
   1968; 1969   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1955; 1956   
      
   > 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.   
      
   1889; 1888   
      
   > * Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - Motivational Movie Scenes   
   >   
   > This is a round on motivational movie scenes.  The selections range   
   > from moments of inspiring idealism to moments of harsh realism.   
   > We will give you the year the movie was released.  In the original   
   > game you would have heard (usually) the lead actor giving his   
   > speech, but here you'll have to settle for a transcript.   
   >   
   > 2. 1986: "Forget about the crowds, the size of the school, their   
   >     fancy uniforms... and remember what got you here.  Focus on   
   >     the fundamentals that we've gone over time and time again.   
   >     And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning   
   >     or losing this game.  If you put your effort and concentration   
   >     into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be,   
   >     I don't care what the scoreboard says: at the end of the game,   
   >     in my book we're going to be winners!"   
      
   "Hoosiers"   
      
   > 3. 1999: "You find out life's this game of inches.  So's football.   
   >     Because in either game, life or football, the margin for error   
   >     is so small, I mean, one-half a step too late or too early, and   
   >     you don't quite make it.  One-half second too slow, too fast,   
   >     you don't quite catch it.  The inches we need are *everywhere*   
   >     around us."   
   >   
   >     "Hell, yeah!"   
   >   
   >     "They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second."   
      
   "Any Given Sunday"   
      
   > 4. 2005 (lead actor, Samuel L. Jackson, is not speaking here):   
   >     "Our deepest fear's not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest   
   >     fear's that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light,   
   >     not our darkness, that most frightens us.  Your playing small   
   >     does not serve the world.  There is nothing enlightened about   
   >     shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.   
   >     We were all meant to shine, as children do.  It's not just in   
   >     some of us, it's in everyone.  And as we let our own light shine,   
   >     we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."   
      
   "The Incredibles"   
      
   > 7. 1939: "Because of just one plain simple rule: love thy neighbor.   
   >     And in this world today, full of hatred, a man who knows that   
   >     rule has a great trust.  You know that rule, Mr. Payne, and I   
   >     loved you for it just as my father did.  And you know that you   
   >     fight for the lost causes harder than for any others.  Yes,   
   >     you even die for them... like a man we both knew."   
      
   "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"   
      
   > 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"   
      
   > 9. 2014: "Don't know."   
   >     "Sure you do."   
   >     "The tempo?"   
   >     "Were you rushing or were you dragging?"   
   >     "I--I don't know."   
   >     "Start counting."   
   >     "5, 6, 7..."   
   >     "In four, dammit!  Now look at me."   
   >     "1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4..."   
      
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